Mark Salling
Mark Salling | |
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 Salling at the Glee premiere party, May 2009 | |
| Born | Mark Wayne Salling August 17, 1982 Dallas, Texas, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, singer, musician |
| Years active | 1996–present |
| Website | marksallingmusic.com |
Mark Wayne Salling (born August 17, 1982)[1] is an American actor, singer-songwriter, composer, and musician. He is known for his role as Noah "Puck" Puckerman on the comedy television series, Glee.[2]
Early life
Salling was born in Dallas, Texas. He is the younger of two children of Condy Sue (née Wherry), a school secretary, and John Robert Salling, Jr., an accountant.[3][4] He was home-schooled at an early age. Salling was raised in a "strict Christian home"[5] and attended Providence Christian School and Our Redeemer Lutheran during elementary school. He attended, but did not graduate from Culver Military Academy, and later graduated from Lake Highlands High School in 2001. While he attended high school, he was a member of the school wrestling team.[6] Performing was also an integral part of his teenage years; he often performed in bars despite being underage and participated in school talent shows.[citation needed]
After graduating from high school, he attended the Los Angeles Music Academy College of Music in Pasadena, California and began studying guitar, giving guitar lessons to make a living.
Mark owns a dog named Noah, which he named after his character on Glee.[3]
Career
Music career
Salling sings, writes, and produces his own music, and plays the piano, guitar, bass guitar, and drums.[3] His solo project (under the stage name "Jericho"), was debut album Smoke Signals, released on February 8, 2008,[7] under Jericho Records. On October 25, 2010, Salling released a rock/jazz album entitled Pipe Dreams, which was inspired by Alice in Chains, Nine Inch Nails, Miles Davis and Herbie Hancock.[8] It was released by Pipe Dreams Records, Salling's own label, in partnership with Fontana Distribution.[3] He is the composer, performer, and producer of each track.[3] The first single, "Higher Power", premiered on August 10, 2010.[9]
For the television show Glee he soloed and dueted on cover versions of various songs including, "Sweet Caroline", "Only the Good Die Young", "The Lady Is a Tramp", "Run Joey Run", "Beth", and "Good Vibrations."[10] During filming, Salling paid tribute to the cast of Glee by writing a song and creating a video entitled "Chillin' on Glee'", which featured various cast and crew members.[11]
Film career
Salling acted in Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering (1996) with Naomi Watts, and also in The Graveyard (2006).
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering | James Rhodes | |
| 1999 | Walker, Texas Ranger | Billy | TV series, episode: "Rise To The Occasion" |
| 2006 | The Graveyard | Eric | |
| 2009–present | Glee | Noah "Puck" Puckerman | TV series Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series (2009) Nominated—Teen Choice Award for Choice TV: Breakout Star Male (2010) Nominated—Teen Choice Award for Choice Music: Group (2010) (shared with Glee Cast) Nominated—Choice TV: Scene Stealer Male (2011) |
| 2011 | Glee: The 3D Concert Movie | Noah "Puck" Puckerman/Himself |
Discography
Studio albums
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [12] |
US Heat [13] |
US Indie [14] | ||
| 2008 | Smoke Signals (released under stage name Jericho)
|
— | — | — |
| 2010 | Pipe Dreams
|
189 | 5 | 29 |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | ||||
Soundtracks
- Glee: The Music, Volume 1 (2009)
- Glee: The Music, Volume 2 (2009)
- Glee: The Music, The Power of Madonna (2010)
- Glee: The Music, Volume 3 Showstoppers (2010)
- Glee: The Music, Journey to Regionals (2010)
- Glee: The Music, The Christmas Album (2010)
- Glee: The Music, Volume 4 (2010)
- Glee: The Music, Volume 5 (2011)
- Glee: The Music, Volume 6 (2011)
- Glee: The Music, The Christmas Album Volume 2 (2011)
- Glee: The Music, Volume 7 (2011)
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| US | |||
| 2010 | "Higher Power" | — | Pipe Dreams |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart, or was not released. | |||
References
- ^ Mark Salling fan page
- ^ Fox's official Glee page
- ^ a b c d e "Mark Salling Bio". MarkSallingMusic.com. Retrieved August 10, 2010.
- ^ According to the State of Texas. Texas Birth Index, 1903–1997. Searchable at http://www.ancestry.com/
- ^ "Glee Cast Channels Inner Madonna - Glee". Hollyscoop.com. Retrieved 2011-10-18.
- ^ Chen, Eva. "Mark Salling: Naughty by Nature". Teen Vogue. Retrieved 2011-01-02.
- ^ Smoke Signals at Allmusic.com
- ^ "Pipe Dreams by Mark Salling". iTunes. Retrieved October 27, 2010.
- ^ Stack, Time (August 10, 2010). "'Glee' star Mark Salling announces debut album and premieres new single: Listen to it here!". Entertainment Weekly. Time Inc. Retrieved August 10, 2010.
- ^ Glee: Sweet Caroline clip (02:21) on Hulu
- ^ om een reactie te plaatsen!. "Mark's Tribute to his Glee Family". YouTube. Retrieved 2011-10-18.
- ^ "Mark Salling Album & Song Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved November 4, 2010.
- ^ "Mark Salling Album & Song Chart History: Heatseekers Albums". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved November 4, 2010.
- ^ "Mark Salling Album & Song Chart History: Independent Albums". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved November 4, 2010.
External links
- 1982 births
- Actors from Texas
- American acoustic guitarists
- American bass guitarists
- American composers
- American drummers
- American male singer-songwriters
- American multi-instrumentalists
- American pianists
- American record producers
- American television actors
- Living people
- Musicians from Dallas, Texas
- Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series Screen Actors Guild Award winners
- Songwriters from Texas
- American child actors