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Drake Bell 
Drake Bell, 2007Background information Birth name Jared Drake Bell Born June 27, 1986 Origin Santa Ana, California, U.S. Genres Pop rock, alternative rock Occupations Actor, comedian, guitarist, producer, singer-songwriter, television director, pianist Instruments Vocals, guitar, piano, bass, drums, ukulele Years active 1994–present Labels Nine Yards (2005)
Universal Motown (2006–2007)[1]
Drake Bell Entertainment, Inc. (2011–present)Website drakebell.com Jared Drake Bell[2] (born June 27, 1986), better known as Drake Bell, is an American actor, comedian, guitarist, singer/songwriter, producer, and occasional television director. After beginning his career as a child star 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. As of 2010, Drake Bell remains one of Nickelodeon's most popular stars ever and has won nine Nickelodeon Kid's Choice Awards. His latest role is the live-action Timmy Turner in the TV film A Fairly Odd Movie: Grow Up, Timmy Turner! shown on July 9, 2011. Bell is commonly associated with his real-life friend Josh Peck, who co-starred with him in The Amanda Show and Drake & Josh.
In addition to acting, Bell has a growing career as a musician, and co-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.
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Early life
Bell was born and raised in Santa Ana, California, the son of Robin Dodson, a professional pool player, and Joe Bell. He has three older brothers, Joey, Robert and Travis, and one older sister, Kellie.[2][3] His cousin is San Diego Padres closer Heath Bell.[4]
Career
Acting
Bell appeared in the film Jerry Maguire as Jesse Remo in 1996, and had a small role in the Seinfeld episode "The Frogger" in 1998. In 1999, he acted in a commercial for Pokémon Red and Blue and in the movie Dragon World: The Legend Continues. In 2000, he was nominated for the Young 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 alongside real life best friend and former Amanda Show costar Josh Peck 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 TV Actor" category. In 2005, Bell co-starred alongside fellow Drake & 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 co-starred in the 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 Peck, which began production in July 2008, and premiered on December 5, 2008. He recently guest starred in the online webseries titled I Heart Vampires.[5] In 2010, he made a cameo appearance as Drake Parker in an iCarly episode entitled "iBloop".
He starred as Timmy Turner in the live-action TV-movie adaptation of its hit animated series The Fairly Odd Parents, A Fairly Odd Movie: Grow Up, Timmy Turner!, released in 2011.[6]
Music
See also: List of songs by Drake BellBeginnings
Bell was first professionally associated with music when he was in the 2001 movie Chasing Destiny.[citation needed] In the film, he co-starred with The Who lead singer Roger Daltrey, who gave him his first guitar lessons. Bell performed on television for the first time in 2002 when he performed his first original song, "Lost A Lover", on The Amanda Show. He also performed part of this song on an episode of "The Nightmare Room", and "So Little Time".
Bell has described his music as being heavily influenced by The Beatles and The Beach Boys, with the Beatles being his main influence.[7] He says that two of his other influences are Elvis Presley and Buddy Holly.[8]
Telegraph (2004–2005)
His song, "Found a Way", is featured as the theme song for Drake & Josh. The song is included on Drake & Josh soundtrack, along with two other songs he wrote and performed, and were also included on his debut album, Telegraph, which was released independently on September 27, 2005.
In 2005, Bell performed with Hawk Nelson in a video for the Hawk Nelson song called "Bring 'Em Out," which was featured in the movie Yours, Mine and Ours. Bell and then-band-mates Michael Corcoran (Backhouse Mike) and C.J. Abraham (The Super Chris), worked on music for Drake & Josh, Zoey 101, and iCarly.
It's Only Time and concert DVD (2006–2008)
Bell performing in 2007
In 2006, Bell signed with Universal Motown. He released his first single, "I Know", on October 17, 2006. The video for "I Know" was filmed in October 2006. Bell's second album, entitled It's Only Time, was released on December 5, 2006, reaching Number 81 on Billboard's Top 200.[9] Bell performed live on MTV's TRL the day after it was released. In the summer of 2007, he went on a Nextfest tour in support of It's Only Time, opening up alongside Corbin Bleu for Aly & AJ.
On October 16, 2007, the Radio Disney single edit version of his song "Makes Me Happy", was released on iTunes. This was the second single for Bell's album It's Only Time. He also wrote with band-mates Michael Corcoran (Backhouse Mike), and C.J. Abraham (The Super Chris), 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.
A DVD entitled "Drake Bell In Concert" was released on December 16, 2008. The video was unable to crack the 2008 or 2009 Top 100.[10] The DVD contains footage of him and his band live on stage while they toured in Mexico, in October 2008. It also features 2 new songs and 5 covers, all of which are exclusive to the DVD.[11]
The Live In Concert DVD featured new music for the first time since 2006's It's Only Time; "Sea Song" and "All Alone at the Disco". He released a preview of a Spanglish edit of "All Alone at the Disco".
