Galen Gering was born on February 13, 1971 and raised in Los Angeles, California by French and Spanish hippie parents. At the age of 18, Galen moved to New York City to start a modelling career and finished high school through the mail. In May of 1999, Galen graduated with honors but was busy working on "Passions", a job he learned about through his girlfriend Jenna's agent He worked on two independent films "Road Trip" and "Pistol Whipped" and was named one of People Magazine's 50 most beautiful people. In January of 2000, Galen and Jenna eloped to Vegas but later had a larger wedding. Galen also is a filmmaker and writer and spends time playing Pro-am beach volleyball. He also loves his two dogs, Wyle and Bandit and works with a charity called New Leash For Life. He can currently be seen on the NBC Daytime drama "Passions" (1999) as Luis Lopez-Fitzgerald.