Will Eppes

Willie Donald Eppes, Jr was born on June 25, 1985 in Chicago, Illinois. He is the youngest of three children of a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist mother, Pamela from Chicago, and Computer Programmer father, Willie Donald Eppes, Sr., from Virginia. Raised in a home that stressed the arts, he was only 3 years old when he started taking violin lessons. His passion for acting also came alive early on due to living in a dangerous neighborhood that prevented him from playing outside as a child. He was limited as a boy to his favorite and only toy - the television, which would have him for hours on end, mimicking his favorite movie characters such as Roger Rabbit. His first professional experience with acting began during his college years at Columbia College Chicago where he got cast as the lead in a low-budget feature film off of his very 1st audition. He quickly gained the attention of local filmmakers for his natural bold presence, which has now become his trademark.