A Reminder and third album (2009–present)
In 2009, he released the songs "Unbelievable", "Modern Times" and "Shades of Grey" on his official MySpace.[8]
In 2009, Bleu uploaded a new track "Yesterday's Fool" to his SoundCloud page that he wrote/produced with Bell.
In 2010, Bell released a video showing him and Toby Gad working on a new song "Nevermind". A behind-the-scenes video of the making of the music video for a new song "Our Love" was uploaded on Bell's Official YouTube Channel in 2010. The official music video for "Our Love" appeared on YouTube soon after.
In March 2011, Bell released a 1:00 clip of the music video for a new song "Terrific", with a sneak preview of the studio version of the song.
On May 18, 2011, an official music video for the new song "You're Not Thinking" was released on YouTube, the video already airing heavily in Latin and South America (MTV Mexico Top 10).[12]
A new single, "Terrific", was released on June 14, 2011, and was also included on an EP titled A Reminder, released on June 28, 2011, also featuring the songs "You’re Not Thinking", "Big Shot" and "Speak My Mind".[13] The EP was produced by John Fields, who previously worked with Rooney, Jimmy Eat World, Selena Gomez, the Jonas Brothers, and Bleu. Bell said he decided to release A Reminder because he hasn't put out new music in a few years and "a full album will probably not happen until next year."[13] This year, the name for the third album is going to be "Drake Bell" with new songs including "Our Love", "Nevermind", "Unbelievable", "Modern Times", and "Shades of Grey".
Personal life
On December 29, 2005, Bell was involved in a car accident on Los Angeles's Pacific Coast Highway. He was driving with a friend when a truck ran a red light and caused a head-on collision. This resulted in a fractured neck, a jaw broken in three places, six missing teeth and several facial lacerations.[14]
Filmography
Film Year Film Role Notes 1996 Jerry Maguire Jesse Remo 1999 The Jack Bull Cage Redding 2000 High Fidelity Young Rob Gordon Perfect Game Bobby Jr. 2005 Yours, Mine and Ours Dylan North Main Role 2006 Drake & Josh Go Hollywood Drake Parker TV-Movie 2007 Drake & Josh: Really Big Shrimp Drake Parker TV-Movie 2008 Superhero Movie Rick Riker Main Role College Kevin Unstable Fables: Tortoise vs. Hare Butch Hare Voice Role The Nutty Professor Harold Kelp Voice Role
Direct-to-DVD release2008 Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh Drake Parker TV-Movie 2011 A Fairly Odd Movie: Grow Up, Timmy Turner! Timmy Turner (Adult) TV-Movie 2012 Rags Shawn TV-Movie TV shows Year Title Role Notes 2012 Rags Shawn TV-Movie 1995 Minor Adjustments Jordan Episode: The Ex Files 1996 ABC Afterschool Special Scott Episode: Me and My Hormones 1997 Gun Brendan Episode: The Hole 1998 Seinfeld Kenny Episode: The Frogger 1999-2002 The Amanda Show Regular Performer 2002 The Nightmare Room Alex Sanders Episode: Dear Diary, I'm Dead 2004-2008 Drake & Josh Drake Parker Lead Role 2005 Zoey 101 Himself Episode: Spring Fling 2010 I <3 Vampires Ian Episode: I Love Luci
Episode: Four's A Crowd48 Hours of Drake & Josh Himself/Host Nickelodeon Latin America Special iCarly Himself Episode: iBloop 2012 Ultimate Spider-Man Peter Parker/Spider-Man Lead Role Discography
Studio albums
Title Details Peak chart
positionsUS
[15]US Rock
[16]MEX
[17]Telegraph - Release date: September 27, 2005
- Label: Nine Yard Records
- Formats: CD, music download
— — — It's Only Time - Release date: December 5, 2006
- Label: Universal Motown
- Formats: CD, music download
81 21 4 Extended plays
Title Details A Reminder[13] - Release date: June 28, 2011
- Label: Drake Bell Entertainment, Inc.
