Drake Bell Net Worth: Drake Bell is a well-known American actor, comedian, guitarist, singer/songwriter, voice artist, and producer, who has a net worth of $600 thousand as of 2022. The actor started his career back in 1990 when he was just 5 years old and since then he earned a lot of success in different professions.
Drake rose to prominence after appearing on Nickelodeon’s The Amanda Show, where he and Josh played the hit role of Drake Parker. Not only was he a Nickelodeon child star, making a name for himself on television shows like Amanda Show and Drake & Josh, but he also went on to have a successful career in voice acting and launch an admittedly shaky singing career.
Apart from establishing himself as one of the lead Hollywood celebrities, Drake made some very poor decisions which led him to experience some controversies such as a bankruptcy filing in 2014 for which he claimed more than $600k worth of personal obligations.
Drake Bell Early Life
Jared Drake Bell was born in Newport Beach, California on June 27, 1986. His mother Robin and father Joe Bell decided to give him the name Jerred at birth. His father was a billiards professional, and he has three older brothers and an older sister named Kellie. Drake’s parents divorced when he was only five years old, and he began acting around the same time after his father discovered his son had a natural talent for public speaking.
Bell grew up in a prosperous family because his father was a world billiards champion who amassed a sizable fortune for his family. Drake began his education at Orange County High School of the Arts, where he received extensive acting training.
Drake Bell Acting Career
Drake Bell made his first television appearance in a commercial for Whirlpool Appliances. He made his acting debut in an episode of the popular television show Home Improvement in 1994. After taking a two-year break from acting, Bell was cast in the hit film Jerry Maguire in 1996.
Drake Bell’s biggest break came in 2004, when he was cast as a member of Nickelodeon’s hit show “Drake & Josh” alongside his real-life pal Josh Peck. Bell and Josh were a featured performer on “The Amanda Show,” starring Amanda Bynes, from 1999 to 2002, which gave him a huge boost. Furthermore, the actor rose to prominence through his roles in television shows such as Dragon World, Jerry Maguire, and Yours, Mine, and Ours.
The live-action TV movie A Fairly Odd Movie: Grow Up, Timmy Turner!, in which Bell played Timmy Turner, premiered on July 9, 2011. He later appeared in the mini-series Flying Tigers and the web series I Heart Vampires. Drake was cast as Spider-Man in the animated series Ultimate Spider-Man in 2012, and he reprised the role in The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes, replacing American voice actor Josh Keaton.
After that, Bell provided vocals for the role of Spider-Man in two video games, Marvel Heroes. In 2014, he was given the opportunity to reprise his role as Timmy Turner in the third installment of The Fairly Odd Parents. He was in the 2017 film Bad Kids of Crestview Academy, a sequel to the 2012 film Bad Kids Go to Hell.
Drake Bell Net Worth
Drake Bell Net Worth is expected to be around $600,000 US in 2022. He is one of the top Nickelodeon Network child stars and has achieved a great deal of success in his career. The majority of his earnings come from various sources, including the entertainment industry and the music scene. He rose to prominence after portraying Drake Parker on Nickelodeon’s The Amanda Show and in Drake & Josh.
Since then, he has appeared in a number of television shows and series, which has allowed him to amass a sizable fortune. He is currently living a luxurious lifestyle in Mexico with his wife. Drake Bell’s annual salary is currently in excess of $300,000.
He also earned a lot from brand endorsements and commercials, Bell has done endorsement work for numerous brands such as Whirlpool, JC Penney Christmas, Gushers Fruit Snacks, Pokémon Red and Blue, My Thing, I Can Play Guitar, Monday Night Football, Best Buy (Laptop responsibility), HTC “The Ultimate Smartphone, Best Buy (A Horse Named IPod), Best Buy (what about a Lexus?), and many more.
Drake Bell Music Career
Drake Bell, in addition to having a successful acting career, has also gained popularity in the music industry. He had a lifelong interest in music and began playing the guitar at the age of 12. He took his first official guitar lessons while working on the film with Roger Daltrey. He first co-wrote and performed the Drake & Josh Show theme song, Found a Way.
Drake Bell released his debut album Telegraph independently on August 23, 2005. His album drew the attention of record labels, and he signed a contract with Universal Motown in 2006. At the same time, he released his second studio album, It’s Only Time, on the label. The album was a huge success, selling more than 23,000 copies in its first week and debuting at number 81 on the Billboard 200.
In 2014, he released his first full-length album, Ready, Steady, Go!, to mixed reviews, and the EP he released prior to that title, A Reminder, resulted in a lawsuit in which producer John Fields sued Drake for not properly compensating him for his work.
Apart from that, in 2020 singer released the album The Lost Album, which didn’t perform well commercially. In the same year, he released his 10-song album Sesiones En Casa, which sold extremely well with the single FUEGO LENTO racking up over 26 million views on YouTube alone.
Drake Bell Personal Life
Drake Bell has had relationships with many of the girls at various times. He began dating co-star Amanda Bynes in February 1999, and they split up two years later in December 2001. Bell was then romantically linked with Canadian singer Fefe Dobson from 2002 to 2005.
Bell began his relationship with model Paydin LoPachin in August 2010, and the two married on February 14, 2011. They divorced in 2016 after being in a relationship for over 5 years. Drake Bell began dating American television actress Janet Von Schmeling in 2014, after meeting through mutual friends. Bell later revealed that the couple secretly married in July 2021. The couple also has a son.
Aside from that, in August 2020, actress Melissa Lingafelt claimed in a TikTok video that Drake verbally and physically abused her during their previous relationship. Between 2006 and 2009, the couple was together. Melissa claims that she was only 16 years old when Drake was 20 at the start of their relationship. She also shared a police report against him that she filed in 2009, as well as journal entries written around the time of the attacks.
Drake Bell was arrested in June 2021 on charges of attempted child engagement and disseminating material harmful to juveniles. The arrest stems from allegations made by a young woman who claimed that in December of 2017, when she was only 15 years old, she engaged in inappropriate behavior with Drake.
In October 2018, the victim filed a police report with the Department of Canada regarding an incident that occurred while she was attending one of Drake’s shows in Cleveland at the artist’s request. He was then released after paying $2500 in bail and promising not to contact the victim again.
On December 21, 2015, Bell was arrested after police caught him swerving and driving around at 2 am in the middle of the night. Once police stopped him they said that they could smell alcohol coming from the car so they brought him. After copping to the plea deal Drake was also sentenced to 4 years of probation.
