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Early life

Schmidt was born in

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, to Kathy and Kent Schmidt. His brothers
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" '' Wichita Eagle.'' July 8, 2001. He began his acting career at age five, appearing in a Chex TV commercial. When he was nine years old, he was one of two young actors who were hired to be Haley Joel Osment's stand-in and body double (they shared the same agent) in the

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film, '' A.I. Artificial Intelligence''. He celebrated his birthday on the set, and Spielberg and the cast surprised him with a birthday cake decorated with ''

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'' figures. When he was 10 years old, his family finally made the move from

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Career

2001–2013: Career beginning and Big Time Rush

In 2001 Schmidt soon landed recurring roles on ''

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'', '' Raising Dad'', ''

'' and '' CSI: Miami''. He guest-starred on a variety of TV shows, including '' ER'', ''

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'' and ''

''. Most recently, Kendall guest starred on ''

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''. On the big screen, he has appeared in '' Minority Report'' and '' According to Spencer''. In 2009, Schmidt was cast as the lead in the Nickelodeon television series '' Big Time Rush''. Kendall portrays a character like himself with the name of Kendall Knight, the calm and relaxed member of Big Time Rush. He also was a member of the real-life boy band Big Time Rush, formed as the part of a show.

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signed the group, and the their debut album, titled ''

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for shipments of 500,000 copies in the U.S. In November 2010, it was announced that a Christmas special of Big Time Rush would debut later that month, and that a Christmas EP would be released to coincide with the episode. On November 30, 2010, they released the Holiday EP '' Holiday Bundle'', with two songs: "Beautiful Christmas" and the cover of "

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. On February 15, 2011, "Boyfriend" was released as the band's first official single to mainstream US radio and peaked at number seventy-two on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, becoming their most successful song to date. Schmidt and the group announced they would be recording their second studio album, just after Nickelodeon renewed the series for a third season. Their second album, '' Elevate'', was released on November 21, 2011 and debuted at number 12 on the ''Billboard'' 200, selling over 70,000 copies in its first week. Though for a lower peaking than their previous, the album sold more copies than the previous album. The first single, " Music Sounds Better with U", was released on November 1, 2011. He announced would be starring in their full-length 2012 film, ''

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''. In 2013

renewed the ''Big Time Rush'' series for a 13-episode fourth season, production started on January 7. The third album, ''24/Seven'', was released on June 11, 2013 and led many critics to draw comparisons between the band's third album and NSYNC's third album ''

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''. The band went on hiatus in March, 2014.

2013–present: Heffron Drive

He announced that he returned to the duo Heffron Drive, which he had before Big Time Rush. Schmidt's first single with Heffron Drive, "Parallel", was released in March 2014 through his very own record label TOLBooth Records. On January 14, 2017, the band released a new song and music video for their single ''Living Room''. Their next release was on January 19, 2018 when they released a new song and music video titled "Mad At The World". Their latest release is "Separate Lives" from their second album ''Separate Lives''.

Filmography

Films

Television

Web

Discography

Promotional singles

Albums appearances

Writing credits

References

External links

Official Site of Big Time Rush
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