Steger was born on May 27, 1980, the third out of four sons. He is the son of an accountant mother and an operations manager father. He is of Ecuadorian, Austrian, and Norwegian descent, and grew up in a middle-class family. In an interview, Steger revealed he was bullied during his childhood in the fourth grade until the sixth grade. He was later transferred to another school when the bullying got too serious. He graduated with honors from Cal Poly Pomona, achieving a BA degree in Theater and a minor in Spanish. Throughout his childhood, Steger trained in martial arts and at age 18, received his first Dan black belt in Tae Kwon Do. Steger married Brandee Tucker on November 15, 2008.