List of Big Time Rush characters

This a list of fictional characters in the television series, Big Time Rush. The article deals with main, recurring,minor character and notable guest stars.

Kendall Knight

Kendall Knight
First appearance	Big Time Audition
Portrayed by	Kendall Schmidt
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Gender	Male
Occupation	Singer/Student
Family	Jennifer Knight (mother) Dad (unknown, rumored to be deceased) Katie Knight (little sister)

Kendall Knight (Kendall Schmidt) is the leader of the band. In Big Time Interview it is revealed that he is from Shakopee, Minnesota. Kendall is technically the founder of Big Time Rush when he accepts to move to L.A. and record demos only if Gustavo brings James, Carlos, and Logan along to make them all a band. He is portrayed as the glue that keeps the band together. He manages to stay cool under pressure (described as "Cool Rush") and figure out solutions to problems, thus often resulting in the other guys running to Kendall when they have a problem, being the most mature and responsible member of Big Time Rush. Kendall keeps a great relationship with his mother and his younger sister, Katie, who helps him and his friends whenever they get into trouble. He is quite affectionate towards Katie, as she is always there to help him and vice versa. Kendall's mother is the only parent shown on a regular basis while his father is not mentioned.

Kendall has a crush on Jo from the very beginning and by insisting on flirting her they soon after become a couple. They keep the longest relationship on the series until Jo accepts a three-year movie deal to New Zealand and moves there (thus breaking up with Kendall). Kendall goes into heartbreak after Jo leaves, however with his friends' help, he is able to get back on his feet. Kendall is the only one who never caught "Hollywood Fever", which turned out to be a subconscious manifestation of homesickness, because he never lost touch with the life and hobbies he had in Minnesota. Although he takes his work seriously, Kendall loves to joke around and is usually hyper. He tends to stand up for himself and likes to talk back and be sarcastic. He is kind, helpful and always there for his friends and also he is shown to be good at maintaining relationships, as he shares great friendships with the boys, his sister and his mother.In "Big Time Move" while he was singing Lucy winked at him and he seemed to be slightly shocked.

James Diamond

James Diamond
First appearance	Big Time Audition
Portrayed by	James Maslow
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Gender	Male
Occupation	Singer/Student
Family	Brooke Diamond (mother) unnamed Father

James Diamond (James Maslow) is the pretty boy of Big Time Rush. He is the one who originally wanted to be a star when the boys were just four hockey players in Minnesota. James is shallow, driven, sometimes an airhead, and, like Logan, sometimes panics under pressure, but is a good friend and looks out for his fellow bandmates. James loves wearing bandanas and has an alter-ego known as Bandana-Man, which is just him wrapped in purple bandanas. James always has personal head shots of himself which he carries along, wherever he goes. Of his fellow bandmates, he is closest to Carlos, whom he loves to play video games and goof around with. He is described as solid-voiced and driven beyond belief. Though he is conceited, James can also be caring and think of others. He is shown as a ladies' man, usually dating one girl or the other. According to Carlos, he always gets the girls and declares himself the "pretty one". He accidentally shared a kiss with Camille while practicing a romantic play, but still remained good friends. He supports the band as best as he can and loves having fun. He is also shown to be overprotective of Katie, revealing that he sees her as a little sister. His mother is considered the "Estee Lauder of the Midwest" for her successful cosmetics line. She wanted to take James to be the CEO of her cosmetic line but the boys and their moms found a way for James too be kept in L.A. It is revealed though that he has trouble saying no to her and is a Mama's boy. His parents are divorced and apparently his dad is remarried to some woman that is fifteen years younger than he is, so his parents don't talk. However, James' dad was revealed in Big Time Concert, and had a small speaking role. Though his name wasn't revealed, you could tell it was James' dad by the way he dressed and acted. In Big Time Interview it is revealed that James started singing and dancing at age two and starting using hair care products at age three.It is also revieled in Big Time Movie that James is afraid of heights.

Carlos Garcia

Carlos Garcia
First appearance	Big Time Audition
Portrayed by	Carlos Pena, Jr.
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Gender	Male
Occupation	Singer/Student
Family	Mr. Garcia (father) Sylvia Garcia (mother)

Carlos Garcia (Carlos Pena, Jr.) is the joker of the band who likes to wear his hockey helmet for no apparent reason. According to Kendall, he isn't very tough without it. He is the youngest, shortest and most immature of the group. He is shown to be optimistic, childish, energetic, impulsive, unpredictable and reckless. Because of his childish nature, he almost always tends to rebount quickly from setbacks, with his sudden break up in Big Time Single being a rare exception. He is also very superstitious, believing in ghosts and the paranormal, as well as being cautious of bringers of bad luck like black cats and broken mirrors. He is easygoing and very persuadable, which often gets him into trouble. He can get really sensitive, he is extremely prone to accidents(possible reason for the helmet), he acts impulsively and therefore casually says whatever he has on mind no matter what. Moreover, he is always the last to figure out what is going on or what the guys plan. Carlos usually suggests thinking "happy thoughts about kittens" when his bandmates get into arguments. He sometimes has little disputes with Logan, while he constantly get in fights with James. In Big Time Audition, it was said that Carlos lost his pet, Sparky, when he was little. A running gag is that Carlos usually almost gets the guys caught or in trouble and he says the wrong things at the wrong time and is the least sophisticated non down to earth guy in BTR. In Big Time Interview it shows that Carlos' dad is from Minneapolis. It also says that he is nicknamed "The Wild Rush" and he was voted "most likely to marry a corndog" by his sophomore class due to his strong liking to corndogs. He is also claimed to have beaten the entire eighth grade in middle school.

Carlos likes most girls he sees, due to the fact he never had a "real" girlfriend and has been shown to be very awkward and silly in front of girls he finds attractive. He has though a big special crush on Jennifers throughout the series, even though they keep rejecting him and did however had a date with Jennifer 1 for the prom Big Time Prom Kings whereas Jennifer 3 gave him a flirty wave while he was singing in season two finale Big Time Move probably hinting that she likes him. He also had a short relationship with Sasha, a girl Gustavo hired to date him and a visit from his long ago big time crush, Heather Fox who once seemed to liked him, but fails to win her back. In Big Time Break-Up, Carlos reveals that he has a metal plate in his head that acts as a counter-vailents against electrical currents.

