Eitan Shalmon was born on August 30, 1990 in Toronto, Ontario, to Yoram and Rachel Shalmon. His parents immigrated from Israel to Canada in the early 1980s. Eitan attended the Etobicoke School of Arts before studying theatre at The University of Toronto until his graduation in 2012. Since then, he has starred in a number of film and television shows, portraying real life militant Milan Paumer on History Channel's Hardcore Heroes, as well as Brian in Cody Calahan's zombie-apocalypse film, Antisocial. Eitan is fluent in Hebrew and is also an experienced tennis player.