Brian Villalobos was born in Orlando, Florida, but moved frequently as a child, with stops in Georgia, Costa Rica, Florida, and Texas. He is the son of Carol Prather, a respiratory therapist and university lecturer, and Alvaro Villalobos, an executive in international sales. His brother, Michael Villalobos, is a professional video-game player.He is an award-winning actor, writer, and filmmaker who has appeared in more than 100 films, commercials, and stage productions and worked and been featured with such artists as Richard Linklater, Jesse Plemons, Zachary Levi, Carrie-Anne Moss, Thomas Haden Church, Catherine Hardwicke, and Richard Riehle. He has been married to fellow actor Akasha Villalobos since 2007, and lives in Texas with his family, a phalanx of dogs and cats, and a self-professed borderline obsession with Paul Verhoeven's Robocop (1987).