Gabe Sipos

About

Notable for his role as Travis in the 2010 feature film Country Strong, Sipos is perhaps most famous for surviving childhood cancer and inspiring a non profit organization known as Gabe's Chemo Duck Program.

Before Fame

When he was less than a year old, he was diagnosed with a type of malignant tumor called a rhabdomyosarcoma.

Trivia

In playing a Make a Wish child in Country Strong, Sipos drew upon his real life experiences as a cancer patient.

Family Life

Born to Lu and Rob Sipos, he was raised in a suburb of Nashville, Tennessee. As a child, he developed a close, brother like friendship with fellow cancer warrior Connor Hunley; sadly, while Sipos was cancer-free by his second birthday, Hunley had several relapses and passed away at the age of ten.

Associated With

In Country Strong, Sipos shared the big screen with both Gwyneth Paltrow and Tim McGraw.