James Maslow

Maslow worked across actor, television actor, singer, dancer and model and 5 further recorded occupations. The registers place that work in pop music. This article rests on 18 catalogued compositions, 7 issued recordings and 40 scholarly references drawn from named institutional registers. Every statement below returns to a source shown in the evidence panel; where the record is silent or divided, the article says so instead of resolving it.

• Name — James Maslow • Birth Name — James David Maslow • Born — 16 July 1990 • Birthplace — New York, New York, U.S. • Occupation — * Actor • singer • musician • dancer • model

James Maslow was born in New York, New York, and raised in La Jolla, California. Born to a Jewish father and a Catholic mother, he was raised Jewish. At the age of six, Maslow began training as a singer when his parents placed him in the San Diego Children's Choir. He attended La Jolla and Torrey Pines elementary schools, Muirlands Middle School, and San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts (SDSCPA). He had a small role in the San Diego Opera's production of La bohème when he was 10 years old. He attended acting camp at the La Jolla Playhouse, and got his first agent when he was 14. At SDSCPA, he portrayed lead roles in select feature productions, including Danny Zuko in "Grease" (2004) and Marius in "Les Miserables" (2006). Maslow transferred from SDSCPA partway through the tenth grade, switching to Coronado School of the Arts (CoSA). He graduated from CoSA's musical theater department in 2007.

• Illustration — James Maslow in 2010 Maslow made his acting debut in 2008 as Shane in an episode of the Nickelodeon show iCarly. He also appeared in urFRENZ in 2009, Wild Things: Foursome in 2010, and Arena in 2011. In 2013, he appeared in The Frozen Ground as Daniel O'Brian. Also in 2013, he filmed an episode of See Dad Run, playing the role of actor Scott Baio's former TV son, Ricky. In 2007, Maslow sent his audition tape for a new Nickelodeon sitcom and received the role of James Diamond two years later in the show Big Time Rush, along with Kendall Schmidt, Carlos PenaVega, and Logan Henderson. They also formed the real boy band Big Time Rush

On March 4, 2014, ABC announced that Maslow would take part in the 18th season of Dancing with the Stars. He was paired with professional dancer Peta Murgatroyd. Ultimately, Maslow made it to the finals, but was eliminated on the first night. Maslow finished in fourth place, with an average score of 26.9 (excluding scores from guest judges). In a vote on Twitter, Maslow was nevertheless chosen "in a landslide" to perform an encore of his freestyle dance during the season finale. During his time on the show, Maslow earned the first perfect score of the season for his contemporary dance to "Let It Go" from Frozen on Disney Night. He featured on the cover of the July 2014 issue of FitnessRx Magazine. • Dancing with the Stars performances and results • Week # — Dance/song — Judges' score — Result • Inaba — Goodman — Guest 1 — Tonioli • 1 — Foxtrot / "Story of My Life" — 7 — 7 — — — 7 — No Elimination • 2 — Salsa / "Follow the Leader" — 9 — 8 — — — 8 — Safe • 3 — Jive / "The Middle" — 9 — 9 — 9 — 9 — Safe • 4 2 — Tango / "Dark Horse" — 9 — 8 — 9 — 9 — No Elimination • 5 — Contemporary / "Let It Go" — 10 — 10 — 10 — 10 — Safe • 6 — Quickstep / "You're the One That I Want" — 9 — 8 — 9 — 9 — Safe • 7 — Samba / "Gasolina" Team Freestyle / "The Cup of Life" — 9 8 — 8 8 — 9 10 — 9 9 — Last to be called safe • 8 — Viennese Waltz / "6'2" Celebrity Dance Duel (Jive) / "Ain't Nothing Wrong with That" — 8 9 — 9 10 — 10 10 — 9 10 — Last to be called safe • 9 Semifinals — Cha-cha-cha / "Love Never Felt So Good" Rumba / "Islands in the Stream" — 10 9 — 10 9 — 10 9 — 10 9 — Safe • 10 Finals — Tango / "Adore You" Freestyle / "Original Don" — 9 10 — 10 9 — — — 10 10 — Eliminated Also in 2014, Maslow was cast in the 2015 Lifetime television movie Seeds of Yesterday in the leading role of Bart Foxworth. In 2018, Maslow competed in the first American season of Celebrity Big Brother where he was evicted on day 24. In May 2019, it was announced that Maslow would be starring in independent film We Need to Talk, co-starring Emily Bett Rickards, and written and directed by Todd Wolfe.

