Drake Bell, a star of the Nickelodeon TV show Drake & Josh, is "safe", according to authorities in Florida who had earlier declared him "missing and endangered".
In a post on Facebook, the Daytona Beach Police Department said: "At this time, we can confirm law enforcement officials are in contact and Mr. Bell is safe."
The actor, whose full name is Jared Drake Bell, had last been seen on Wednesday night near a Daytona Beach high school, the city's police department said in an earlier statement. It had appealed for the public's help in locating the 36-year-old actor.
Bell began acting as a child and was catapulted to fame as a teenager with Nickelodeon's The Amanda Show and later Drake & Josh.
The hit Nickelodeon series starring Bell and Josh Peck ran from 2004 until 2007 and was accompanied by two movies. Since then, Bell has mostly worked as a voice actor. He also launched a music career.
In 2021, Bell was charged with child endangerment relating to a girl who attended a 2017 concert of his in Cleveland when she was 15. The girl had met him online years before.
He pleaded guilty to felony attempted child endangerment and a misdemeanour charge of disseminating matter harmful to juveniles and was sentenced to two years' probation.
He was allowed to serve his probation and 200 hours of community service in California.
Source: Press Association
