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Jared Drake Bell was born on June 27,
1986 in Orange County, California. Two older brothers (Robert and
Travis), one older step-brother and one older step-sister . His
mother, Robin Dodson, is a professional (champion) billiards player.
He currently lives in Los Angeles, California.
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He began acting at a young age, and
received his first real role on television in 1994 at age eight,
when he appeared on one episode of the television comedy Home
Improvement starring Tim Allen. Over the next few years he had
some television commercials and made some more television
appearances (e.g., Minor Adjustments, The Pretender,
the Drew Carey Show and Seinfeld).
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While still doing television
appearances, he began to expand his young talents onto the big
screen and made his move debut with a very small appearance in
Drifting School (1995). This was followed by The Neon Bible
the same year. The first big movie he appeared in was Jerry
Maguire in 1996.
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He also appeared in some made for TV
movies in 1999, such as The Jack Bull with John Cusak and
Dragonworld: The Legend Continues. He was nominated in 2000 for
the Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a TV Movie or Pilot -
Supporting Young Actor for his role in The Jack Bull.
Because he made such an good impression on John Cusak he was picket
to appeared in the movie High Fidelity the following year
along side him once again
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In 1999, he also got what was later to
become a big break when he appeared as a character actor in the teen
variety show, The Amanda Show (starring
Amanda Bynes). The producers
were looking for a talented young male who had talent, and Drake fit
the bill. He appeared as various characters on the show from 1999 to
2002.
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Because of the fan base he created on
The Amanda Show, he was given his own show, Drake
and Josh in 2004, in which he and a former cast member from
The Amanda Show, Josh Peck, co-star in a comedy aimed at teens
and pre-teens on Nickelodeon. The show done very well.
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Drake was always musically inclined,
and learned how to play the guitar when he was 13 (when he appeared
in the film Chasing Destiny with rock legend Roger Daltry).
In 2003, he formed his own band, Drake 24/7. He and his band do
tours around the country when not in school (Orange County High
School of the Arts) or filming his television show. Drake’s first
album, Telegraph, was released in September 2005 and it appears under Drake’s own record label, Backhouse. (note:
the soundtrack from the Drake & Josh show is available now and
includes “Down We Fall” by Drake).
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He is also very charitable and donates
some of his time helping organizations such as Audrey Hepurn’s
Children’s Foundation and World Mission.
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Hobbies & Interests: Playing
guitar, watching baseball
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Favorites: food = Italian, car =
1966 Mustang, 1957 Corvette; music =
Beatles, The Who, The Clash, David Gray, Elvis Costello; role
model =
John Lennon; ice
cream flavor = rocky road; movies = Shawshank Redemption, Detroit
Rock City, the original Oceans 11; actors = Benicio Del Toro,
Brad Pitt, Kevin Spacey, Phillip
Seymore-Hauffman; cartoon =
Aqua
Teen Hunger Force
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Fast Facts: He has a fear
of heights.
You can contact Drake at:
drake@drakebell.com
or
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Biography by Ian Ripley,
PopStarsPlus.com, Sr. Staff Writer
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