Logan Henderson

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Logan Henderson
Logan Henderson performing with Big Time Rush at Herald Square in New York City on August 15, 2010
Background information
Birth name	Logan Phillip Henderson
Born	September 14, 1989 (age 22) North Richland Hills, Texas, U.S.
Occupations	Actor, singer-songwriter
Years active	2009–present
Labels	Columbia Records (2009-present)
Associated acts	Big Time Rush

Logan Phillip Henderson^[1] (born September 14, 1989) is an American actor and singer-songwriter. He is best known for his starring role as Logan Mitchell on the Nickelodeon series, Big Time Rush, as well as being a member of the Big Time Rush band itself.

Contents  [hide]  1 Career 1.1 Acting 1.2 Music 2 Filmography 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Career

[edit] Acting

Henderson had a small role as a bully on the television program Friday Night Lights^[2] before moving to California at the age of 18, to pursue his acting career.^[3] Henderson's breakthrough role was Big Time Rush.^[3][4][5] He plays Logan Mitchell, the person who is always getting the group out of trouble. Henderson and the rest of Big Time Rush made an appearance at the 2010 and 2012 Kids' Choice Awards; and performed at the 2011 Kids' Choice Awards, too. He also appeared in an episode of BrainSurge during the week of April 18–22, 2011.

[edit] Music

Henderson signed with Sony Music Entertainment and Columbia Records as a part of Big Time Rush in 2009. After releasing four promotional singles including "Big Time Rush", "City Is Ours", "Halfway There", and "Til I Forget About You" the group released their debut album, B.T.R. on October 11, 2010. Henderson co-wrote on the song "Oh Yeah" off of B.T.R.. The album peaked at number 3 on the Billboard 200, and at #1 on the iTunes digital albums list. It was later certified Gold in the U.S. and Mexico. They released their second album, Elevate, on November 21, 2011. Henderson co-wrote "Time of Our Life" with Nicholas "Ras" Furlong. In addition, Henderson was able to co-write three songs off Elevate including "Music Sounds Better With U", "Love Me Love Me", "Superstar".

[edit] Filmography

Television/Films
Year	Show	Role	Notes
2009	Friday Night Lights	Bully #2	Cameo
2009–Present	Big Time Rush	Logan Mitchell	Main Role
2011	Brain Surge	Himself	Episode: "April 22, 2011"
2011	Nick News	Himself	Episode: "Lies We Tell In Middle School"
2011	Hand aufs Herz	Himself	(Hand aufs Herz is a german telenovela on Sixx)
2012	How to Rock	Himself	Episode: "How to Rock: An Election"
2012	Big Time Movie	Logan Mitchell	Main Role