Willie James Warren Jr.

Willie James Warren Jr. was born in East Cleveland Ohio, the second oldest of three daughters and two sons of Willie James Warren and Tracey Anne Warren. After traveling and studying abroad as a U.S. Student Ambassador to Australia, New Zealand, and as an exchange student in Haibara Japan, Willie graduated from Beachwood High school. He was accepted with a partial academic scholarship to transfer to the University of Miami Florida where he was one of two players to walk onto the Miami Hurricanes football team that year. Just after graduating with a double Major in International Finance and Marketing, he and his best friend sold all of their things and bought one way flights to Los Angeles to pursue acting. He completed training at several acting studios his first four years in Hollywood including each level at Margie Haber Studio for Audition Technique, two years of Meisner training at the Baron Brown Studio Conservatory, Sitcom Comedy training at the Lesly Kahn studio, stunt, performance martial arts, and basic acro training at XMA Studio, and Stella Adler's Script analysis and Scene study at the Aquila Morong Studio.