Drake Bell

This tween heartthrob began building up his résumé at age 8, with a string of small TV and film appearances. At age 13, the shaggy-haired actor became a budding star with his humorous antics on Nickelodeon's The Amanda Show. In 2004 he and Amanda cohort Josh Peck earned their own comedy series, appropriately titled Drake & Josh. As the cooler stepbrother to Peck's goody-goody nerd, Bell made young viewers swoon with his unthreatening hipster style and musical skills (off screen he had his own eponymous band, which supplied the series' theme song). Although a serious car accident in December 2005 looked like it might derail Bell's career, he made a full recovery (except for a few scars) and looked remarkably healthy when he was named favorite actor at Nickelodeon's 19th Annual Kids' Choice Awards in 2006.