Kendall Schmidt

Kendall Francis Schmidt (born November 2, 1990 ) is an American singer, songwriter, music producer and actor. He played Kendall Knight in Big Time Rush, participated in a boy band with the same name, and has had small roles on TV shows such as ER, Without a Trace, Phil of the Future, Ghost Whisperer, Gilmore Girls, and Frasier.

Early life Schmidt was born in Wichita, Kansas, to Kathy and Kent Schmidt. His brothers, Kenneth Schmidt and Kevin Schmidt, are actors. 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 Steven Spielberg film, A.I. Artificial Intelligence. 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 "All I Want for Christmas is You", originally performed by Mariah Carey. 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, Big Time Movie.

In 2013 Nickelodeon 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 Celebrity. The band went on hiatus in March, 2014.

2013–present: Heffron Drive and reunion with Big Time Rush 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.

On April 20, 2020, Kendall reunited virtually with his former members as they uploaded a video on the band's social media platforms, sharing some wishes to their fans about the COVID-19 pandemic. They officially reunited in 2021. The group released their fourth studio album Another Life on June 2, 2023.

Personal life Kendall Schmidt got engaged to his girlfriend of seven years, Mica Von Turkovich, on June 30, 2022; the couple later married. On November 23, 2023, Schmidt and Von Turkovich announced her pregnancy with their first child via Instagram. They announced the birth of their daughter Maple on Instagram in March 2024.

Filmography Films Year Title Role Notes 2001 According to Spencer Chad 2012 Big Time Movie Kendall Knight 2015 Janoskians: Untold and Untrue Himself

Television

Web Year Title Role Notes 2008–2011Poor Paul John Main role 2017 Are You There, God? It's Me, Margot Ryan Main role

Discography

Promotional singles + List of promotional singles as featured artist, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name Title Year Peak chart positions Album USAC "Blame It on the Mistletoe" 2014 27 "Shattered" 2025 — "Honeydew" — "—" denotes a recording that did not chart.

Albums appearances Year Title Other artist(s) Album 2015 "Night Like This" Hilary Duff Breathe In. Breathe Out.

Writing credits Year Title Artist(s) Album Notes 2004 "Boneyard (Dick Tracy Theme)" The Blasters 4-11-44 Written 2012 "Music Sounds Better with U" Big Time Rush Elevate Written "Cover Girl" "Love Me, Love Me" "Superstar" "You're Not Alone" 2013 "24/Seven" Big Time Rush 24/Seven Written "Get Up" "Crazy for U" "We Are" "Confetti Falling" "Love Me Again" "Just Getting Started" "Untouchable" 2014 "Happy Mistakes" Heffron Drive Happy Mistakes Writer, producer, executive producer "Parallel" "One Way Ticket" "Division of the Heart" "Had to Be Panama" "Nicotine" "Art of Moving On" "Passing Time" "Could You Be Home" "That's What Makes You Mine" "Everything Has Changed" "3 2 1" Shinee I'm Your Boy Writer