Graduated from The University of California, Irvine with a degree in film and media studies (2005).
His father Donald Starkey (b. 1947) is German and Swedish. His mother Rizalina Juliet Starkey is Filipino, making him Eurasian.
Graduated from La Quinta High School in La Quinta California in 2000.
Attended La Quinta High School in La Quinta Ca, which at the time had a nationally-renowned dramatic arts program, with future pop stars Tyler Hilton (I)and Aubrey O'Day.