Logan Mitchell

Logan Mitchell
First appearance	Big Time Audition
Portrayed by	Logan Henderson
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Gender	Male
Occupation	Singer/Student
Family	Joanna Mitchell (mother) unnamed Father

Logan Mitchell (Logan Henderson) is the genius of the group. He is genuine and sweet, and the next most down-to-earth guy in the band after Kendall. He is also the serious one but usually follows along in his friend's schemes, sometimes making schemes of his own when needed. Logan is extremely smart and the other guys usually rely on him to solve certain problems, like school work and such. However, he panics under pressure usually leaving it to Kendall to come up with schemes. Logan is introduced in Big Time Audition as the brain of the group. He has his learners' permit and drives the others to the audition, and later, to places around the Palm Woods. Logan can be shy but when he lets loose, he can be just as goofy as his friends. Logan states that if he wasn't in a band, he'd be studying to be a doctor. He is stubborn but also sensitive, described as the weakest in the band and a really good friend. He is very hard-working and as Kelly says he has an adorable smile. Logan's favorite mathematician is Phoebe Nachee, a woman, who as he later realizes much to his shock, hates boys. Logan is also skeptical of ghosts and the paranormal, relying on science for logical explanations of unnatural things. He has a grandma who is sometimes mentioned. It is revealed later in the series that he is indecisive and has a weak bladder. It's also revealed that his real name is Hortense, but James's mother hated the name and told the boys to call him Logan and since no one ever says no to James' mom the name stuck, much to his liking. It is implied that he is a bit self-conscious about hugging and kissing his mother in front of his friends; however, he cares about her. In Big Time Interview it is revealed that Logan moved to Minnesota in third grade and immediately became friends with the other boys because he did their homework for them. It is unknown where he came from, though.

Logan is shown to have feelings for Camille right from the beginning and later on they become a couple until Big Time Girlfriends where the two decide to remain friends. However, they still keep an unresolved on again off again relationship. It is stated that he has never asked anyone out before Camille, though having some dates in the past. Despite their "break-up" Logan and Camille still remained friends and also seem to have feelings for each other, as proven in Big Time Secret where he gets extremely jealous when she starts spending time with Kendall secretly. Later, in Big Time Move they are seen in flirty interaction during a performance, probably assuming that they may get back together in future episodes.

Gustavo Rocque

Gustavo Rocque
First appearance	Big Time Audition
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Gender	Male
Occupation	Record Producer

Gustavo Rocque (Stephen Kramer Glickman) is a world-renowned record producer who auditions the boys in Minnesota and brings them to L.A. to make them stars. Before Big Time Rush, he had twenty-nine platinum albums. He is cliche and mean and always has a frown on his face while the boys are performing, even when he likes the song. He has also been the butt of several fat jokes. He can't stand James, stating that he reminds him of Matthew McConaughey, whom he hates. He admits to liking the boys after dealing with an absolutely perfect boy band that he hated because they were so perfect. He affectionately refers to the boys as his "dogs" because of an encounter in "big time audition". His mansion has a fridge filled with pudding. He has little patience for things. He does not eat pulled pork. So far Gustavo has landed a record deal, produced an album, recorded with Jordin Sparks and beat his all-time arch-nemesis Hawk, finally forcing him to admit to Kelly that the boys are his good luck charms. Gustavo is an excellent piano player. Kelly reveals to the guys that Gustavo didn't have a normal childhood, having been forced by his mother to spend all of his time playing piano and never being allow to play like normal kids. Gustavo reveals that he has been banned from all hotels in Los Angeles, along with Russell Crowe, Aerosmith, and the "original host of Blue's Clues (Steven Burns). He often acts annoyed by the boys, however, it is implied that he considers them part of his family.

Katie Knight

Katie Knight
First appearance	Big Time Audition
Portrayed by	Ciara Bravo
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Gender	Female
Occupation	Student
Family	Jennifer Knight (Mother) Kendall Knight (Brother) Dad (unknown, rumored to be deceased)

Katie Knight (Ciara Bravo) is Kendall's little sister who is shown to be a lot smarter and quickwitted than her mother. She enjoys blackmailing and likes to gamble. She goes to the Palm Woods School with the boys, after starring in a commercial where all she had to do was beat up a boy. She is originally 9 years old in the pilot, later turns 10 in early-Season 1 in the series, later turns 11 in early-Season 2 in the series. She is very clever and has excellent business senses, which is why the boys often need her for their plans. She is a good sister to Kendall and the boys, helping them out whenever needed. It is shown that the other boys in the band look at Katie as their own little sister too. And the other boys are also shown to be protective of her. Kendall frequently calls her "baby sister" and she calls him "big brother" especially when they are plotting something. Though it is stated in various episodes that she lacks friends, she seems to be friends with Tyler. She is wise and has great ideas. She can often be manipulative but has a good heart. It is also suspected that Katie has a minor crush on James, but does her best to deny it. Katie shares a "frenemies" relationship with Mr. Bitters. Kendall said that he convinced their mother not to name Katie "Apple". She helps Kendall through his heartbreak and comforts him. Such as seen in Big Time Break-Up when Jo leaves for 3 years she tries to cheer him up. Through out the series it is shown the she can be quite devious and often does things for money.She loves her brother and he is very protective of her.She has helped out Kendall multiple times as well as James and Carlos but has yet to help Logan.She is also shown to have a friendship with Gustavo and Kelly helping them out numerous times.EX:Helping Gustavo figure out what a song means,helping him with his writers block,and helping him find out her moms secret family Snikerdoodle recipe(because it helped him write a better song and he could not stop thinking about them, but mainly because Kelly promised to give her a hundred dollars)

Kelly Wainwright

Kelly Wainwright
First appearance	Big Time Audition
Portrayed by	Tanya Chisholm
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Gender	Female
Occupation	Assistant Talent Scout

