Alexander James McLean

FULL NAME: Alexander James McLean

HAIR: Brown (most of the time)

EYES: Brown

HEIGHT: 5’9”

WEIGHT: 130 pounds

SHOE SIZE: 10 1/2

NICKNAMES: A.J., Bone, Mr. Cool

BIRTH PLACE: West Palm Beach, Florida

RESIDENCE: Kissimmee, Florida

BIRTH DATE: January 9, 1978

ZODIAC SIGN: Capricorn

MARITAL STATUS: Going out with Amanda

FAMILY STATUS: Parents Denise and Bob (divorced when he was four years old); A.J.’s an only child

GRAMPARENTS: Ursula and Adolph Fernandez

HERITAGE: Spanish/Scottish

PETS: Tobby-Wan Kenobi, a dachshund

FAVORITE COLOR: Yellow and purple

FAVORITE FOOD: McDonald’s Double Quarter Pounder with cheese, large fries, large Coke, large iced tea (no lemon)

FAVORITE JUNK FOOD: Hershey’s Cookies and Cream bar

CANDY: Jelly beans – especially yellow ones

BREAKFAST: Eggs and Bacon and toast

SNACK: Tostidos

ICE CREAM: Vanilla with caramel topping, and mint chocolate chip

FAVORITE DRINK: Mountain Dew and iced tea

FAVORITE SPORT: Billboards – he’s been playing since he was six years old (since he’s not really into sports per se)

HOBBIES: Movies (especially horror flicks), shopping, writing music and poetry, playing bass quitar, drawing

CAR: 1998 yellow SLK Mercedes and he has a BMW too

FAVORITE HOLIDAY: Halloween

INSTRUMENTS: Bass quitar, keyboards, saxophone

FAVORITE MUSIC: Dru Hill, Jamiroquari, Maxwell, Mark Morrisson, Boys II Men, Blackstreet, Babyface, rap, R&B, hip-hop

FAVORITE SONG: All-4-One’s “I Swear”

FAVORITE MOVIE: Pulp fiction (he can recite all the lines!)

FAVORITE DATE MOVIE: Ghost

FAVORITE BOOK: Witches

FAVORITE VIDEO GAME: Mortal Kombat

FAVORITE ACTRESS: Geena Davis

DREAM WOMAN: Cindy Crawford and Pamela Lee

DREAM DATE: “Anywhere the lady would like, doing anything the lady would like”

CELEBRATY CRUSH: Gwen Stefani

FAVORITE ACTOR: Samuel L. Jackson, Dustin Hoffman

HERO: A.J.’s uncle, who played bass in a band called Richie and the Rockets in the 1950’s; “He was a big influence on me even though they never made it big”

FAVORITE TV SHOW: Seinfeld and Boy Meets World

FAVORITE COLOGNE: CK One

DEODORANT: Gillette

CLOTHES: Baggy style; designers Tommy Hilfiger, CK, DKNY, F8. And a new label called Dada

ACCESSORIES: Big-hooped silver earrings in both ears, rings on almost all his fingers, lots of chains (which he wears both around his neck and on his wrists), and of course, his signature sunglasses. (During a press conference while the Boys were in Malaysia, A.J. said if anyone ever caught him without sunglasses, he would give them a hundred bucks!)

FAVORITE SCHOOL SUBJECT: English

LEAST FAVORITE SCHOOL SUBJECT: Math

WHAT HE LOOKS FOR IN A GIRL: He says the first thing he looks at is eyes, because he thinks it is important to be able to look deeply into someone’s eyes and try to see into the person’s soul; he also likes long hair more than short hair, but it doesn’t matter to him is a girl is tall or short, fat or skinny

FIRST JOB: Playing Dopey in Snow White in grade school

ODD FACT: A.J. was working the trams as a tour guide for Universal Studios, Florida, before joining the BSB

FUN FACT: A.J. is a ventriloquist and puppeteer

SECRET PASSIONS: He loves to write poetry and read Shakespeare

FAVORITE SAYING: “It’s going to get funky!”

WHAT HE WOULD HAVE BEEN IF NOT IN BSB: A dancer

BIGGEST DISLIKE: Two-faced people

ONE WISH: “To be in this business my whole life and live happily ever after”

MOST PRIZED POSSESSION: “My class ring”

SELF DESCRIPTION: “Crazy, cool, fun, big-hearted, outgoing”

WHAT PEOPLE WOULD BE SURPRISED TO KNOW: “I love Jackie Chan movies – I’ve seen all of them!”

KNOWN AS: The group’s flirt!