Ronald Walter Barker

Ronald Barker was born in Royal Oak, Michigan. Parents Ronald Scannel and Pam Zieman divorced when he was four years old. Father's family history includes an Irish Catholic who came to the United States during the Civil War and fought for Union Army. Mother's family history reveals German Jews who immigrated to the United States at turn the century. After his parents divorce, his mother joined the United States Air Force in 1972. He moved repeatedly as a child from Michigan in 1972 to Plattsburg Air Force Base New York in 1977, Chanute Air Force Base Illinois in 1981, March Air Force Base, California in 1986. His mother remarried in 1975, his step-father is Chris Barker.

Ronald joined the United States Navy at the age of 17 in 1986 and served until 1990. He was in the California Air National Guard from 1991-1996. He started acting in high school - his first play was Guys and Dolls and first breakout role the AJ Caloway Show UPN.