Kelly Wainwright (Tanya Chisholm) is a talent scout and Gustavo's assistant. Her personality is a lot more mellow than her boss's. She is honest, polite, and very efficient. She is also very helpful and supportive. She serves mainly as moderator/mediator between Gustavo and Big Time Rush, keeping Gustavo's rage in check and simultaneously getting the boys to do what they have to do, avoiding the clashes that would otherwise ensue. She is very organized. As stated by Gustavo and everyone else, she is a horrible "faker-liar-actress". She is usually always with Gustavo and seems to know him better than anyone else. After 6 months of working with the boys, she got him to admit that he does like them, even considering them his good luck charms. She is a main character in season 2. Although she was not a main character in the first season, she appeared in all the episodes for season one, except Big Time Break. In Big Time Girlfriends, Kelly was angry at Gustavo when she found out he hired an actress to break Carlos' heart to get him to sing about breakups, so she threatened to break Gustavo's music awards if Carlos ended up hurt. It is revealed that she has a black belt. Although she is often annoyed and disgusted by Gustavo, it is implied that she likes working for him and also favors the boys.

Secondary cast

Jennifer Knight

Jennifer Knight (Challen Cates) is the loving, kind, caring mother of Kendall and Katie. Usually she is mentioned as Mrs. Knight or Mamma Knight and her name, Jennifer (Jen) is only revealed in season two episode Big Time Moms. She is the adult responsible of Big Time Rush and the only parent to move to live with them. It is seen she gets along very well with Katie and the guys, who respect her and can count on her, as she is proven helpful and both lenient and strict when needed. Despite her gentle personality Mrs. Knight can get really stubborn at times, becoming aggressive and competitive while she can go to the extremes for something she is determined to do and as claimed she likes to win. It is also mentioned that when back to Minnesota she used to be a waitress. Overall, aside from Kendall, she is mostly seen helping and advising Logan who seeks for and respects her opinions.

Mrs. Knight befriends Mrs. Duncan in Big Time Girl Group while she marries Buddha Bob in Big Time Wedding, so as him won't have to live the country and though their marriage is invalid, she finds out he could be a good husband. In Big Time Strike, she goes on strike from her daily duties in order Katie to appreciate her hard work and since that episode she is proven to be a really good negotiator. In Big Time Secret, she got revealed that her hair color isn't natural and that her homemade cookies are not at all homemade. Mrs. Knight was stated to be the band's "momager" during Big Time Inreview. Mrs. Knight is the only mother to appear in more than one episode (all the other boys' mothers only appeared in Big Time Moms) and is in fact the most viewed recurring character since Kelly Wainwright became series regular.

Reginald Bitters (Mr. Bitters)

Reginald Bitters (Mr. Bitters) (David Anthony Higgins) is the strict, money-loving, and downright mean manager of the Palm Woods. He doesn't really like Kendall, James, Carlos and Logan or generally anything that disturbs the hotel's peace. He is also a frenemy with Katie Knight and though they constantly get on each other nerves they seem to care the one for another and occasionally they get along well. He is never helpful at his work and can get lazy as well as arrogant and tries to impose his own rules to others no matter how unfair they may be, though he gets usually outsmarted by either Katie or the guys. He doesn't really care about other people's feelings but he is always in for a challenge as he likes to win. He is sarcastic enough giving comments throughout the series. Also it seems he set eyes for Big Time Rush's apartment (2J) after it got fixed and has already given them two of the three strikes(of false behavior)needed to evict them.

During "Big Time Moms", it was revealed that in the past, Bitters quit veterinarian school to follow his girlfriend, an aspiring actress, at the Palm Woods and after he spent his entire money supporting her acting career, she dumped him and he landed a job there. His mother arrived at the Palm Woods not knowing all that and still believing her son was a vet who was married and had a son, so Katie and Buddha Bob helped him pull all this off. At the end, Bitters's mom got convinced that her son was secret spy. In "Big Time Rocker", we learn that Bitters keeps his savings in a house safe which Camille, as Mila Stark, robbed. Also, in "Big Time Christmas", Mr. Bitters had been lonely and sad on Christmas claiming that he hates holidays, but Katie got him to spend the Christmas with them and showed him what Christmas is like with family and friends. In that episode it is seen that Mr. Bitters doesn't like that nobody likes him and the good side of him hiding inside got finally revealed.

Arthur Griffin

Arthur Griffin (Matt Riedy) is Gustavo's annoying, selfish and snobbish boss at Rocque Records. He is the CEO of RCMCBT Global Net Sanyoid Corporation and the 4th most powerful CEO in America as claimed in Big Time Photo Shoot. He tends to have irrational demands from Gustavo and Big Time Rush to be fulfilled in a short period of time that they always just barely reach. He is also known to make spur-of-the-moment decisions, such as installing a swirly-slide in his office in Big Time Crib (although there is no trace of it in Big Time Reality) and doing an unannounced corporate evaluation in Big Time Live, or even introducing a new member-replacement to the group (Big Time Bad Boy) and creating a reality show on Big Time Rush's lives (Big Time Reality) thus causing way too many trouble to the guys. On numerous occasions, he has threatened to shut down Big Time Rush or otherwise handicap it and in Big Time Concert he did cancel the band forcing them to move back to Minnesota. Griffin has also a daughter named Mercedes, who despite being spoiled and having her father's obnoxious behaviour, has a softer side as seen in Big Time Demos. Moreover, Griffin occasionally enjoys causing misery to people (he decided to fire people on Christmas Eve) and despite all his attitude he claims to "love" the boys. Gustavo also describes him as having "the creative pop sensibility of a walnut."

A running gag in the series is that whenever he talks with Gustavo, he nearly always states that whatever Gustavo is planning is no longer in style; "New research shows that the (boy band, monster band, etc. etc.) is dead!" This is usually accompanied by him tossing a large research binder at Gustavo, which Gustavo almost fails to catch.

