Roger Yawson was born in Arzignano, Vicenza in Italy. His parents are of Ghanaian decent. His family moved to San Pietro, Italy where Roger attended his early school years. In Italy, Roger sang and recited poems for school programs like Christmas shows. His parents moved him to Ghana when he was 7 years old and lived with his grandma. His parents brought him to the US when he was 15 years old and attended high school and college in Alexandria,Virginia, where he got bit by the acting bug. During Roger's second year in college studying business, he landed a possible recurring role on ABC's production of Point of Honor, which was a pilot for Amazon. He recently landed a role on Imperium, which just got released to DVD after its theater release in August along with Daniel Radcliffe. He decided to finally move West.As a writer and actor, Roger has written, directed, and starred in his own web series called Weird Kids on YouTube.