Was booked for a role in the Academy Award-winning film Argo (2012) during his very first week of living in Los Angeles.
Completed high school in Nixa, Missouri after a family move in 1999 and has lived in the area since then.
Was raised by his grandfather in the Midwest after his parents' divorce. Lived in Spring, Texas until the 6th grade when his grandfather retired and the family moved to Gretna, Nebraska.