Camille Roberts

Camille Roberts (Erin Sanders) is known as the "Method Actress Queen" of the Palm Woods and can always be seen practicing her lines around the pool before her auditions. She is somewhat insane, according to Kendall in Big Time Party. Camille is a little crazy, but she is always there for the guys and is one of their closest friends. While she has been implied to be a good actress, she herself has admitted how she had to go to 32 auditions before landing a role, probably due to her deep emotional investment into her characters and sometimes extreme measures. Every time she has had an audition for a dramatic role, she slaps Logan on the face. When she and James auditioned for a role on the fictitious "Witches of Rodeo Drive," she arrived dressed in costume, packed with props, and wired herself with explosives as part of a trick to try to land the part, which she didn't get after blowing up the casting director's office. She was in love with Logan from day one, and on the episode Big Time Love Song purposely prevented him from impressing Jo by using him in a kissing scene, pretending that she was practicing her audition for One Tree Hill. Camille is best friends with Jo. In "Big Time Party", she wanted Logan to audition for a role in her "fantasy dream movie." Logan rejected the idea at first, but came back to play in her "movie" and soon began to grow feelings for her. But soon Logan had to balance her date with Mercedes' and, after Camille discovered this, she and Mercedes threw him into the pool, then agreed to dance with him but not to talk to him for a week, showing that she was really cool. Logan acknowledging his feelings for Camille, he dressed up as a prince and rode in on a fake horse to ask her to be his date for the dance. In the movie Big Time Concert, it appeared as if the boys were leaving after Griffin dumped them. After seeing Kendall and Jo kiss good-bye, Logan asked for something to remember Camille. As he leaned in to kiss her, she slapped him. Later on, when the boys came back and had to find James, Logan accidentally blurted out "Camille" instead of James, showing he missed her during their time apart. In the episode "Big Time Girlfriends", James and Camille kissed when they caught up with the acting while practicing some lines, although James claimed that Camille is not his type earlier in "Big Time Dance". This led Logan and Camille to break up and remain good friends even though they still have feelings for each other. Logan and Camille's relationship is the biggest/most like couple of the series. But they are constantly on an unresolved on again off again relationship status as stated in Big Time Girlfriends. Despite their "break-up" Camille is constantly seen helping Logan, as well as the other boys when in trouble, proving to be a valuable friend. She lives in 4J.

In "Big Time Christmas", Camille gave Logan a present and kissed him goodbye. In "Big Time Crush", Camille and Logan date other people even though each one of them realizes that they still care for the other. In "Big Time Rocker" Camille finally landed a role in a movie,("Spy High") as secret agent Mila Stark and when in role she shared some romantic moments with Logan. Logan though seemingly liked her character more than the real her mostly because she kissed him a lot. In "Big Time Secret" Logan becomes extremely jealous and overreacts when he realizes that Camille and Kendall share a secret, assuming they are dating, though the truth is they were secretly figure skating together. Also in Big Time Move, Camille was seen during a Big Time Rush performance having a flirty interaction with Logan (pronouncing "i love you"), probably hinting that they may resume their relationship in season 3. A Fun Fact is she played Quinn Pensky on Zoey 101

Jo Taylor
First appearance	Big Time Love Song
Portrayed by	Katelyn Tarver
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Gender	Female
Occupation	Actress/Singer/Student (Graduated)
Family	Unnamed Father (Marine, and C.I.A. Agent)

Jo Taylor

Jo Taylor (Katelyn Tarver) is the first and original new girl at the Palm Woods. Jo is from North Carolina and lives in L.A. with her strict former marine, CIA dad. She is an aspiring singer and actress although she has only sung along with the group and their friends in the episode Big Time Terror and plays Rachael in the show "New Town High". Jo is best friends with Camille and gets along well with every other character. She first appeared in Big Time Love Song where the guys were battling it out to see who would get to date her but none of them got to after she lied she had a boyfriend. Following these events, Kendall who insisted on flirting Jo, though she constantly turned him down, finally figured out her lie and she started to develop feelings for him, leading to them soon becoming a couple at the end-of-year school dance (Big Time Dance).

In season two Jo and Kendall's relationship face major difficulties. In the first episode of season two, Welcome Back, Big Time, Kendall becomes overly jealous when he sees Jo with a good-looking guy (unaware that he is Jo's new co-star in the show "New Town High", Jett, who keeps on flirting her on and off-screen) that leads Jo to end their relationship, though she changed her mind hours later and appeared in a Big Time Rush concert holding an "I ♥ Kendall" sign. In the episode Big Time Girlfriends Kendall and Jo spend so little time together due to their career demands that Kendall considers breaking up but accepts that seeing her for a minute is better than never. Later, in Big Time Sneakers, Jo's publishist tries to create a rumor that Jo and her co-star Jett are a real life couple, in order to promote the series, thus causing trouble in Kendall and Jo's relationship. Moreover, in Big Time Prom Kings their night and the chances of winning "prom king and queen" are ruined by Jo's overprotective dad. Nevertheless Jo and Kendall are the longest actual dating couple at the Palm Woods and no matter the fights they always get back together. She will return in the Season 3 Premiere Big Time Jo Returns.

In the episode Big Time Break-Up, Jo gets offered a part in a three-movie deal and has to leave to New Zealand for three years. She firstly decides to reject the chance, not wanting to lose Kendall, but he unwillingly urges her to take the once in a lifetime opportunity for her best, and so she leaves. In the episode it is claimed that they are both in love and care deeply the one for another. After her departure Kendall falls into heartbreak depression, which he manages to get over with his friends and family's help.

Freight Train

Freight Train (Stephen Keys) is Gustavo's personal enforcer and bodyguard. He is huge, amazingly muscular, and able to lift all the boys up at once, but also likes the boys. A play on his name, any time he appears a train whistle is heard in the background track. According to Gustavo, he is in charge of making people do what he says. Although usually portraying an intimidating and serious personality, he has been shown to be sensitive and to hug the boys, and also carry them. He sometimes goes on the boys side rather than Gustavo and Kelly's.

