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Jared Drake Bell (born June 27, 1986), better known as Drake Bell, is an award-winning American actor, comedian, guitarist, singer/songwriter, and television director. Bell is commonly associated with his real-life best friend Josh Peck, who co-starred with him in both The Amanda Show and Drake & Josh
. After beginning his career as a child actor in the late 1990s and early 2000s, he appeared on The Amanda Show and became well-known among young audiences for his role on the series Drake & Josh. In addition to his acting, Bell has a growing career as a musician, and wrote and performed the theme song to Drake & Josh entitled "Found a Way". In 2005 he independently released his debut album, Telegraph. His second album, ''It's Only Time, was released in 2006 after signing with Universal/Motown.
Acting career Bell appeared in the film Jerry Maguire as Jesse Remo in 1996. He also had in a small role in the Seinfeld episode "The Frogger" in 1998. In 1999, he acted in a commercial for Pokémon Red and Blue. In 2000, he was nominated for the Young Artist Award for "Best Performance in a TV Movie or Pilot" in the "Supporting Young Actor" category for his role as Cage Redding in the made-for-television film The Jack Bull. During the early 2000s, Bell was a featured performer on The Amanda Show and made a guest appearance on the series The Nightmare Room, before being cast as Drake Parker on the Nickelodeon series Drake & Josh, which began airing in 2004. During this time period, he made a guest appearance as himself on Nickelodeon's Zoey 101 and won the first of three consecutive "Blimp Awards" at the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards in the "Favorite Male TV Actor" category. In 2006, Drake co-starred along with fellow Drake and Josh actress Miranda Cosgrove with Dennis Quaid in Yours, Mine and Ours. In the spring of 2008, Bell had a starring role in the comedy spoof film Superhero Movie. In August 2008, he appeared in his first R-rated comedy College, which was shot on location in New Orleans. Bell has signed a producing deal with Virtus Entertainment and will star in The Miracle of Santa Rosa. Bell will also be in another Virtus Entertainment production, this one a mini-series titled Flying Tigers. Bell recently starred in Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh alongside Josh M. Peck, which began production in July 2008, and premiered on December 5th, 2008.
His agency is from KidsHollywood.com
Music career Drake Bell was first professionally associated with music when he was in the 2001 movie Chasing Destiny.
In 2005, Bell collaborated with Hawk Nelson in a song called "Bring 'Em Out," which was featured in the movie Yours, Mine and Ours. He and fellow bandmate Michael Corcoran do all the score music for Drake & Josh, Zoey 101, and iCarly. In 2006, Bell signed with Universal Records, releasing his first single, "I Know," on October 17, 2006. The video for "I Know" was filmed in October 2006. Drake's second album, entitled ''It's Only Time'', was released on December 5, 2006. Drake performed live on MTV's TRL the day after it was released. In the summer of 2007, Bell went on a Nextfest tour in support of ''It's Only Time, opening up alongside Corbin Bleu for Aly & AJ.
On October 16, 2007, iTunes released a Radio Disney single edit version of his song "Makes Me Happy", the second single for his album ''It's Only Time. He also wrote with fellow band-mate Michael Corcoran, and sang the theme song for the show iCarly, "Leave It All to Me," with Miranda Cosgrove. The music video for the song premiered on May 24, 2008. Bell has recorded a theme song featuring Sara Paxton for his movie Superhero Movie called "Superhero! Song". He performed some Christmas songs in the Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh movie.
Critics have described his music as heavily influenced by The Beatles and The Beach Boys, with the Beatles being his
Third album Bell's third album will likely be released early 2009, and in interviews he has explained, "It's kind of a conceptual double album. The first record is kind of like Magical Mystery Tour in the air, like a 1960's Pan Am flight with all this cool orchestral music and if there is turbulence on the flight, there will be a cool rock and roll song or if there's a special thing we're going through then you'll hear like Mr. Kite type music. And the other side is all about the sea. It's a story, kind of like The Princess Bride where a guy leaves his girl in a town and goes off to sea and crashes on an island and all these legends come back about him becoming this great pirate and ruling the seas. She thinks 'oh, man. He left me!' and really he's just on this island trying to get back to her so it's this back and forth love story about love lost and all that. Hopefully, we're gonna try and do a movie alongside it."
