From New Orleans, Louisiana. Justin is the middle child of 4 children and the son of a nurse and an ordained minister. His first acting performance was as a child in his church's Easter play as Jesus. He wouldn't touch acting again until college at Southeastern Louisiana University. He would go to obtain his Masters in Theatre Performance from the University of New Orleans. If he wasn't pursing acting, becoming a lawyer was his second option; his mother being told by his grandpa, "this boy talk a lot, he need to be a lawyer".