Mr. X

Mr. X (Fred Tallaksen) is the dance instructor for Gustavo's bands, as well as various other music groups. He frequently uses words that start with the letter 'X', and he has choreographed for Boy-Quake and Boys in the Attic, two of Gustavo's boy bands, as well as Madonna, Beyonce, and Yo Gabba Gabba. He first appeared in Big Time Audition, where he tried teaching Big Time Rush how to dance; however, they ended up stressing him out, after which he "said a bunch of bad words that started with 'X'" and quit. He reappears in Big Time Dance and Big Time Concert, where he again taught them new dance moves. Also he makes a brief appearance in season two episode Big Time Girl Group choreographing Kat's Crew. He thinks they are better than BTR.

Tyler Duncan

Tyler Duncan (Tucker Albrizzi) is a red-haired, chubby kid who, because of his mom, stars in the Juice Box commercials, although he really only wants to be a normal kid. He goes to the Palm Woods School with Katie and the boys. His mother is obsessed with his acting career, and with the help of Katie and the boys he is able to hide from her. He has froggy slippers that were stolen along with Carlos's helmet, Mr. Bitter's bologna, and Buddha Bob's music box. In the episode Big Time Sparks, James tried dressing him as a leprechaun to get rid of his bad luck. He appeared in Big Time Dance with a non-speaking role. He had a major role in Big Time Girl Group, where Katie and Mrs. Knight hide him from his mother during their various attempts to find friends at the Palmwoods. In the same episode, it is revealed that he was the friend Katie was looking for and that he is from Indiana. Tyler does not have his running gag with his mom anymore.

Mrs. Duncan

Mrs. Duncan (Alyssa Preston) is Tyler's mom and she's obsessed with his acting career. She always wants to put him in commercials, and in the episode Big Time Break she tried to put him in a diaper commercial. With the help of Katie and the boys, Tyler is able to hide from her. Also, she claims for her son Tyler be "adorable". In Big Time Girl Group, she began a friendship with Katie and Mrs. Knight. She claims that she wanted the chance for a better life for her son, which is why she is so obsessed with his acting career. In the end, they come up with the plan of no auditions for Tyler until after 3 p.m., so that he can have fun time and she still has a chance at the 'big time'. Though she stated that she will continue to chase after Tyler, neither her nor her son have been seen since Big Time Girl Group.

Guitar Dude

Guitar Dude (Barnett O'Hara) is a teenage songwriter trying to make it in Hollywood and lives at the Palm Woods, home of aspiring child stars. He usually does the background music when the boys are at the pool. In Big Time Fever it was stated that he was a former cello player before he got Hollywood Fever.He also plays background in Big Time Rush`s apparently Famous midnight Jams. In Big Time Terror he plays the music for one of their midnight jams.

Buddha Bob

Buddha Bob (Daran Norris) is the grounds keeper and janitor at the Palm Woods. He is a tall, lumberjack-like man who looks like he hasn't shaved in a while and despite his fierce looks is actually very nice. He soon enough befriended the whole "Big Time Rush family" (with the guys claiming to like him such as Carlos in Big Time Break) and especially Katie Knight, liking and helping each other since his first appearance in Big Time Bad Boy. He is shown to be really weird, doing unusual things such as trying to cut a jelly doughnut with an axe or showing love to his plunger, which he named Plungy. Also, he seems to be really easy-going, usually just saying "Uh, okay" whatever question someone may ask. Furthermore, Buddha Bob enjoys playing music on his boom-box (or "portable electrified music playing machine" as he calls it) with large head-phones. His boom-box was stolen once by Lightning, the TV Wonder Dog. It is also revealed that Buddha Bob is an immigrant from Canada and that he went to a business school (Big Time Fever).

Buddha Bob is seen helping apart from the guys he also has helped Katie, Mrs. Knight, Jo and even Gustavo in Big Time Guru by making him calmer and becoming his song writing partner though they wrote a terrible song. He somehow looks like an alternate of John Lennon in Big Time Fever with his glasses and his haircut. In Big Time Wedding, Buddha Bob marries Mrs. Knight in order not to be sent back to his country and even though Mr. Bitters who did the marriage was no longer qualified to give weddings, so it is invalid, Mrs. Knight discovers along the way that he would be an excellent husband and that he is a great cook.

Miss Collins

Miss Collins (Tara Strong) is the teacher at the Palm Woods school. She is very nice and sweet and even has class outside once in a while. She debuted in Big Time School of Rocque. When the boys found out they were going to the School of Rocque (Parody of School of Rock) instead of the Palm Woods school, they kept dreaming up fantasies about the Palm Woods school, like having water fights for homework and eating pie and Miss Collins having class outside everyday and she being the greatest teacher in history. When Gustavo cracked and let them go to the Palm Woods school, they were very excited at first. But when they entered the room and Miss Collins said they were going to talk about water displacement, James, Kendall, and Logan started squirting water around the room and Carlos stuffed his face in pie. When they saw an angry Miss Collins, they realized that school was a lot more fun in their fantasies, and they got detention. She re-appears in Big Time Dance and returns for her second major appearance in Welcome Back Big Time. She then appears in Green Time Rush.

The Jennifers

The Jennifers (Denyse Tontz (Jennifer 1), Spencer Locke in the early Season 1 episodes/Kelli Goss in the later Season 1 episodes and present (Jennifer 2), and Savannah Jayde (Jennifer 3)) are three self-absorbed girls with the same name that live and go to school at the Palm Woods who sing, dance, and act. Kendall, James, Logan, and Carlos fall for them but the girls won't date them until they become famous. In time however they have become more like friends to the boys as the series progresses, but Carlos still has interest in them. They actually kiss Carlos in Big Time Christmas after Carlos held a mistletoe which shows they have holiday spirit. According to Katie, they have a "lack of fear". They are all at least 16 years old. They are great actresses as shown in "Big Time Crib" when they pretended that Bitters refrigerator fell on them with "blood" (ketchup) all on them. One of the shows running gags is every time they enter a scene, they move in slow motion as if on a runway, Jennifer 2 always being in the center and the others holding her arms. In Big Time Fever, Jennifer 2 goes off to film a soap opera and when the other 2 Jennifers attempt to enter in their signature walk, they stop halfway and trip apparently because Jennifer 2 wasn't there for them to hold, pushing them to make Carlos into a Jennifer. Camille comments that before catching the Hollywood Fever, the Jennifers moved in normal motion. In Big Time Beach Party, they once again reject Carlos, but they agree to help Kendall by pretending to date him (which failed). They also later in the special show some admiration for Carlos. In the episode Big Time Prom Kings Jennifer 1 (whose last name appeared to be Woods) was Carlos's date for the prom and revealed a clumsy side of herself as a result of her separation from the other Jennifers. Moreover, Jennifer 1 is told to be the most sensitive Jennifer. Jennifer 2 agreed to date James for the episode Big Time Single and ruined his "never-been-dumped record" by breaking up with him minutes later, only to have him breaking her "never-been-dumped record" consequently. In Big Time Move Jennifer 3 appeared for the first time without the other Jennifers (it is the only episode that only one Jennifer appears) and while enjoying a Big Time Rush performance she gave Carlos a flirty wave, probably hinting she might have feelings for him, but quickly covered it up after realising what she did.

