Drake Bell

Drake met with a major car accident in the year 2005 when his vehicle collided with another vehicle. His fractured his neck and broke his jaw at three places.

Despite a successful career, Drake has faced difficulties in his life. He filed for bankruptcy in California in early 2014 and his house was foreclosed. At the time of filing for bankruptcy, media reports stated that he was in debt for US$ 581,000.

Drake is an alcoholic and was repeatedly arrested for DUI (Driving Under influence). In the year 2016, his driving license was suspended for DUI and he was sentenced for 4 days in Jail.

Drake Bell was born in June 1986 in Newport Beach, California. His father, Robin Dodson, was a professional billiards player. He has three older brothers and one older sister, Kellie.

Drake had a comfortable childhood in an affluent family as his father was a world billiards champion and made good money.

Drake showed interest in movies from a young age. Observing his talent, Drake’s father helped him start a career in acting. Drake acted in a commercial at the age of just five. His first televised commercial was for ‘Whirlpool Home Appliances’.

After completing his school, Drake attended the Orange County High School of the Arts where he was trained in acting.

Apart from acting, Drake also showed interest in playing guitar. He started playing guitar at the age of just twelve. He became an expert guitar player after he took lessons from Roger Daltrey who co-starred with him in the 2001 film ‘Chasing Destiny’.

Drake Bell made his first appearance on television in the year 1994. He acted in one episode of the famous TV series ‘Home Improvement’.

He got the opportunity to act in a movie with the 1996 hit film ‘Jerry Maguire’. Drake also acted in an episode of the super hit TV series Seinfeld’s episode ‘The Frogger’ in the year 1998.

From 1999 to 2003, Drake continued to act in minor roles in movies, commercials and TV shows. He also featured as a performer in the live action comedy TV series ‘The Amanda Show’. However, all these roles did not bring much recognition to Drake.

In the year 2004, Drake got an opportunity of lifetime when he was cast as a lead actor in the spinoff to ‘The Amanda Show’ called ‘Drake & Josh’. The show boosted the image of Drake overnight since it was named after him.

Drake’s expertise in playing guitar helped in building his career. His ‘Found A Way’ was the theme song for ‘Drake & Josh’.

In the year 2000, Drake was nominated for the Young Artist Award for his performance in the TV film ‘The Jack Bull’.

He won three ‘Blimp Awards’ in the ‘Favourite TV Actor’ category in a line at the Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards.

One of the tracks in Drake’s debut album ‘Telegraph’ was performed in an episode of the hit TV series ‘Zoey 101’. This was considered by the critics to be a good recognition of Drake’s talent at an early stage of his career.