After Maslow was cast for Big Time Rush television series, he was also a part of the real boy band Big Time Rush. An album of original songs from the first season plus some others was released October 11, 2010, entitled B.T.R. It sold 67,000 copies in its first week and was certified Gold by the RIAA five months later in March 2011. On November 21, 2011, the band released their second album called "Elevate" which sold over 70,000 copies on its first week. James Maslow and his bandmates co-wrote 8 out of the 12 songs. Maslow wrote "Elevate", co-wrote "Love Me Love Me" and the first single from the album, "Music Sounds Better With U". The UK version of the album included a bonus song called "Epic" which he also helped write. Maslow and Big Time Rush have a third album called 24/Seven which was released on June 11, 2013. The band promoted the album with the tour shared with Victoria Justice called the Summer Break Tour. which began on June 21 and ended on August 15. On late Winter 2014, Maslow and the band went to their latest tour called "Big Time Rush Live 2014 World Tour", where they performed in Texas and 7 countries in Latin America.

He released his first single "Lies" on July 24, 2015. He has also released another single called "Circles" on October 23, 2015. In addition, he has two covers, "Cheerleader" and "One Call Away" available for purchase on iTunes. In 2017, Maslow debuted his solo album titled, How I Like It from which he has highlighted the single by the same name. Towards the end of 2017, James collaborated with director Joshua Schultz for his music video for the song "Who Knows", off his "How I Like It" debut album. In 2018, Maslow released new singles "Falling" and "All Day". Most recently, on April 26, 2019, Maslow released "Love U Sober" and announced that he is about to start releasing more singles.

In 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic, Maslow and the rest of Big Time Rush posted a video of them say to stay safe during quarantine. The next year Big Time Rush came out with a single called "Call It Like I See It" and did two shows in New York and Chicago. The next year in 2022 February 25, The Forever Tour came out and "Not Giving You Up"

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2008 — iCarly — Shane — Episode: "iSaw Him First" • 2009–2013 — Big Time Rush — James Diamond — Main role • 2011 — Hand aufs Herz — Himself — Episode: "August 11" • 2012 — How to Rock — Himself — Episode: "How to Rock: An Election" • Big Time Movie — James Diamond — Television film • 2012; 2013 — See Dad Run — Ricky Adams — Episodes: "See Dad Wah-Wah'd" and "See Dad Campaign" • 2013 — Marvin Marvin — Himself — Episode: "Big Time Marvin" • 2014 — Dancing with the Stars — Contestant — Season 18 • Sequestered — Kevin Mohr — Main role • 2015 — The Penguins of Madagascar — Beaver James (voice) — Episode: "Tunnel of Love" • Seeds of Yesterday — Bart Foxworth — Television film • 2018 — The Big Bang Theory — Bartender — Episode: "The Reclusive Potential" • Celebrity Big Brother — Contestant — Season 1 • 2019 — The Big Stage — Host • 2020 — World's Funniest Animals — Guest — 1 episode • 2023 — iCarly — Shane — Episode: "iReunited and It Felt Okay"

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2015 — Be Right Back — Maury McQuarrie — Main role • 2016 — Princess Rap Battle — Kristoff — Episode: "Rapunzel & Flynn vs. Anna & Kristoff"

• Title — Album details • How I Like It — *Released: March 3, 2017 *Formats: CD, digital download *Label: Membran

• Title — Year — Album • "Lies" (featuring Unlike Pluto) — 2015 — rowspan=2 Non-album single • "Circles" • "Cry" (featuring City Fidelia) — 2017 — How I Like It • "How I Like It" • "Who Knows" • "Christmas Beautiful" — rowspan=6 Non-album single • "Falling" — 2018 • "All Day" (featuring Dominique) • "Love U Sober" — 2019 • "Delirious" • "Did You Forget" • "History" — 2020 — rowspan=4 Non-album single

• Title — Year — Album • "Never Too Young" (MattyB featuring James Maslow) — 2013 — rowspan=2 Non-album single • "Now The Time Has Come" (Ringo Starr featuring Billy Valentine, Casey McPherson, Christian Collins, Colin Hay, James Maslow, Kirsten Collins, Maddi Jane, Richard Page and Wesley Stromberg) — 2017 • "Brayton Be Faking" (Desmond Dennis featuring James Maslow) — 2021 — rowspan=1 Non-album single • "In My Head" (Lauren Mayhew featuring James Maslow And Eugene Ugorski) — 2022 — rowspan=1 Non-album single

• Title — Year — Other artist(s) — Album • "Mirrors (featuring James Maslow)" — 2013 — Cimorelli — Best Of 2013

In May 2025, Maslow announced his engagement to long-time girlfriend, Caitlin. Maslow has been a vocal supporter of Israel during the Gaza war, using his social media platforms to promote zionism. He spoke out against antisemitism, saying "anti-zionism is just anti-semitism".