Locke was going to return as Jennifer 2 in the second half of season 2 after wrapping up Resident Evil: Afterlife, however Locke reversed the decision on December 2011 because many people preferred Goss' portrayal. However, Locke will return as a different character in Season 3 because her character from Afterlife was written out from Resident Evil: Retribution. Note:' Kelli Goss is Spencer Locke's understudy in the role of Jennifer 2 for the first season, while Locke was filming Resident Evil: Afterlife.

Jett Stetson

Jett Stetson (David Cade) is a cocky, self-centered, actor who appears in Welcome Back, Big Time and plays a character in the television show New Town High alongside Jo. He has to kiss Jo's character. As Kendall gets suspicious about it, Katie and Bitters both tell him that Jett looks way better than he does. He has dated all his co-stars, and Kendall tries to sabotage his kiss scene with Jo to the point where it almost costs him his relationship with her. Jett does not like Kendall and often insults his looks, calling his face odd. He reappears in Big Time Sneakers, Big Time Pranks, and Big Time Christmas. Jett is interested in Jo and has tried to steal her from Kendall in his debut Welcome Back, Big Time, Big Time Sneakers and Big Time Christmas which makes him an enemy to Kendall. He seems to be a somewhat of a wimp as seen in his frightened reaction when Kendall tries to hit him in Big Time Sneakers and he claims that he bruises easily in Big Time Christmas when James, Carlos and Logan carry him off and presumably beat him up after he tried flirting with Jo in front of Kendall and then teased for not having a TV show after he gave her a much more expensive gift which Kendall responds to by sicking them on him. Since his debut and all his other appearances, Jett and Kendall have never been on good terms and Kendall has stated he can't stand Jett. He appears in Big Time Pranks on the boys' team against the girls', but fails when Bitters pushes him making him set off a whoopie cushion after Jett reveals the prank war after Bitters bribed him and put all the blame on Kendall which is just another example of the two boys bad terms. Jett appears again in Green Time Rush where he is paired off with Kendall for a social studies project, (much to both of their extreme displeasure). Kendall tries to get the project done quickly so they can be done with each other, but Jett proves to be very wasteful of resources and he pays no contribution to their project. Kendall then ties him up and gags him so he can't be wasteful and the two end up winning a week at the capital to share their idea to the governor. Unfortunately, this also meant Kendall was stuck with Jett for a whole week. This episode also showed how conceited Jett is and his arrogance is shown to exceed James'. It is obvious that he is after Jo, trying to steal her away from Kendall. At the end of Green Time Rush, when Kendall came up with the idea that allowed them to speak with the governor, Jett said to him, "You know, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship," although Kendall never wanted to be friends with Jett. In Big Time Break Up, Jo left L.A., Kendall, and New Town High to shoot a movie in New Zealand; it's unknown how this will affect Kendall and Jett's relationship.

Lucy Stone

Lucy Stone (Malese Jow) is the new girl at the Palm Woods first appearing in Big Time Rocker. She is a rock artist and holds a "rock" appearance and attitude, however she is nice and a good friend. Lucy moved into apartment 3B, in which the guys often like and tend to hang out. She also has recorded her own demos. In her first appearance, Big Time Rush were paralyzed by her looks and guitar skills, while James and Carlos kept on trying to date her, though she claimed she just wanted to befriend them. She also challenged Kendall by telling him that their music doesn't rock, forcing him to prove her wrong, which happened. She therefore became friends with the boys and Camille. In Big Time Secret, she helps Logan find out what is happening between Kendall and Camille and soon gets frustrated with the boys' codes and secrets. Moreover, in Big Time Move she was seen during a Big Time Rush performance in a flirty interaction with Kendall, probably hinting they have feelings for each other. Therefore, she is most likely to be seen in season 3.

Minor characters

Obdul

Obdul (Obdul Reid) is Griffin's personal bodyguard and assistant. He is always wearing a business suit and carries a black leather briefcase at all times. He often inspires fear in the other characters. However he is shown to have a soft side, as when he helped Gustavo and Katie in Green Time Rush. Also this is the first episode in which he has a speaking part.

Joanna Mitchell

Joanna Mitchell (Holly Wortell) is Logan Mitchell's mom who appeared in Big Time Moms. She wants everything cleaned up. She is a real estate agent, and she used her job to help convince James's mom to let him stay in L.A. by finding a place for her to open up an office on the West Coast, thus allowing her to see her son at least once a month.

Sylvia Garcia

Sylvia Garcia (Jill-Michele Melean) is Carlos Garcia's mother who appeared in Big Time Moms. Her specialty is healthy diets. She works as an IT systems analysist, and she used her job to convince James's mom to let him stay in L.A. by setting up the boys' apartment with a T1 line and by setting up the computers with Facetalk, thus allowing Brooke to see James virtually whenever she wanted.

Officer Garcia

Mr. Garcia (Erik Estrada) is Carlos father who appears in the episode Big Time Break. According to Carlos, he goes overboard with his job as a policeman. Specifically, he can be extremely fierce and overprotective when someone messes with his son. According to himself, he has taken sensitivity training nine times. He helps Carlos find his helmet, when it was stolen by "Lighting, The TV wonder dog". He and Sylvia are married.

