Br3ndan

Brendan John Rainko (born June 15, 1998) known as Br3ndan is an American actor, singer-songwriter, writer and producer.
== 2007–2010 Early Career & Brother Sister ==
Br3ndan had been in many TV series like Wizards of Waverly Place and Big Time Rush. He is best known for his own show Hidden Talents created by Dan Schneider. The series ran from November 26, 2011 until October 11, 2014 with 3 Seasons and 72 episodes total. The series was renewed for a 2nd season on February 4, 2012 and renewed for a 3rd season on October 11, 2013. Hidden Talents was renewed for a 4th season on March 4, 2014, however all of Brother Sister said no to the offer due to wanting to go solo and issues with Sebastian and Isaac and Tiana and Amina. He also made guest appearances on Jessie, Young & Hungry and had a recurring rule on Lab Rats as his character from Wizards of Waverly Place. Br3ndan has also been in many films like College Road Trip starring Raven-Symone and other films too.
Br3ndan currently works with his band Brother Sister. They have made 4 studio albums, 2 Extended Plays as well as 2 Soundtrack albums for their show Hidden Talents. Brother Sister was going to be making a 5th studio album, however things didn't work out due to schedule situations as well as conflicts with Tiana E and Amina H with both of them not talking to each other. In addition, Isaac R and Sebastian C are also not talking due to Sebastian blaming Isaac since Isaac wanted a solo career anyway.
== 2011–2014 Solo Success & Brother Sister Split ==
Br3ndan also makes solo music in addition to writing with Brother Sister. He has released his 1st studio album Come To Me, on September 3, 2012, which sold 300,000 copies, as well as his 1st EP, I Don't Need You, which sold 80,000 copies, on November 21, 2011. Br3ndan wrote on his Twitter that he would be in the works to be creating his 2nd studio album. He released his first single off the album in 2014 but as a comeback solo single which was a Demi Lovato song. He then released his official first single "Rise" which was hot on the charts in July 2014. The album released on September 12, 2014 which was self titled. The album sold 450,000 copies in the first week. Br3ndan released his 2nd single in October 2014 with the music video in the same month. His next single released in January 2015 with the music video releasing on January 24, 2015. Br3ndan is also going on his 1st solo tour. The tour is to promote his solo music from his first 2 albums and his EP. This tour is set to start on February 2, 2015 and will end May 1, 2015 with a total of 48 shows with it being for North America, South America and Europe. On March 23, 2015, Br3ndan announced 6 more shows for London making the tour go to 54 shows instead.
When it came down to it, the series Hidden Talents would end after the third season. On April 23, 2013, Tiana E announced her departure from the group. On April 30, 2013, Amina H announced her departure. On May 14, 2013, Sebastian C announced his departure. On May 20, 2014, the band announced their departure. The band played music from 2009 until 2014. The songs, "Show Me Love", "Slow Down", "Dancing" and "Killin' It" were released in July 2014, as their final songs.
Br3ndan is currently working on a new film with Selena Gomez, Adam Sandler and Fran Drescher called Hotel Transylvainia 2 and also a new film called Vacation. Br3ndan is set to return to Lab Rats for Season 4 to play Bren Russo, a character from his other show Wizards of Waverly Place. On February 12, 2015, Br3ndan announced that his series Thomas & Friends Series 2 is set to end in 2018. He is sad about it but said there will be a Thomas & Friends Series 3 but not for a little while. He had just finished the narration for Season 10. The show will have 10 Seasons with a total of 262 episodes created. Br3ndan announced that he will be part of a main cast in a new film which starts production in April 2015. However, he will only be in parts of the film, due to him being on tour.
