Gabe Bowling is an American actor and musician. He was born in Milwaukee Wisconsin and moved a number of times in his childhood. Most of his early years were spent in Nebraska, Arizona, and Wisconsin. Upon graduating high school he moved to Los Angeles to begin his career in music and acting. He quickly began to work as an actor in commercials television and movies. He starred as Carl Perkins in the Tony award winning musical Million Dollar Quartet and Hugh Hanson (Christian Grey) on the national tour of Spank! the 50 shades parody. He has formed and toured in a number of musical projects, including Bunkbed Incident, Fat J and the Pinners, Gabe vs. The Sad Kids and Drink Me Up.