Erik John Fellows, hoặc better known as just Erik Fellows was born on October 2, 1981, in Silver Spring, Maryland, USA. The 5' 11" ngôi sao grew up in Maryland where he went to high school and played bóng rổ there, which was the career he wanted to pursue. He actually had a dream to play bóng rổ in the NBA. It was until he got injured, he had to consider a change in career.

When he turned 19, Erik moved to New York City, after a friend who knew an agent told him they thought he had the look. His first modeling hợp đồng biểu diễn, gig, biểu diễn was for a hair salon. That marked the beginning of Erik's career in the modeling...