Brooke Diamond

Brooke Diamond (Lisa Rinna) is James Diamond's mom who appears in Big Time Moms. She wants to take James home so he could become the future CEO of her cosmetics company. It is revealed she misses him so much that Carlos's, Logan's and Kendall's mothers set up ways for her to still see James and keep in touch with him. She is divorced from her husband who married a woman 15 years younger. She is the Estée Lauder of the Midwest. According to Carlos, she is "part powerful, part beautiful and all terrifying."

Marcos Del Posey

Marcos (Carlos Alazraqui) is the Italian #1 teen photographer in the world, according to Gustavo. He appears in "Big Time Photo Shoot" where he takes their first photo. It was all good at first, until Griffin ruined a simple shot with the theme of "Space Matadors". However, the boys somehow got rid of him and Gustavo took the photo. He re-appears in Big Time Video, where he is determined to become the director of their upcoming music video "The City Is Ours". He eventually gets the part and is praised by Gustavo. It is unknown if he will be seen again.

Hawk

Hawk (Phil LaMarr) is Gustavo's arch-rival and owner of Hawk Records who is possibly the main villain in the series. He appears in the episode Big Time Sparks, where he is determined to drag Jordin away from "Rocque Records" due to smell and then she'll record the song there instead. At the end, Gustavo comes up with a brilliant plan to get back at him. He assigned Jordin to pretend she wants to go to "Hawk Records", so he could go to his car, and get sprayed by the same skunk he delivered to them, and run off. He makes his second appearance in "Big Time Concert", where he is determined to destroy the boys career to the point of kidnapping them to keep them from showing up at their first concert. He has an assistant named Rebecca. Hawk is released from prison in the episode "Big Time Superheroes" after doing time for the incidents in "Big Time Concert" and tried to take revenge on Big Time Rush by stealing the hard-drive of their second album and releasing it under his label.

Jenny Tinkler

Jenny Tinkler (Sammy Jay Wren) is the boy's clumsy hometown friend from High School in Minnesota. She makes a brief appearance in Big Time Audition, angry at Gustavo for scolding her audition while being held and thrown out by security. She return to makes her major appearance in Big Time Fans. She is accident-prone, based on events that happened, such as causing three fires and an explosion at the Palm Woods. She is despised by Mr. Bitters for her actions, and was banned at the Palm Woods for life as a result. She came to LA because Carlos signed an autograph promising to make her dream come true. She took that seriously. At the end, she made her dream by joining a band called Death Smash, as a replacement for Johnny, who they hated. Jenny is shown to always be happy no matter what the trouble is. She will most likely return but for now that is unknown.

Fujisaki

Fujisaki (Koji Kataoka) is the head owner of the "RCM CBT Global Net Sanyoid" company. He appears in "Big Time Crib" and makes an appearance in "Big Time Party". He appeared in Season 1 a few times but never in Season 2 it seems he will not return.

Stephanie King

Stephanie (Tristin Mays) is the third "new girl" at the "Palm Woods" who the boys liked in the episode Big Time Terror and was later discovered to be the Palm Woods ghost. She helped the boys get rid of Gustavo from their apartment in exchange for them keeping her low-budget horror movie a secret from Mr. Bitters and her father. Stephanie befriended Katie (whom she taught how to scare people using only a fishing line in Big Time Terror) as well as Camille and Jo (in Big Time Dance). She seems to show affection towards the boys and especially Carlos, referring to them as "cute and hot" in Big Time Terror, whereas in Big Time Dance she asked Carlos to the dance after the Jennifers got in a fight over him. She has only appeared in two episodes and has not been seen since Big Time Dance, even though she seemed to attend the Palm Woods school. Her name and personality are allusions to the famous horror writer Stephen King. It is unknown whether Stephanie will appear again.

Mercedes Griffin

Mercedes Griffin (Carlie Casey) is Arthur Griffin's daughter. In Big Time Demos, she pretended to be the "secret someone who picks the demos." She also dates all members of the band, except James, because she never dates "anyone prettier than her." She re-appears in Big Time Party where she is on a date with Logan, but when she finds out he is trying to date her and Camille at the same time, she breaks up with him and starts dating "Guitar Dude", but it is never officially acknowledged. She likes manipulating people. She has only appeared in two episodes and has not been seen since Big Time Party. Mercedes will most likely return as her father is getting a bigger role in BTR and many people speculate that like Gustavo has Kelly that Griffin will eventually have Mercedes as his assistant and most likely appear much more and she will most likely replace Obudul.

Sasha

Sasha (played by Chelsea Ricketts) is Carlos's first ever girlfriend. She was hired by Gustavo to date Carlos and then break up with him, so as he could perform better in the "break-up song" after having that experience. However, Carlos's sweet and caring attitude no matter how spoiled she acted, made her grow feelings for him, which she expressed later and they started over their relationship, thus forcing Gustavo to write the "Boyfriend" song. At the end though, Carlos dumped Sasha since she didn't like corn-dogs (Carlos's favourite snack). Kelly quoted that she will win Best Actress someday.

Kyle

Kyle (Jerry Phillips) is Katie's crush who appeared in Big Time Crush. In the episode, he went on a date with Katie to originally see Kiss and Tell, but ended up staying in the arcade with her. He hasn't been seen since the episode and it is almost certain that he will not appear again.

Notable Guest Stars

Snoop Dogg

Snoop Dogg made his Guest Appearance in the movie Big Time Christmas he is shown first hitting Gustavo with a limo going to his Grandma's House. The boys need two celebrity duet for Griffin and they have already done one with Miranda Cosgrove so Snoop Dogg does the 12 Day of Christmas Snoop Gave to Me but Justin Bieber had released the 50 days of Christmas so they had 5 min to write a song because Snoop needed to get to his Grandma's House eventually they get a squirrel song in 5 min and they record it with Snoop. After that Snoop is not seen on the TV Show again but at the Kids Choice Award 2011 performing with BTR singing Boyfriend.

