Nickolas Gene Carter (born January 28, 1980) is an American actor, musician, and pop singer. He is a member of the music group the Backstreet Boys.

He’s 28!

Carter was born in Jamestown, New York. His father, Robert Gene Carter, is of Jewish descent and his mother, Jane Elizabeth Spaulding, is a Mayflower descendant of Welsh, Irish, German, English and 1/4 Native American ancestry.

His siblings include Angel, Leslie, Bobbie Jean nickname BJ, and singer Aaron. He also has an older half-sister named Ginger from his father’s first marriage, a step-sister named Taelyn and a half-brother, Kanden, from his father’s new wife.

Several years later, the family moved to Tampa, Florida and managed a retirement home where they added his younger siblings to their family. Carter began auditioning for acting roles in the early 1990s, and appeared in many commercials. He later made a tiny background appearance in Edward Scissorhands (1990). It is said that in several auditions, Nick met AJ McLean and Howie Dorough and they became friends. Later, they formed a mini-vocal group and started seeking a manager. As they found him, Lou Pearlman, he thought it most appropriate to seek for a fourth member. This was the chance for Kevin Richardson, who brought his cousin Brian with him. At the beginning, there was no success in the United States, even though the first single had been a hit on Orlando radio stations. Lou then marketed the Backstreet Boys in Europe, where they became commercially successful in 1996. To date, Carter has helped the group sell over 100 million albums.

Personal Life:

Carter has dated and been linked with many (in)famous women in the entertainment industry, including Willa Ford, Izabelle Filling, Angie Taylor, Paris Hilton, Kathy Griffin, Dalene Kurtis, Kaya Jones, and Ashlee Simpson. His relationship with Hilton ended in July 2004 and he then chose to cover up his Paris tattoo with a crossbone, and added “Old Habits Die Hard” beneath it, courtesy of tattoo artist Nick Males formerly of Third Rail Tattoo in Marathon, Florida; who can now be found at: Silk City Tattoo in Hawthorne, New Jersey.

On June 12, 2007, Kathy Griffin discussed her date with Nick Carter on Tyra. She jokingly alleged that he was illiterate and they showed him not being able to read the menu. However, he has been photographed reading books like The Da Vinci Code, and notes James Redfield’s classic bestseller “The Celestine Prophecy” as one of his favorites.

On September 29, 2006, Carter claimed on The Howard Stern Show that he lost his virginity to Debra Lafave when they were classmates.

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