Nick's Info
Name: Nickolas Gene Carter
Birthdate: January 28, 1980
Birthplace: Jamestown, NY
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Blond
Height: 6"
Fave Food: Pizza, Butterfinger Candy Bars
Quote: "I'd love to take a girl for a barefoot walk on the beach."
Reason He'll Make You Want to Sing "ode to joy": As the youngest Backstreet Boy, he's got that
boyish quality that is simply irresistible!
Nickname: Chaos, or Messy Marvin
His family moved to Florida while ge was in the fourth grade. Immediately afterwards, Nick landed
the lead in "Phatom of the Opera." For teo years, he was the vocalist at Tampa Bay Buccaneer
pregame shows. He also appeared in commercials for the Money Store and The Florida State Lottery.
Nick was offered a gig with Disney, but turned it down to join the Backstreet Boys. In his spare
time. Nick loves scuba diving, the family motorboat, fushing, poetry and football. He's also
addicted to Nintendo-and prefers sports and adventur games, as well as Final Fantasy 3. Nick's
favorite TV shows are "Mad About You" and "The Simpsons."
At 18, Nickolas Gene Carter is the group's youngest member. He's also the tallest (six-feet-one),
the blondest and the most popular. Which is why he's having a hard time convincing a record
company rep to let him wear his hair in a multitude of funky braids for the band's new video.
"It'll look phat," Nick insists, intent on modeling his look on Cloud, a character PlayStation's
Final Fantasy VII game. Finally, a compromise is reached: no braids, but a definitely
edgier-than-usual 'do that complements Nick's futuristic get-up and plastic bubble gun.
With his cherubic face and his obsession with toys and comic books (he plans on drawing an official
Backstreet Boys series), Nick is every inch the baby Boy. But he's not as innocent as he seems. A
five-year music industry veteran, he's more business-minded - and more worldly - than his band mates
were when they were 18.
"I can't imagine having to deal with what we have to deal with now at his age," says Nick's best
pal Brian Littrell, 23. "When I was eighteen, we weren't a hot commodity. I got to ease into it."
Nick, on the other hand, has a hard time remembering what it was like not to be in high
demand. Only 13 when he joined up with the Boys, Nick worked with a full-time tutor from junior
high on; this past spring, he received his high school diploma in a hotel room while the group was
on the road.
Missing out on high school doesn't bother Nick, but missing out on everyday things - like shooting
hoops - does. "I love basketball. Just to play, period," says Nick, who once dreamed of playing
college basketball. "I could be so much better, but I don't have the time."
He laments not having time for a girlfriend either. "Takes devotion," he says of a relationship,
adding, "A few of the other guys have had girlfriends in the past, and it just didn't work."
Nevertheless, the Carter home near Tampa, Fla., remains a magnet for girls who sit - sometimes all
day long - with their faces pressed against the eight-foot-high fence. Nick takes advantage of
nearby Tampa Bay for his escape from all the attention, spending time aboard his boat. Sometimes
he brings his family - sisters Bobbi Jean, 16; Lesley, 12; and Angel, 10 (whose twin brother, Aaron
is the clan's newest singing sensation); dad Bob, his career advisor; and mom Jane, who manages
Aaron. But often, he sets sail alone. "The ocean does something to me that is unexplainable,"
Nick says. "Just being out there and realizing I'm alive."
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