A.J. Castro was born in San Jose, Costa Rica on September 10, 1983. He moved to Miami, Florida when he was 7 years old and grew up loving movies and basketball. After attending Florida International University and graduating with a degree, he moved to Los Angeles to pursue his career as an actor, producer. A.J. did a brief stint with the Cal State LA theater department and went on to work in TV, Film, Commercials and video game motion capture.