AJ Cedeño was born on Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. Due to his father's former military status, AJ relocated multiple times in his youth - including two years in the Philippines - before being raised in southeast Kansas.He graduated from Saint Mary's - Colgan High School in Pittsburg, Kansas where he was captain of both the football and track teams as well as a participant in school musicals and the Speech/Debate programs.He holds a BA in Psychology from the University of Notre Dame. During his tenure there he was a walk-on member of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team (where he played Wide Receiver), and was also elected the Vice-President of his graduating class. He went on to receive his MFA in Acting from Case-Western Reserve University at the Cleveland Play House.He lives in New York with his wife.