Gabriel Conte
Gabriel Conte
Early Life & Education
Gabriel Conte's "Draw My Life" video
Gabriel Conte was born in Miami, Florida. A few years later, his family moved to Ft. Lauderdale.
His immediate family is extremely spiritual, particularly his father. He was baptized when he turned 7 years old.
Wrestling
Growing up, his dad talked him into wrestling.
Although he did not admire the sport as much as his father, he says it taught him several life lessons, such not blaming others for his losses and not having to be the most talented athlete to win.
Conte started wrestling when he was 6 years old and did not stop until he was 16.
After winning the district championship in the 10th grade, he quit to pursue other interests in the arts.
The Arts
Music
Gabriel Conte's was introduced to the arts when he was 10 years old.
Back then, he took drum lessons, when lasted about 5 years.
He eventually stopped because his family moved to an apartment and left his drumming days behind him.
However, once they moved, he started teaching himself how to play the guitar.
He learned the chords after watching his dad and brother play for many years.
Theater
Gabriel Conte with his six friends performing their piece in front of about 5,000 people
When he was in the 7th grade, Gabriel's older brother convinced him to join a community theater group with which he participated.
After doing so, Gabriel fell in love with performing there and decided to pursue his future in acting.
His earliest productions include:
Beauty and the Beast, playing the role of a fork
Tom Sawyer, playing the role of Ben Rogers
Oliver, playing the role of the Artful Dodger
The Wizard of Oz
He eventually competed with local high schools in the fields of the dramatic arts.
He, along with six other friends, prepared a piece that won a district's competition.
Their prize was an opportunity to perform in front at the state level in front of 5,000 people.
Education
Gabriel was homeschooled for most of his childhood.
He went to a grade school after kindergarten, but went back to the homeschooling system after his two younger siblings were born.
Upon graduating high school in May 2013, he enrolled at Florida Atlantic University; he did not declare a major. Because the only class he enjoyed during his freshman year was his Theater Appreciation class, he auditioned at additional schools in pursuit of something more related to acting. He transferred to Florida State University in pursuit of a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree.
He eventually dropped out to pursue social media full-time.
Career
Real Estate
During the summer in between graduating and attending college, Gabriel and his brother decided to apply themselves to get their real estate licences in hopes of joining their dad's company.
He failed twice, getting a 73% and 74% respectively on his exams; he needed a minimum of 75% to pass.
Social Media
Vine
After failing his real estate exam the second time, Gabriel stumbled across Vine for the first time; his first video was uploaded on August 17, 2013. During his college years, he created video content on the platform.
Within his first 5 to 6 months, he received roughly 10,000 followers.
Over the spring semester of his freshman year, he received his first brand deal; he received $40.
At the end of that semester, he reached the 100,000-follower milestone.
His channel continued to grow and reached over the 700,000 mark by the end of the summer.
His popularity surpassed 1.8 million followers until the company shut down.
YouTube
Gabriel Conte is currently an active YouTuber. He currently has over 1.4 million subscribers.
Acting
Fox News talks about the film The Passion
In the summer of 2015, Conte decided to go to Los Angeles before going back to school. However, he eventually got an opportunity to work for Disney. He lived in his manager's guest bedroom.
At 20 years old, after receiving multiple gigs after his initial opportunity, Gabriel decided to stay in L.A.
He acted in The Passion (a modern twist on the story of Jesus Christ using songs) and a digital series called Mr. Student Body President.
Personal Life
Gabriel Conte's parents are J.C. and Grace Conte; they met in 1990 and were both personal trainers at the time.
Grace was contracted with the HIV virus and was told she had 10 years to live. However, she is still alive to this day.
He has three siblings: an older brother (Claudio), a younger brother (Nico), and a sister (Sofia).
Sofia has appeared in some of Gabriel's Vine videos.
On December 18, 2016, Gabriel Conte married Jess Bauer (now Jess Conte), who also creates videos on YouTube.
They currently live in Los Angeles.