He was born the younger of two siblings. He graduated in 1988 from Chatham Borough High School as part of the school's 76th and final graduating class.[4] He attended Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, before moving to Los Angeles in 1993. Standing at 6 feet 6 inches (198 cm),[1] he was offered a job as a bouncer for The Comedy Store after bumming a cigarette from a man in the parking lot.[5]
