Ken Eklof was born and raised in Salt Lake City, Utah. He has one sister, Annebel Meredith, who has worked with him on several, if not all of the Liken movies.

He served an honorable full time mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints to the Stockholm, Sweden Mission, which is where both of his parents were from, so he already knew the language. He has, as Dennis Agle put it, "A mad scientist thing about him. When Ken mentions a gag, you do it.