1. Joshua Bassett began his career as a teen actor, appearing on the third season of Disney Channel family sitcom Stuck in the Middle as Aidan Peters.
32 Facts About Joshua Bassett
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Joshua Bassett starred in Better Nate Than Ever and led the voice cast in Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again.
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In music, Joshua Bassett was signed to Warner Records in 2020 and subsequently released four extended plays.
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Joshua Bassett was born and raised in Oceanside, California, to parents Taylor and Laura.
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Since then, Joshua Bassett had starred in over 30 musical productions and "multiple commercials", before working in television.
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Joshua Bassett moved to Los Angeles when he was 16 years old to start acting, living in his car for some time to get by.
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From 2017 to 2018, Joshua Bassett appeared in episodic roles in the television shows: Lethal Weapon, Game Shakers, and Dirty John.
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In October 2018, at age 17, Joshua Bassett was cast in his first major role, as the male lead Ricky Bowen: a "cynical but charming high school [student]", on Disney+'s mockumentary musical drama streaming television series High School Musical: The Musical: The Series, a spin-off of the High School Musical film series.
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Joshua Bassett won two Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards for his role and a Children's and Family Emmy Award for "Finally Free".
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In early 2020, Joshua Bassett signed with talent and entertainment company United Talent Agency, as well as signed a recording contract with Warner Bros.
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Later that month, Joshua Bassett appeared in the television special, The Disney Family Singalong, in which he performed "We're All In This Together" from High School Musical alongside the film's cast as well as cast members from the Zombies and Descendants franchises.
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In October 2020, in an interview, Joshua Bassett revealed that he had worked on his six track debut EP which would be released soon.
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On January 14,2021, Joshua Bassett released "Lie Lie Lie", the lead single from his then-upcoming debut EP, with a R3hab remix and an acoustic piano version released the following month.
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Joshua Bassett had shared a snippet of the song on Instagram under the title, "I Know", back in late 2019 when the song had not entered production.
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Joshua Bassett followed it up with the second single from his EP, "Only a Matter Of Time", released on January 28,2021.
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Joshua Bassett played Caleb, an estranged young boy who reconnects with his father, the latter who is on a journey of self-reflection.
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On March 12,2021, Joshua Bassett's self-titled debut EP was released.
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Joshua Bassett wrote, co-produced five of six tracks in the record, and played six instruments throughout the body of work.
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In May 2021, Joshua Bassett released a single titled "Feel Something".
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Joshua Bassett co-directed the music video for the song with fellow creative specialist Sarah Carpenter.
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The EP was titled after the three songs; Joshua Bassett served as a co-creative director for the music videos of the songs.
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In February 2022, Joshua Bassett released a single titled "Doppelganger", co-directing the music video for the song with YouTuber and fellow creative Elle Mills.
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Joshua Bassett co-starred along with actor and dancer Ciara Riley Wilson and social media personality Chelsey Amaro in the music video.
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Joshua Bassett represents that approval we need that we think is out of reach.
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In May 2022, Joshua Bassett announced his eponymous debut concert tour featuring stops in the United States, Canada, and Europe.
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On May 17,2024, Joshua Bassett released "The Golden Years", which served as the lead single from his debut album under the same name.
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In March 2022, Joshua Bassett fronted the spring campaign, "Member's Always: Future Together", for clothing retailer American Eagle, alongside Madelyn Cline, Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Michael Evans Behling, Coco Gauff, and Mxmtoon.
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In March 2022, Joshua Bassett was selected to be an ambassador for the American Eagle "Members Always: Future Together" philanthropic campaign.
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For Mental Health Awareness Month, through the program, Joshua Bassett partnered with mental health awareness nonprofit organization Bring Change to Mind and was a speaker on mental health to local LA high school students at the organization's SoCal Summit.
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In September 2022, Joshua Bassett released his third EP, Sad Songs in a Hotel Room.
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In June 2023, Joshua Bassett started an initiative called "Sammy Sundays".
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In December 2021, Joshua Bassett stated that he was routinely abused in his childhood by a family member and in his adolescence by a different unnamed older man.