James Harrison (Musician)

James Harrison 	James Harrison
James Harrison performing with JAT	James Harrison performing with JAT
Background information 	Background information
Birth name 	James Steven Harrison
Born 	6 February 1981 (1972-10-17) (age 31)Burton upon Trent, England
Origin 	London, England
Genres 	Hip Hop, RnB, Rap, Pop
Occupations 	Singer-Songwriter, Record Produer, Actor, Executive Producer, Director, TV Presenter
Years active 	1987–present
Labels 	JAT Records
Associated acts 	JAT, Thomas Atcherley, Andrew Collins, Jake Wyss, Ryan Wilson, Girls Aloud, Kimberley Walsh, Cheryl Cole, Nadine Coyle, Nicola Roberts, Sarah Harding
Website 	www.jamesharrison.co.uk
James Steven Harrison (born 6 February 1981) is an English singer-songwriter, record producer, actor, executive producer, director and TV presenter. He is best known for being a member of boy band JAT. He has also set up his own record company with his band members and called it JAT Records.
==Early Life==
Harrison was born in Burton upon Trent in Staffordshire, England. He grew up with brother Matthew. Harrison made his first TV appearance in 1987.
==Music Career==
James set up a band whilst in Year 8 at high school with mates Thomas Atcherley, Andrew Collins, Jake Wyss and Ryan Wilson. They brought out their first song Earthquake in 1996. In 1997 Harrison set up a record company called JAT Records. In 2002 he signed up newly formed girl group Girls Aloud. He stated in 2002 after signing the girls up "I feel that adding these young, fresh girls to my record company could turn out to be a fantastic addition". As he tried to improve the girls musical career he worked along side them hoping to earn Top 10 hits. He did a re-mix of Girls Aloud number 4 hit Biology in 2010 which went to Number 1, this turned out to be the 10th number 1 Harrison had earnt whilst working with Girls Aloud. His first was Sound of the Underground which he wrote.
==Filmography==
Film
Year	Title 	Role
1987	Assassination 	6 year old Child
1989	Born of the Fourth of July 	Young Child
1989	Always 	Young Child
1992	1492: Conquest of Paradise 	Pinzón's Son
1995	Jumanji 	Van Pelt
1999	At First Sight 	Phil Webster
1999	Bats 	Major Reid
1999	Walking Across Egypt 	Robert Rigsbee
2001	Pearl Harbour 	First Lieutenant Rafe McCawley
2001	The Affair of the Necklace 	King Louis XVI
2003	11:14 	Officer Hannagan
2003	Biker Boyz 	Soul Train
2003	Freddy vs. Jason 	Jason Voorhees
2004	EuroTrip 	Jamie
2006	United 93 	Tom Burnett
2007	300 (Film) 	Pleistarchis
2007	There Will Be Blood 	H.W.
2009	Friday the 13th 	Jason Voorhees
2010	Leap Year 	Jack Brady
2010	4.3.2.1 	Cool Brett
2011	Valkayrie 	Valkayrie
2012	Valkayrie II: The Return of Valkayrie	Valkayrie
2012	The Hunt for Jesse James 	Jesse James
==Personal Life==
After signing up Girls Aloud he started to date member Kimberley Walsh. Harrison and Walsh got married in 2002. They have five children; Nadine, Charlotte, Lucas, Bianca and Corey. Harrison's sons Lucas and Corey play for Liverpool FC's youth team.