Justin Xavier Smith was born May 18, 1990 in Libertyville, IL to Virginia Smith and Joseph Smith. He was raised on Lake Nagawicka in Nashotah, WI.

From an early age, he wrote plays; cast his neighbors and siblings in, and put up performances in his basement or anywhere he could find an audience. Justin moved on to filmmaking in high school, writing and directing feature film spoofs with his friends. Justin was active in school theater, performing in musicals like "The Music Man" or "The Sound of Music," other plays like "Fairy Tale Fraud" and "Stardust," before finally completing his high school career playing the role of MacBeth in his high school production of the same name.