Jaffar Richardson was born in Oakland, California. He moved to Texas and began to do plays at age 7. At age 10 he moved to Reno, NV. Once there he began to train in the art of acting and at 14 Jaffar began doing plays and musicals locally. Before he graduated he was accepted to NYU; although, he decided to move to LA to pursue TV and film. He resides in Los Angeles.