Comments (0)Noah “Puck” Puckerman
Puckish Grin
November 18, 2009
Finally, a cool Jewish guy character can be found on TV!
After decades of the stereotypical nebbishy, nerdy, overwrought Jewish fellas on the small screen, a hip, tough, neurosis-free character emerges on the quirky Fox musical comedy “Glee” in the form of Noah “Puck” Puckerman, played by Mark Salling.
Puck is the hunky, homophobic, mohawked, cougar-lovin’ high school football player who joins the glee gang after getting his best pal’s girlfriend (played by Dianna Agron) knocked up. (Nice guy!)
Mr. Salling, 27, said he wanted the character to be “more than two-dimensional,” striking “the balance between arrogance and cocky and sensible and likeable.”
In one episode, Puck unexpectedly dates the character of theater geek Rachel Berry (Lea Michele) after his mom urges him to find a nice Jewish girlfriend. In another episode, he sang a memorable cover version of Neil Diamond’s “Sweet Caroline.”
Farewell Joel Fleischman, Alex Rieger, Ross Geller and Gabe Kotter! You’ve gotten your marching orders—Puck is in the house now!