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Sky Tobing
Sky Abraham Ryamizard Tobing (born September 17th, 1996) is an Indonesian actor, singer-songwriter, composer, musician, author, and activist.

Early Life
Tobing was born in Medan, North Sumatra province in Indonesia to Saut Taruliasi (nee Siregar) and Bob Felix Tobing. His father works for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Indonesia; due to his father’s work, Tobing lived in several different countries growing up. He has lived in Indonesia, Tanzania, Australia, and Thailand. He is the oldest child and has a younger sister named Laurie. He is of Batak ancestry from his father’s side and Dutch ancestry from his mother’s side. As a child, Tobing’s mother taught him to play the piano and he learned to play the guitar at age 13.

Tobing attended elementary school at Laureate International School in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, middle school at Bangkok International Preparatory School in Bangkok, Thailand, and high school at Sekolah Tiara Bangsa in Jakarta, Indonesia. During high school, Tobing was president of the student government and was active in Model United Nations and the drama club. He also competed in football, volleyball, badminton, table tennis, and track. In his sophomore year, he won JISAC and SEASAC championships in track and volleyball, and in his junior year, he won the national high school championship in volleyball. Due to filming commitments, Tobing studied through online correspondence classes for most of his senior year. He graduated in 2014, along with the rest of his classmates, as valedictorian.

Tobing was offered admission to a number of universities in the United States, including Harvard University, Yale University, Stanford University, and Princeton University. However, he decided to defer his admissions due to filming commitments.