Born and raised on the Westbank of New Orleans, he bounced between there and Richland, Ga, growing up in two households due to his set of divorced parents. He moved back home to New Orleans full time following his sophomore year of high school. Shortly after he graduated high school, he joined the US Navy in September of 2007, devoting just shy of seven years of service, when he was honorably discharged in July of 2014. He was stationed in Charleston, SC, San Diego, CA, Pensacola, FL, Virginia Beach, VA, and finally in Fort Worth TX, where he finished his re-enlistment and decided to pursue an acting career after his departure from the military.He studied at San Diego State University (SDSU) and attended Oxford University through SDSU's Oxford Study Abroad Programme (OSAP). As of 2015, he is pursuing a dual major in Theatre and International Relations in TX, and plans on finishing his degree at LSU. Show less «