American actor Michael Evans Behling was born in Columbus, Ohio on March 5, 1996. Adopted at birth, he was raised in Indiana attending Columbus North High School. He played football and track in high school and continued track at Indiana State University. While in college he began modeling, working for multiple advertising campaigns including Adidas. His success in modeling led to his first acting gig, playing the "Handsome Dude" on an episode of "Empire" (Fox, 2015-20) in 2017.
Encouraged to pursue acting, Behling dropped out of college and landed a main role on the sports drama "All American" (The CW, 2018- ), playing Jordan Baker. In addition to his acting career, Behling started a clothing line called DesignedAt5AM with friends from high school.