Joey McIntyre
| Joe McIntyre | |
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McIntyre, aged seventeen (1990)
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Joseph Mulrey McIntyre |
| Born |
December 31, 1972 Needham, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Genres | Pop, swing |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter, record producer, actor |
| Years active | 1985–1994, 2008-present (with NKOTB) 1998–present (solo) |
| Labels | C2, Work, Q, City Light, Atlantic |
| Associated acts | New Kids on the Block, NKOTBSB |
| Website | joeymcintyre |
Joseph Mulrey "Joey" McIntyre (born December 31, 1972) is an American singer-songwriter and actor. He is best known as the youngest member of the boy band New Kids on the Block. He has sold over 1 million records worldwide as a solo artist.
McIntyre was born in Needham, Massachusetts,. His parents were Thomas McIntyre, a union official, and his wife Katherine (neé Bowen) a community theater actress. His mother died on November 30, 2014, after a long battle with Alzheimer's. He is the youngest of nine children with older siblings, Judy, Alice, Susan, Tricia, Carol, Jean, Kate, and Tommy, in an Irish-American Catholic family. McIntyre graduated from Catholic Memorial School in West Roxbury, Massachusetts, an all-male Catholic private school. He shares the same birth date as his sister, Carol. Another sister, Judy, is an actress.
Just before his 13th birthday, he joined New Kids on the Block, replacing Mark Wahlberg. Since the other four members of the band were already long-time school friends, he initially found it difficult to mesh with them. They became one of the most successful boy bands of the late 20th century, producing two number one albums on the US Billboard charts. In 1991, Forbes listed the band as the highest-earning entertainers, beating Madonna and Michael Jackson. They eventually split in 1994.
Following their split, McIntyre busied himself with songwriting and sought a solo recording contract. He made his acting debut in the film The Fantasticks, which was based on the long-running off-Broadway musical. This 1995 film, starring Joel Grey and Jean Louisa Kelly, was released in theatres five years later.
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