Mark Salling


Date Of Birth
August 17th, 1982

Biography
Mark Salling was born and raised in the Lake Highlands area of Dallas, growing up with his father, John Salling Jr. and his mother and brother, Condy and Matthew. His passion growing up wasn't acting, but playing music - he started playing the piano at the mere age of 5, and began songwriting at the age of 7. Most of his childhood was spent playing guitar in local bands. Before landing the breakout role of Puck in the FOX musical comedy Glee, he was spending time doing guitar sessions and teaching others how to play.

He made his acting debut in the 1996 horror feature Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering as James Rhodes. This was followed by an episode of Walker, Texas Ranger, an action-crime Western where he played the role of Billy. In 2006, he played Eric in another horror feature, The Graveyard. Salling was struggling to make a break into showbiz for 7 years before his current role came along. In 2009, he bagged the role of character Puck in the highly-acclaimed Glee, a series about a Spanish teacher who dreams of reviving the old glory of his high school’s glee club.

Place of Birth
Dallas, Texas, USA

Birth Name
Mark Wayne Salling

Gender
Male

Fun Facts
- He's a gifted songwriter and musician, playing both the piano and guitar, and having written songs for musicians Josh Green and Danielle McKee.

- He's an animal lover.

- Fan of Family Guy and The Simpsons.

- Into a variety of music, from 90s grunge through to country music and rap, and currently smooth jazz.

- His band Jericho recently released their debut album, "Smoke Signals".

- He was raised in a traditional Christian household, and as such, religion is an influence in his songwriting.

- Shaving his hair into a mohawk for his audition wasn't the first time he'd done so, but he figured he'd use the look again for his character to see if it made him stand out from others auditioning. He says "Lo and behold, it worked out. And now I'm stuck with it."

Awards

Filmography
2009: Glee - Noah "Puck" Puckerman
2006: The Graveyard - Eric
1999: Walker, Texas Ranger - Billy
1996: Children of the Corn: The Gathering - James Rhodes

Nickname

Height
5"11' He does NOT wear heels in Glee to make him look taller

Quotes
"Puck has dreams of stardom, just like any other character in the club. He wants to get out of the town, and he has musical aspirations just like everyone else."

"One lady brought us a baby to sign [during the Hot Topic tour]. She'd made a little Glee dress and we signed it, so that was unusual."

"It was never a revelation I had, it was just what I did. Playing music was always a part of my life, I don't know anything else."

CoMpEtiTiVe SpiRiT

I believe competitive spirit will help us to achieve our goals in our life career. Competition between each others brings out our real talents.In a game everyone wants to be winners,no one wants to be losers.As i'm a Hockey player I know the competitive spirit well and I've experienced it very well. Discipline is the most important thing to a game.Because if we start to misbehave in a game definitely the game will be lose.Our moral should be play hard until the referee blows final the whistle.While during the match if we misbehaves it's a time waste and it's a reason for change our moral to hit the opponents,not to win the match.I've experienced the competitive spirit negatively and positively. :) o_O

Zinedine Zidane was the former France captain.He is glad he was sent-off for his head-butt in the 2006 World Cup final because he has not had to live with regret over escaping punishment.Zidane received a red card for butting the Italy defender Marco Materazzi in the chest during the 2006 final.It's the last match of his career,which Italy won 5-3 on penalties after a goalless draw.As a Captain he should control his quick anger in order to win the world cup in 2006.How ever he played very well in the tournament.

WE MISS YOU ZINEDINE ZIDANE <3>

You are the real hero............

We are the Champions, I'm the hero :)

St.Benedict's showed their old prowess in the inter schools hockey arena when they emerged champions at the under 19 inter schools hockey tournament which was conducted by the Western Province Schools Hockey Association .

Benedictines defeated Royalists by (2) two goals to (0) nil in the final which was played at Reid Avenue recently.The score line stood at nil after full time of play and the succeeded during extra time through Captain Ashan Alles and Amantha Sandaruwan.Whole match was attacked by the Royal players,but the Benedictine Goal Keeper Shalintha Irugalbandara break the curse of not winning the championship.

They came into the finals with a clean record having defeated other schools with out giving Any single goal to their opponents.The Benedictines in winning the final played cohesive hockey and rattled their opponents with Ashan Alles,Anjula Fonseka spearheading the attack the goal keeper Shalintha Irugalbandara and Sameera Fonseka standing out in the defense department.

Hockey Junior World Cup

The Hockey Junior World Cup, is an international field hockey competition organised by the International Hockey Federation (FIH). The tournament was started in 1979. Since 1985 it has been held every four years. Competitors must be under the age of 21 as of December 31 in the year before the tournament is held.

There is also a corresponding event for the women's junior teams. This competition started in 1989 and uses the same format as the men's event.
Five countries have dominated the event's history. Germany is the most successful team, having won the tournament five times. Argentina, Australia, India and Pakistan have each won the tournament once.

The 2009 Junior World Cup was held jointly between Malaysia and Singapore, with Germany defeating Netherlands 3–1 in the final.

My First Job Interview

It was the very first day that I'v been to a job interview in my life career.

I applied as Cadet Officer in Sri Lanka Air Force.It's not a easy job for me do,but I never gave up in that situation.

My heart starts to pound like machine.Then i prayed my God to hold my hand until the end.After i prayed my heart beat came back to normal.After that i kept my leg outside to go for my interview.The interview was held at Ekala camp.

The officers checked my height,weight,vision and my educational qualification certificates.Fortunately I'v no problem with any of those.They gave me a general knowledge test and I'v done it so easily and so quickly.After the test they called me for the main interview.Either the I felt uncomfortable in the beginning I faced to the interview board comfortably. :) After the interview i had to wait for my results.I was waited 6 hours to know my results.That was really disgusting.

The officer came and he started to read out the name those who've got selected.I was really afraid in that time.Finally they called out my name.They've selected only 20 people out of 200.That was a great achievement in my career.

I thanked my heavenly father and my ever loving my mother for encouraging me all the time.