Kendall Francis Schmidt (born November 2, 1990) is an American actor, singer, songwriter and music producer. He is best known for playing Kendall Knight in Big Time Rush also part of a boy band with the same name and has played small roles on several TV shows such as ER, Without a Trace, Phil of the Future, Ghost Whisperer, Gilmore Girls, and Frasier. Schmidt's first single with Heffron Drive, Parallel, was released in March 2014 through his very own record label TOLBooth Records.