Iah Kinley Bearden-Vrai grew up in Crown Point, Indiana a little over 40 miles South East of Chicago with three  older sisters, his Father and his Mother, a Native of the Philippines.

     He graduated from the University of South Dakota with a BFA in Musical Theatre as well as an MFA in Cinema Production (Directing Concentration) from DePaul University. 

      His favorite actors are Daniel Day-Lewis and Cate Blanchett because of their ability to embody a character entirely and their absolute sincerity.  His dream roles for theatre productions would consist of playing Michal in The Pillowman and Georges-Pierre Seurat in Sunday in the Park with George.

     Cinematically, anything in the vain of A24 distributed films. Raw, sincere, vulnerable characters with an intrinsic complexity.

 He grew up racing motorcycles. His Father would always brag  that he started riding a bicycle without training wheels at the age of 2, and started racing motorcycles at the age of 3.