History Music / JesseMcCartney

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Additionally, he has appeared on shows such as ''Summerland'' and ''Greek''. He also is known for lending his voice as Theodore in ''Film/AlvinAndTheChipmunks'' and its sequels, as well as voicing the characters Roxas and Ventus in the ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' video game series, developed by Creator/SquareEnix. He then voiced Robin/Nightwing for ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice''.

%%* LongTitle: "Right Where You Want Me", "Why Is Love So Hard to Find?", "Why Don't You Kiss Her", "The Best Day of My Life".

Additionally, he has appeared on shows such as ''Summerland'' and ''Greek''. He also is known for lending his voice as Theodore in Alvin and the Chipmunks and its sequels, as well as voicing the characters Roxas and Ventus in the ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' video game series, developed by Creator/SquareEnix. He then voiced Robin/Nightwing for ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice''.

His first album was known for its blue-eyed soul/pop vibe. His second album had some very Music/Maroon5 themes and chords, and his third album had some very Music/JustinTimberlake vibes in it.

* BreakupSong: "It's Over", "How Do You Sleep?", "Runnin", "Not Your Enemy", "Anybody", "Just Go".

* CoverVersion: The Stupid Things originally by Thicke
* DarkerAndEdgier: He plays a pretty messed up and creepy person in his Law and Order episode. And his character on ''Series/FearTheWalkingDead'' isn't exactly pleasant, to put it mildly.
* DevelopmentHell: AND HOW. His fourth album Have It All went through this
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* IntercourseWithYou: Present in albums second and third. All subtlety goes out the window on "Into Ya."
* InDaClub: Get Your Shine On, Rock You, My Baby, Freaky...

* LoveAtFirstSight: "What's Your Name?"
* LoveIsADrug: "Relapse", "In My Veins".
* LongTitle: "Right Where You Want Me," "Why Is Love So Hard To Find?," "Why Don't You Kiss Her," "The Best Day of My Life"
* NewSoundAlbum / GenreShift: "Departure" has an RNB edge none of his other albums have.
* ObsessionSong: Most of his first album is this.

* SillyLoveSongs: Several, but one that is still pretty well-remembered is "Beautiful Soul."

** His song 'The Stupid Things' has a line, "And feeling two feet small," a most likely nod to Music/TheBeatles' song, 'You've Got to Hide Your Love Away.'
** The music video for 'Beautiful Soul' is heavily influenced by the film ''Film/YTuMamaTambien'' directed by Alfonso Cuarón. The video features several scenes that are lifted from Cuarón's film.

[[NamesTheSame No relation]] to Music/PaulMcCartney.

* ''Literature/HortonHearsAWho'' (2008) as [=JoJo=] (voice)

* ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' as [[Characters/KingdomHeartsRoxas Roxas]], Ventus (voice)

* ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'' (2010-13, 2019-present) as Richard "Dick" Grayson / ComicBook/{{Robin}} / ComicBook/{{Nightwing}} (voice)

* StarMakingRole: In voiceover, ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts''. A lot of fans weren't even aware that he had an acting career of any sort before he got cast as Roxas.

* StarMakingRole: The Kingdom Hearts series reminded fans that he was a promising actor before hitting it big in the music scene.

He gained recognition in the late 1990s by playing Louis in the national tour of ''Theatre/TheKingAndI'' and starring in the daytime drama ''Series/AllMyChildren'' as JR Chandler. He later joined boy band Dream Street, and eventually branched out into a solo musical career.

He achieved fame in the late 1990s on the daytime drama ''Series/AllMyChildren'' as JR Chandler. He later joined boy band Dream Street, and eventually branched out into a solo musical career.

* ''Series/TheMaskedSinger'' (2020) as Himself.

* ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' as Roxas, Ventus (voice)

* ''Series/TheMaskedSinger'' (2020) as [[spoiler:Turtle]].

* ''Series/TheMaskedSinger'' (2020) as Turtle

[[NamesTheSame No relation]] to]] Music/PaulMcCartney.

[[NamesTheSame No relation to]] [[Music/PaulMcCartney Paul.]]

* CelebrityVoiceActor : Still counts as one to some degree, even though he's been doing it semi-regularly for years now.

* GriefSong: "Invincible"

* HotterAndSexier: Walking this path for a while.

-->"Because you live
-->''I'' live..."

* DarkerAndEdgier: He plays a pretty messed up and creepy person in his Law and Order episode.

* CelebrityVoiceActor

* StarMakingRole: The Kingdom Hearts series reminded everyone that was he was a promising actor before hitting it big in the music scene.

** ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'' (2005)

* StarMakingRole: Come on, did anyone expect him to be [[Franchise/KingdomHearts Roxas]]?

* BreakupSong: "It's Over", "How Do You Sleep?", "Runnin", "Not Your Enemy", "Anybody", "Just Go"

!!Notable Roles
* Cooper in ''Series/YoungAndHungry''
* Dick Grayson (Robin/Nightwing) in ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice''
* [=JoJo=] in ''WesternAnimation/HortonHearsAWho''
* Roxas and Ventus in the ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' series
* Terence in the ''Franchise/DisneyFairies'' CGI movies
* Theodore in ''[[Film/AlvinAndTheChipmunks Alvin and Chipmunks]]''
* [[spoiler:The Turtle in ''Series/TheMaskedSinger'' ]]

!Discography: