Brad Stryker

Brad Stryker is an American actor and former boxer, kick-boxer and Military Veteran. He was awarded the AT&T Veterans Media Fellowship on the December 27th edition of NFL RedZone (2009). Born on January 21, 1990 in Fort Riley, Kansas, he is of mixed-race heritage. His father, is a retired American Soldier and his mother is a Panamanian immigrant. Shortly after receiving her permanent resident card and the birth of his sister, his mother would divorce his father, illegally taking him and his sister to Panama, leaving them there with her family until his father would win custody of them and bring them home. As a teenager, he would be a troublesome student as his home situation had become unstable again due to his father remarrying to a corrections officer who would mentally and emotionally abuse him through isolation and food deprivation. Upon turning 18 he was kicked out of his home, but fortunately taken in by his best friend's family in order to finish high school. During this time