Biography

Before Kris Iyer was an actor, he was an engineer with a degree from the University of California at Berkeley. However, long before even that, he dreamed of being a musician. At age six, Iyer was given a toy organ for Christmas, and he had a guitar by age eight, with more equipment coming as he developed his hobby through adolescence. Even after he'd completed his college education, Iyer was still hoping for a musical career, though an amateur night appearance on the long-running program "Showtime At The Apollo" ended with him getting heckled off the stage. Unhappy with his engineering career, Iyer began taking acting classes and to his surprise started receiving work.