Inspired at a young age by Sidney Poitier, Evan Cleaver had the ambition to become a phenomenal actor. With roots in Kansas City, MO he went south to Dillard University of New Orleans on a basketball scholarship where he became the first student on a basketball scholarship to graduate with a degree in Acting. After narrowly eluding the waters of Katrina he journeyed to California to earn his M.F.A. in Acting from California Institute of the Arts (CalArts).