He has performed two of the songs from this album, one called "Sea Song", and another called "All Alone at the Disco". He also released a Spanglish edit of "All Alone at the Disco" on his official MySpace.
On November 11, 2008 while on TRL Drake stated that the sound of the album will be a lot like his old which sounds very Beatles, Beach Boys, and Jellyfish, and he said that this album will be that as well as have a Michael Jackson, and Bee Gees feel to it.
A DVD entitled "Drake Bell In Concert" was released on December 16, 2008. The DVD is footage of him and his band live on stage while they toured in Mexico, in October 2008. There are also 2 new songs and 5 covers on the DVD, which are only being released on the DVD. The DVD includes the following songs:
1. Up Periscope
2. Do What You Want
3. Saturday Night
4. Sea Song
5. I Know
6. Makes Me Happy
7. Fool the World
8. Joining a Fan Club
9. Found A Way
10. Somehow
11. Too Hip Gotta Go
12. Fallen For You
13. Rusted Silhouette
14. Break Me Down
15. End It Good
16. C.C. Rider
17. All Alone At The Disco
18. Little Miss Prissy
Car accident On December 31, 2005, Bell was involved in a car accident on Los Angeles' Pacific Coast Highway. He was in the car with a friend, and a truck ran a red light causing a head-on collision. His car was a 1966 Ford Mustang, the steering wheel was made of wood and metal, the seatbelts were only around the waist, and there were no airbags. Because of this, his face smashed into the steering wheel, resulting in a fractured neck, six dislodged teeth, a broken jaw, and a deep cut across his chin which he said he could stick his tongue through leaving a two-and-a-half inch scar. Bell underwent plastic surgery to fix his face. In an interview, Bell said that it was scary being hooked up to tubes, fed only liquids, and not knowing whether he would be okay, and if he could ever sing, act, or even tie his shoes again.
Several photographs appeared of him with a thickly bearded face due to his inability to shave, and his already slim 146 pound frame dropped to skeletal 121 pounds due to the liquid diet. He stated that Josh Peck, his co-star and close friend, visited him daily and was a concerned and excellent companion throughout his recovery. Bell has since made a full recovery save for minor scars as a result of the injuries and surgeries and an inability to do as many stunts that would risk neck injury.
Personal life Drake was born on June 27, 1986 in Orange County, California, a cousin of San Diego Padres pitcher Heath Bell. He is best friends with Josh Peck. His mother is Billiards world champion Robin Dodson.
Filmographycol-break
Film- The Neon Bible (1995) – David, aged 10
- Jerry Maguire (1996) – Jesse Remo
- The Jack Bull (1999) – Cage Redding
- Dragonworld: The Legend Continues (1999) – Johnny
- High Fidelity (2000) – Rob Jr. High
- Perfect Game (2000) – Bobby Jr.
- Chasing Destiny (2001) – Walter
- Yours, Mine and Ours (2005) – Dylan North
- Drake & Josh Go Hollywood (2006) – Drake Parker
- Drake & Josh: Really Big Shrimp (2007) – Drake Parker
- Superhero Movie (2008) – Rick Riker/Dragonfly
- College (2008) – Kevin Brewer
- Unstable Fables: Tortoise vs. Hare (2008) – Butch Hare (voice)
- Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh (2008) – Drake Parker
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Television- Home Improvement (1994) – Little Pete
- Minor Adjustments (1995) – Jordan
- Gun (1997) – Brendan
- The Pretender (1997) – Shawn Boyd
- The Drew Carey Show (1997) – The Blues Kid
- Seinfeld (1998) – Kenny
- Caroline in the City (1999) – Rodney
- The Amanda Show (1999 – 2002) – Regular Performer
- The Nightmare Room (2002) – Alex
- So Little Time (2002) – Himself
- Drake & Josh (2004 – 2007) – Drake Parker
- Zoey 101 (2005) – Himself
Discography Studio albums Singles
Awards
Copyright Citations
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