== 2015–2016: The Rebel Ones, Nathan & This Is Not Goodbye ==
Br3ndan announced in dedication to his past-grandfather, he was making his 1st Compilation album with four new songs. Three of the songs were about his grandfather and one of the is a single. The song is called "Never Forget" which is set to release on March 1, 2015 with the music video on March 10, 2015. His compilation album For My Loves released on March 20, 2015 with about 280,000 copies sold in the first week. The 2nd single off the album was "That's It" which released on May 4, 2015 with 30,000 copies sold in the first week with the music video is releasing on May 6, 2015. Br3ndan was also featured in Nick Jonas' new song "Love Me" which released on May 22, 2015 with 10,000 copies sold in the first week, with the music video releasing on May 25, 2015.
In a recent interview, Br3ndan has announced plans for a 3rd studio album to release sometime in 2016. The album turns out to be The Rebel Ones which released on June 17, 2016. The album has six singles. The 1st four release in 2016 which are "Rebel Hearts" (April 2), "It's Alright It's OK" (June 19), "In Rain Or Shine" (June 28) and "Happily Never After" (ft. JT & Mike Klarms) (November 9). He also had two singles release off the album in 2017 which were "Think About That" (January 21) and "Rock More" (March 31). He didn't go on tour for the album.
Br3ndan announced that his series will be called Nathan starring Cameron Boyce from the series Jessie. The show is about a down on his luck country kid who is, smart, clumsy and very shy while trying to make it in his new school. The series started production in January 2015 as Br3ndan said he was working on a secret writing project for the fans. Nathan then released on Nickelodeon on March 25, 2015, at 8:30 p.m. after a new Max & Shred. Nathan has already gotten about an average of 1,000,000 viewers every week. On April 24, 2015, the series was renewed for a second season of 24 episodes, bringing the total amount to 48 episodes. The season will start filming in September 2015 until December 2015. The series was then cancelled after 2 Seasons.
== 2017–present My Sober Friends & I & Focus On Film ==
On March 15, 2017, Br3ndan announced he was working on his 4th studio album and announced he would return to television. The 1st single, "Shame" would release on August 4, 2017. The album was titled This Is Not Goodbye as most people thought he would be done with his music career as he announced his break from it. He releasec four singles and the album charted at number 2 behind Taylor Swift. The album released on November 10, 2017 with 200,000 sales in the first week alone. In addition, he started filming his movie The Breakfast Club Remake in June 2017. He also had been filming the Mom spin-off series My Sober Friends & I from June to December 2017 with 24 episodes. The series was renewed on April 9, 2018 bringing it to 48 episodes. It stars him with JT Klarms, Tim Lamothe, Sam Receio and Jared Wrights. He filmed another movie The Lost Ones in August 2017 which also stars Spencer Boldman and Sadie Calvano. The Brekfast Club Remake will be released on June 22, 2018 and The Lost Ones would release on August 10, 2018. On March 22, 2018, Br3ndan announced two movies that he is writing and would be staring in, one with Jack Griffo and the other with Jace Norman.
== Personal Life ==
Br3ndan grew up in Michigan. He is currently living in Hollywood California. He is getting a pet fish which is a red Molly fish sometime in April 2015. Br3ndan started to date Tiana E from his band Brother Sister from April 23, 2007 until May 6, 2010. He dated Hannah Pulls from September 23, 2011 until October 6, 2011. Br3ndan officially said that he just loves "people" and will date anyone. He doesn't want to be labeled as straight or not. He said he will date someone if they like him first. Br3ndan dated his Trumpet section guy from Marching Band Matthew Krey, the first guy for him to date, from August 12, 2013 until March 28, 2014. A guy named Michael Albertson, who has been friends with Br3ndan for 13 years, liked Br3ndan for a while now and they started dating on May 17, 2014. On December 31, 2015, after Br3ndan finished his performance with Demi Lovato, Michael Albertson proposed to him. Br3ndan and Michael Albertson got engaged officially January 1, 2016. They called off the engagement on November 22, 2017 and then broke up on December 4, 2017, but remain good friends. Br3ndan and Michael Albertson started dating again on April 21, 2018.
== Other Pages ==
*Br3ndan Appearance
*Br3ndan discography
*Br3ndan Tour Page
*List of Br3ndan Pets