Mark Salling was an American actor and musician.

In 2008, he was cast as a regular character, Noah Puckerman, on the Fox Broadcasting Company series, Glee.

Salling also acted in the films Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering (1996), The Graveyard (2006), and an episode of Walker: Texas Ranger.

Salling sang, wrote, and produced his own music, and played the piano, guitar, bass guitar, and drums.

In 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. He was the composer, performer and producer of each track.

For the television show Glee, he soloed and dueted on cover versions of a number of songs from the 1960s and ‘70s. 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.

Salling died January 30, 2018, in Los Angeles, California. He was 35.