Roger Ivens was born in Miami, Florida to Patricia Dager and Hartmut Ivens. Roger Ivens's recent ancestry includes Colombian, French, Arabic and German. At a young age Roger Ivens followed his family to Bermuda where his animal activism flourished, having lead an effort to abolish shark fining in British and American waters. At the age of 15 Roger discovered his love of classical theater at Kelvinside Academy in Glasgow, Scotland and performed in various productions until the age of 22 when he put his acting career on hold to help his family's business. In 2019 Roger Ivens put his business endeavors on hold and re-discovered his dream of becoming an actor. Since then Roger had been cast thrice, most notably on BET's film/backdoor pilot 'Sacrifice' starring Paula Patton.