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Drake Bell
Drake Bell performing
Born
Jared Drake Bell
Occupation(s)Actor, singer-songwriter, musician, guitarist, television director
Years active1995 — present
Websitehttp://www.drakebell.com/

Jared Drake Bell (born June 27, 1986)[1] is an award winning American actor, comedian, guitarist, singer/songwriter and television director. 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 Drake and Josh he was one of the protaganists [the other one being Josh]. In addition to his acting, Bell has a growing career as a musician and released his debut album, Telegraph, independently in 2005. His second album, It's Only Time, was released in 2006 after signing with Universal/Motown. He also wrote and performed the theme song to the show he starred in Drake & Josh entitled Found a Way. Bell is commonly associated with his friend Josh Peck, who co-starred with him in both The Amanda Show and Drake & Josh.

Acting Career

At around 10 years old, Drake acted in the film Jerry Maguire as Jesse Remo. He also appeared in a small role in the Seinfeld episode "The Frogger" in 1998. He also acted in a commercial for Pokemon Red and Blue In 1999. 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, won a "Blimp Award" at the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards in the "Favorite Male TV Actor". Also at the 2008 Kid's Choice Awards, Drake Bell went against Josh Peck for "Favorite Male TV Actor" and won a "Blimp Award" again, making this the third year in a row for Bell to win a "Blimp Award" for "Favorite Male TV Actor". In Spring 2008 Bell had a starring role in the comedy spoof film Superhero Movie. In August 2008 he has another film that he will be starring in titled College. This film 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, about an American who returns to his ancestral home in Italy to spread his father's ashes. Bell will also be in another Virtus Entertainment production, this one a mini-series titled Flying Tigers. The film is about a squadron of American pilots who fought the Japanese in Asia immediately after the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Music Career

Bell's first association with music was when he was in the 2001 movie Chasing Destiny. He co-starred with former The Who lead singer Roger Daltrey who gave him his first initial guitar lessons. Bell's first major performance was when he performed the first song he ever wrote entitled Lost A Lover on The Amanda Show in 2002. But his career as a musician really got noticed when he wrote and performed the theme song for the show Drake & Josh entitled Found a Way which was included on Drake & Josh: Songs from and inspired by the hit TV show, along with two other compositions he has written and performed. Found A Way was also on his debut album Telegraph, and was released independently on September 27, 2005. In 2005, Bell collaborated with Hawk Nelson in a song called Bring Em' Out which was featured in the movie Yours, Mine, and Ours. Him and fellow band mate Michael Corcoran do all the score music for Drake & Josh, Zoey 101, and iCarly. In 2006 he signed with Universal Records, on which his first single "I Know" was released on October 17, 2006. Shooting for the video of "I Know" took place 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 Summer 2007, Bell went on a Nextfest tour in support of It's Only Time, headlining alongside Aly & AJ and Corbin Bleu. In an interview with Gibson Lifestyle, he expressed that it wasn't the tour of his dreams. Referring to his fellow tour mates, Bell said, "They’re all nice people, and they do what they do well, I guess. This isn’t my scene, though." On October 16, 2007 iTunes released a Radio Disney Single Edit Version of his song Makes Me Happy. This makes it the third version of this song, and his second single for his album It's Only Time. He also co-wrote and sang the theme song for the show iCarly "Leave It All To Me" with Miranda Cosgrove, and on May 24, 2008 the official music video for the song aired, and Bell was included in the video, along with Miranda Cosgrove and the rest of the iCarly cast. Bell has recorded a theme song featuring Sara Paxton for his movie Superhero Movie called Superhero! Song. This song can be heard in the ending credits of Superhero Movie and on Drake Bell's Official MySpace. This song was made available on iTunes as a digital download single on April 8, 2008.

Bell's third album is slated for a Spring 2008 release, but in interviews he has explained that it is a double disc album and he is making a movie along side of the album so he stated it is very "heady" and will take up most of his time, though nothing is final, so the date can't be determined at this point.[2][3]

Car accident

On December 29th, 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 blew a red light causing a head on collision. As 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 broken neck, six dislodged teeth, a jaw broken in three places, a cracked skull, 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 Drake 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 or act again.[citation needed]

Instrumentation

Bell has been seen with a number of guitars on Drake & Josh. One being a copy of a Fender Stratocaster seen throughout Seasons one and two and two episodes in Season three. Two Squier by Fender Strat copies were seen in the Season two episode, Guitar. There was a black one and a red one. The red one wasn't played, but instead destroyed (and replaced) by Josh. Throughout Seasons three and four, Bell's main instrument were two Gibson Les Paul Classics. In the show, he mostly used a wine red one, but in a few episodes he was seen with an ebony one. He was also seen with various acoustic guitars and a Rickenbacker 325.

Filmography

Discography

Singles

Year Song Chart positions Album
U.S. Hot 100 U.S. Pop 100 Hot Digital Tracks
2006 "I Know" (promo) - - - It's Only Time
2007 "Makes Me Happy" 103 67 45
2008 "Superhero! Song" (promo) - - -

References

  1. ^ "IMDB: Drake Bell". Retrieved 2008-01-22.
  2. ^ "Drake Bell: The Gibson Interview". Gibson Lifestyle. 2007-08-28. Retrieved 2007-09-12.
  3. ^ "Josh Peck and Drake Bell: Drake & Josh Grow Up". Variety. 2007-10-08. Retrieved 2007-10-17.
  4. ^ http://drakecentral.org/
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