Kris Kozlowski was born in Buffalo, New York. He was raised in Tampa, Florida where his love of professional wrestling was born. He trained in professional wrestling at Steve Keirn's School of Hard Knocks where he wrestled in Tampa as well as many other cities in the state of Florida. He took acting lessons with Yvonne Suhor at Art Sake Studios in Winter Park, Florida. He has furthered his acting training at Actor Boutique in Atlanta, Georgia with Rick Hearst.