Miranda Cosgrove

Miranda Cosgrove just like Snoop made her guest appearance in Big Time Christmas they needed two celebrity duets and they see Miranda on the TV she is in L.A. doing her Christmas show "Have Yourself a Miranda Little Christmas". She is singing with Fabio to end it the boys have countless attempts to get in after saving the security guard from choking he lets them in later they kidnap Fabio and take him accidentally to Miranda dressing room she finds the boys with Fabio her manager says the boys are going to jail but Miranda says no and in the end they show they can sing and Fabio says he is not a good singer which Miranda agrees in the end they perform All I Want For Christmas Is You. Then Miranda is not seen again except after the performance James flirts with her but is taken away. Miranda is known for her former role as Megan from Drake and Josh and her current role as Carly Shay the Title Character of iCarly. This is also the second time Miranda and James have worked together the first was when he made a guest appearance as Shane on her show.

Heather Fox

Heather Fox, played by Elizabeth Gillies makes her guest appearance in Big Time Secret where she plays a model who went to a camp with Carlos and James. Carlos likes her and she likes him and tells James to give him a note but he does not because he is in love with her too. This is revealed when Lucy plays a new game with the boys and Camille. James broke a code and tries to fix it by taking Heather and Carlos back to relive their camp days. She ends up though falling in love with James instead and tells Carlos to give him a note. Carlos decides to give it to James but, James declined and said that their friendship is more important. She is very sweet in this show. She is also known for her current role as Jade West on Victorious where she plays a much more villanous role completely opposite from her role in BTR.

Jordin Sparks

Jordin Sparks make her guest appearance in Big Time Sparks where she is recording a song at Rocque Records. She can't feel the song though during this episode. Mr. Bitters is trying to get embarrassing pictures of her to get rich. Gustavo tell the boys to stay away from Jordin calling them Bad Luck Rush. Later Kendall saves Jordin and Jo see them together and thinks they are in love. Also James break his mirror getting bad luck looking for a four leaf clover. Carlos and Logan see all this bad luck and they want to protect Jordin. Kendall makes a girly lunch for Jo but Jordin is saved by Kendall again Jo once again see this and walks away angrily. Later Jordin is pushed down a well after all the boys get in the well after many attempts to get they figure out the song and call Freight Train there is also a skunk who Gustavo and Kelly are getting rid of. The boys catch the skunk. Jordin says she wants a duet with BTR they do a duet and then they trick HAWK. Kelly points out many good things about the boys that has happened to Gustavo such as recording the song with Jordin. He admits they are his good luck charm but only tells Kelly he says if he tells the boys they will mess it up. Jordin is very sweet and thinks the Palm Woods is lucky.

Chris Masters

Chris Master made his guest appearance in Big Time School of Rocque being one of the teachers hired to discipline the boys and forces the boy to do grueling jobs as he is very muscular and fit but eventually is driven out quickly by the boys. He is known for being a Former WWE Wrestler

Character appearances

This table lists main characters and recurring characters, recording the number of appearances in each season. They are listed in order of first appearance.

Character	Played by	Season 1	Season 2	First Appearance
Kendall Knight	Kendall Schmidt	20	29	Big Time Audition
Carlos Garcia	Carlos Pena, Jr.	20	29	Big Time Audition
James Diamond	James Maslow	20	29	Big Time Audition
Logan Mitchell	Logan Henderson	20	29	Big Time Audition
Gustavo Rocque	Stephen Kramer Glickman	20	28	Big Time Audition
Katie Knight	Ciara Bravo	19	29	Big Time Audition
Kelly Wainwright	Tanya Chisholm	19	28	Big Time Audition
Mrs. Jennifer Knight	Challen Cates	17	19	Big Time Audition
Arthur Griffin	Matt Riedy	7	12	Big Time Audition
Camille Roberts	Erin Sanders	13	16	Big Time Audition
Jo Taylor	Katelyn Tarver	11	16	Big Time Love Song
Mr. Reginald Bitters	David Anthony Higgins	14	15	Big Time School of Rocque
Tyler	Tucker Albrizzi	6	4	Big Time Audition
Tyler's mom	Alyssa Preston	3	2	Big Time Audition
Guitar Dude	Barnett O'Hara	7	2	Big Time Audition
Buddha Bob	Daran Norris	4	9	Big Time Bad Boy
Miss Collins	Tara Strong	2	3	Big Time School of Rocque
The Jennifers	Denyse Tontz, Spencer Locke/Kelli Goss, and Savannah Jayde	10	12	Big Time Audition
Mercedes Griffin	Carlie Casey	2	0	Big Time Demos
Rachael	Katelyn Tarver	3	1	Big Time Love Song
Stephanie King	Tristin Mays	2	0	Big Time Terror
Marcos	Carlos Alazraqui	2	0	Big Time Photo Shoot
Hawk	Phil LaMarr	3	1	Big Time Sparks
Fujisaki	Koji Kataoka	2	0	Big Time Crib
Ozzie Clark	Stefan van Ray	0	1	Green Time Rush
Dak Zevon	Curt Hansen	2	0	Big Time Photo Shoot
Ed Begley, Jr.	Himself	1	1	Big Time Concert
Jett Stetson	David Cade	0	5	Welcome Back, Big Time
Freight Train	Stephen Keys	5	1	Big Time Love Song
Lightning the TV Wonder Dog	Morgan the Dog	5	3	Big Time Audition
Roberta	Rachel Quaintance	3	0	Big Time Audition
Dr. Hollywood	Lorenzo Lamas	1	1	Big Time Love Song
Ted Garcia	Himself	6	1	Big Time Audition
Mr. X	Fred Tallaksen	3	1	Big Time Audition
The Band	Adam Conway, Maurice Whitfield (Actor/Drummer), Aaron M. Kahn and Charlene deGuzman	1	8	Big Time Terror
Obdul (Griffin's assistant)	Obdul Reid	7	12	Big Time Audition
Jo's Driver	Mike Carlucci	0	3	Big Time Girlfriends
Jenny Tinkler	Sammy Jay Wren	1	1	Big Time Audition
Lucy Stone	Malese Jow	0	3	Big Time Rocker