- Formats: music download
Singles
Year Single Peak positions Album US Pop
[18]Hot Digital Songs
[18]2005 "I Found a Way" — — Telegraph 2006 "I Know" — — It's Only Time 2007 "Makes Me Happy" 67 73 2011 "Terrific"[13] — — A Reminder "—" denotes releases that did not chart Featured singles
Year Single Artist Peak chart
positionsAlbum US US Pop 2007 "Leave It All to Me" Miranda Cosgrove 100 83 iCarly (soundtrack) Video albums
Year Video details Certifications
(sales thresholds)2008 Drake Bell in Concert - Released: December 16, 2008
- Label: Motown/Universal
- Formats: DVD
Awards
Year Award Category 2006 Blimp Award (Kids' Choice Awards) Favorite TV Actor (Drake & Josh) 2007 Blimp Award (Kids' Choice Awards) Favorite TV Actor (Drake & Josh) Blimp Award (UK Kids' Choice Awards) Best TV Actor Blimp Award (UK Kids' Choice Awards) Best Male Singer Blimp Award (UK Kids' Choice Awards) Best TV Show (Drake & Josh) 2008 Blimp Award (Kids' Choice Awards) Favorite TV Actor (Drake & Josh) UK Kids' Choice Awards) Best TV Show Blimp Award (KCA Brazil 2008 - Meus Prêmios Nick) Favourite International Artist Surfboard Award (Teen Choice Awards) Choice Movie Breakout Actor (Superhero Movie) 2009 Blimp Award (Nickelodeon Australian Kids' Choice Awards) Fave International TV Star 2010 Blimp Award (Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards Mexico) Favorite TV Actor (Drake & Josh) 2010 Blimp Award (Nickelodeon Australian Kids' Choice Awards) Big Kid Award References
- ^ "Drake Bell". Facebook. http://www.facebook.com/bell.drake. Retrieved 2011-10-31.
- ^ a b DeRogatis, Jim (August 31, 2007). "These kids today". http://www.jimdero.com/News2007/Kidstoday.htm.
- ^ Ingrassia, Lisa (April 10, 2006). "Crash & Learn". People. http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20061862,00.html.
- ^ Kurkjian, Tim (April 17, 2009). "Fun-loving Bell finally has his dream job". ESPN The Magazine. http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/columns/story?columnist=kurkjian_tim&id=4073444.
- ^ "I Heart Vampires on Take180.com". http://www.take180.com/ep/1ncq7r/qmo?autoplay=true&utm_source=fb&utm_medium=cpm&utm_campaign=drake. Retrieved 2010-03-03.
- ^ "Exclusive: Nickelodeon Orders Live-Action Movie Adaptation of The Fairly Oddparents". TVGuide.com. http://www.tvguide.com/News/Fairly-Oddparents-Movie-1020888.aspx.
- ^ Posted 10/25/11. "Drake Bell | Music Videos, Songs, News, Photos, and Lyrics". MTV. http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/bell__drake/artist.jhtml. Retrieved 2011-10-31.
- ^ a b "Drake Bell Official MySpace". Drake Bell MySpace. 2009-01-31. http://www.myspace.com/drakebellonline. Retrieved 2009-01-31.
- ^ "It's Only Time - Drake Bell". Billboard. 2010-01-28. http://www.billboard.com/album/drake-bell/it-s-only-time/814602#/album/drake-bell/it-s-only-time/814602. Retrieved 2010-01-28.
- ^ "The Numbers". The Numbers. 2010-01-27. http://www.the-numbers.com/dvd/charts/annual/2008.php. Retrieved 2010-01-27.
- ^ "Drake Bell In Concert DVD.". tommy2.net. 2008-10. http://tommy2.net/content/index.php. Retrieved 2008-10-14.
- ^ om een reactie te plaatsen!. "Drake Bell "You're Not Thinking" Official Music Video in HD". YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFhlpwUw2ks. Retrieved 2011-10-31.
- ^ a b c d "Drake Bell to Release "A Reminder" EP on June 28th - ARTISTdirect News". Artistdirect.com. http://www.artistdirect.com/entertainment-news/article/drake-bell-to-release-a-reminder-ep-on-june-28th/8974031. Retrieved 2011-10-31.
- ^ "Drake Bell seriously injured in car crash". Tvsquad.com. 2005-12-31. http://www.tvsquad.com/2005/12/31/drake-bell-seriously-injured-in-car-crash/. Retrieved 2011-10-31.
- ^ "Drake Bell Album & Song Chart History - Billboard 200". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/drake-bell/chart-history/690101. Retrieved March 4, 2011.
- ^ "Drake Bell Album & Song Chart History - Rock Albums". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/drake-bell/chart-history/690101?f=408&g=Albums. Retrieved March 4, 2011.
- ^ "mexicancharts.com - Mexican charts portal". Hung Medien. http://www.mexicancharts.com/search.asp?search=Drake+Bell&cat=a. Retrieved March 4, 2011.
- ^ a b "Drake Bell : Allmusic : Billboard Singles". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/drake-bell-p735805/charts-awards/billboard-singles. Retrieved March 4, 2011.
External links
- Official website
- Drake Bell at the Internet Movie Database
- Works by or about Drake Bell in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
- Drake Bell on Twitter
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