Drake bell (Rock star).....

Drake Bell stars on Nickelodeon's "The Drake and Josh Show" which debuted January 11th, 2004. He and his TV namesake both play a mean guitar, sing up a storm and elict squels of delight from teenage girls. Drake, a Beatles buff who segued into his own series from an ensamble spot on Nickelodeon's sketch-comedy series "The Amanda Show", composes all of the music his character performs, including the Drake & Josh theme song. In fact, his band performed on "All That," a comedy show compared to "Saturday Night Live," with special music performances such as Justin Timberlake and Britney Spears. The Drake Bell Band is the only band in history to perform on this show without a record deal. The crowd went crazy and the reviews were outrageous.The son of world champion billiards player Robin Dodson, he grew up in Orange County, California and relished the spotlight early on."I love to perform and I get a kick out of being recognized," says the 19-year-old who landed his first commercial at age five. Since then, he has ammased an extroidanary array of movie and TV credits. As a preteen, he appeared in the feature films The Neon Bible, Drifting School, and Fresh Paint. Moreover, he had a memorable turn in Jerry Maguire as Jesse Remo, the kid who tells Tom Cruise exactly where to go.And at 12, he won a co-starring role--and private music lessons--with The Who's Roger Daltrey in the film Changing Destiny. Having evolved into a musican-composer of rock, pop and ballads, the teenage Bell prizes his extensive collection of vinyl Beatles albums and affirms, "Nothing today compares with that music."In 2005 Drake won the role of Dylan in the 1960's re-make of Yours, Mine and Ours playing the son of Rene Russo and Dennis Quaid.Drake appeared opposite John Cusack in HBO's The Jack Bull (as Cusack's character's son) and in the feature High Fidelity playing Cusack's character as a young boy. His TV guest-starring credits include such shows as 'Seinfield', 'The Drew Carey Show', 'The Pretender' and 'Home Improvement'. He also has appeared several times with Jay Leno on The Tonight Show.Drake Bell currently resides in Los Angeles.