56 Facts About Drake Bell

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Drake Bell starred in a trilogy of The Fairly OddParents movies on Nickelodeon.

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Drake Bell released an EP in 2011 called A Reminder independently.

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Drake Bell was born on June 27,1986, in Newport Beach, California, the son of Robin Dodson and Robert Drake Bell.

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Drake Bell's parents divorced when he was five years old.

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Drake Bell started acting at the age of five, encouraged by his father who attempted to put him into Little League Baseball and other sports with no success before finding Drake Bell's talent in public speaking and his confidence when impersonating people he'd watch on television.

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Drake Bell appeared in the 1996 film Jerry Maguire, and had a small role in the Seinfeld episode "The Frogger" in 1998.

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Drake Bell began to play guitar at the age of twelve.

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Drake Bell received his first official guitar lessons from Roger Daltrey when he starred with him in the 2001 film Chasing Destiny.

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From 1999 until the show was cancelled in 2002, Drake Bell was a featured performer on The Amanda Show.

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Drake Bell made a guest appearance on the series The Nightmare Room.

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Drake Bell's song "Found a Way" was featured as the theme song and is therefore included on the show's soundtrack, released on February 22,2005.

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Drake Bell had his first of three consecutive wins at the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards for "Favorite TV Actor".

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In 2005, Drake 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.

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Drake Bell released the lead single, "I Know", on October 17,2006.

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Drake Bell's song from It's Only Time, "Makes Me Happy", peaked at number 3 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles Chart, which is an extension of the Hot 100.

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Drake Bell was cast in a pilot for a then upcoming CBS comedy series, Fish Tank, stating Drake Bell's involvement is what put the series into production in the first place.

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Drake Bell had a third album, set to be released in 2009; however, the album was apparently shelved and never released, until it was released in 2020 as "The Lost Album".

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Drake Bell's EP, titled A Reminder, was released on June 28,2011.

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Drake Bell only paid for 5 songs for 45,000, but only 4 songs made it to the EP.

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Drake Bell was cast as Spider-Man in the animated TV series Ultimate Spider-Man based on the comic book of the same name.

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Drake Bell later reprised the role in The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, replacing Josh Keaton who originally recorded his role for the series.

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Drake Bell has voiced the role of Spider-Man in two video games, Marvel Heroes, an MMORPG, and Disney Infinity 2.0, in 2013 and 2014, respectively.

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Drake Bell was in the 2012 Nickelodeon movie Rags as Shawn.

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In 2013, Drake Bell participated in an episode of the ABC reality TV series Splash, a celebrity diving competition, in which he made third place.

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On November 1,2013, Drake Bell released the studio version of his unreleased song "Nevermind" on YouTube.

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Drake Bell released a holiday single, "Christmas Promise", on December 17,2013.

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Drake Bell returned as Timmy Turner in the third The Fairly OddParents live-action film, A Fairly Odd Summer, which was released on August 2,2014.

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In 2014, Drake Bell was nominated in the Capital Twitter Awards for Biggest Twitter Feud vs Justin Bieber.

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Drake Bell appeared on Takepart Live to discuss his bankruptcy and other activities.

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Drake Bell starred in an animated film entitled Frozen in Time, which was released November 11,2014.

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Drake Bell had his third studio album set to be released in early 2013.

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Drake Bell performed at Exa FM's Concerto Exa 2014 in Mexico City, performing to more than 50,000 people.

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Drake Bell is set to star as Dan Orange, lead singer of a band called "Orange and the Dead Ends" in a new digital series called Dan is Dead.

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Drake Bell has recorded a song titled "We're Dead" for the series.

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Drake Bell embarked on a concert tour in Mexico starting on February 5,2016, which ended on February 7,2016.

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Drake Bell toured high schools in the US as part of the High School Nation Tour from March 28 to April 29,2016.

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Drake Bell released an EP titled Honest on June 30,2017.

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Since 2009, Drake Bell has supported the Thirst Project, a non-profit organization that addresses the issue of the clean water crisis by raising awareness through education.

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Drake Bell's contributions include public appeals and concerts to raise funds.

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Seth Maxwell, founder of the Thirst Project, recruited Drake Bell to be the 'face' of the campaign.

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Drake Bell has made contributions to other organizations such as Toys for Tots.

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Drake Bell has described his music as being heavily influenced by the Beatles, The Beach Boys, and Brian Setzer.

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In 2007, Drake Bell purchased a 2,640-square-foot house in Los Feliz for $2,050,000.

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Drake Bell is a cousin of former San Diego Padres relief pitcher Heath Drake Bell.

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Drake Bell was later reported to have been found safe.

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Drake Bell was released on $20,000 bond and pleaded not guilty.

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In September 2016, Drake Bell pleaded guilty and was sentenced to four days in jail and four years' probation and would be required to attend an alcohol education program; Drake Bell served only one day for good behavior.

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Drake Bell was previously charged with driving under the influence in 2010 in relation to an incident in San Diego in 2009.

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Drake Bell pleaded not guilty, and was freed on a $2,500 personal bond, and was ordered to provide a DNA sample.

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Drake Bell was sentenced to two years of probation and 200 hours of community service, which he was permitted to complete in California.

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Drake Bell is not allowed to have any contact with his victim.

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Drake Bell was nominated for a Young Artist Award twice, once in 2000 for his role in The Jack Bull, in which he won, and another time in 2006 for Yours, Mine and Ours.

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Drake Bell won a Kids Choice Award in 2007 in the United Kingdom for Best Male Singer, winning over Justin Timberlake.

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Drake Bell was nominated for Best TV Actor, but lost to Nat Wolff.

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Drake Bell has won a Teen Choice Award in 2008 for his role as the Dragonfly in Superhero Movie.

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Drake Bell was nominated for an award in 2014 in the Capital Twitter Awards for biggest Twitter feud with Justin Bieber.