Brett was born in Erie, PA, to Brian and Jackie Lingenfelter and raised with his younger brother Nathan. He attended Harborcreek High School where he had his first taste of acting. He portrayed "Ed Perkins" the taxi driver in Tim Kelley's "It Was a Dark and Stormy Night" for the senior play.Brett then went on to serve as a Military Police Working Dog handler in the United States Marine Corps at Cherry Point, NC. This later led to a career in law enforcement with a major metropolitan police department.Brett is now focusing his energy on starting a new career in acting and has been so far been in two short films and is continuing his training.