Mark Salling - Bio, Net Worth, Height

ORIGIN
Mark Salling was an American actor, singer, and songwriter. He was also a convicted sex offender. He rose to prominence as Noah “Puck” Puckerman on the Fox comedy-drama series Glee. His discography includes Smoke Signals (2008) and Pipe Dreams (2010). Mark Wayne Salling was born on August 17, 1982, in Dallas, Texas. His mother, Condy Sue, was a school secretary, and his father, John, was an accountant. He had an older brother named Matt. Salling was home-schooled at a young age. He attended Culver Military Academy followed by Lake Highlands High School. He was a classmate of rock musician St. Vincent. He was competitive in wrestling, rugby, and basketball during high school.

CAREER
Salling pursued music at the Los Angeles Music Academy College of Music in Pasadena, California. He played a handful of instruments including the guitar, piano, drums, and bass. His early music projects were released under the stage name Jericho. These include his debut studio album, Smoke Signals, which was released in 2008. His second album, Pipe Dreams, was released in October 2010 by Pipe Dreams Records and Fontana Distribution. It peaked at #5 on the Top Heatseekers chart. The album featured a mix of rock and Jazz. It was led by the single “Higher Power”. Salling performed cover versions of popular songs for Glee. He covered songs like “Sweet Caroline” by Neil Diamond, “Only the Good Die Young” by Billy Joel, and “Fat Bottomed Girls” by Queen.

Salling made his film debut in Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering (1996) starring Naomi Watts. He appeared in a 1999 episode of Walker, Texas Ranger titled “Rise To The Occasion”. He starred as “Eric” in the independent horror film The Graveyard (2006). Salling’s breakout role was that of Noah “Puck” Puckerman in the HBO comedy-drama series Glee. The show ran for 6 seasons from May 2009 to March 2015. He won a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series in 2009. The role of Puck was reprised in Glee: The 3D Concert Movie (2011). Salling was a special guest on The X Factor in 2010. He was a guest judge/mentor on The Glee Project in 2011. He starred as “Harrison Burke” opposite Rebecca Dalton in the TV film Rocky Road (2014).

PERSONAL
Mark Salling died on January 30, 2018, at the age of 35. His reported cause of death was suicide by hanging. He was found dead in a park area in the Sunland neighborhood of Los Angeles. Salling was about 5ft 11in tall and he was of English, German, Scottish, Irish and Dutch ancestry. His personal net worth was estimated at $200 thousand prior to his death. Salling dated Playboy model Roxanne Gorzela from 2010 to 2011. She filed a sexual assault lawsuit against him in January 2013. The case was settled in 2015 and he was ordered to pay her $2.7 million. He was also romantically linked to Denyse Tontz, Audrina Patridge, Naya Rivera, and Solenn Heussaf.

Salling was a convicted sex offender. He was arrested in December 2015 after child pornography was found on his laptop and flash drive. His trial began on September 12, 2017, in the U.S. District Court in Los Angeles. He pleaded guilty on October 4, 2017, and was faced with 4 to 7 years in prison.

Mark Salling Real Name, Birthday, Wiki

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