Payton Koch was born on July 16, 1996, in
Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, to a family involved in the film business. His father, Billy Koch, who is of
Jewish Russian descent, is the founder and owner of the
horse racing club Little Red Feather and previously worked in the film industry. His mother,
Kathy Kaehler, is a celebrity
personal trainer. He has a twin brother,
Cooper Koch, who is an actor, and a younger brother, Walker, who is a musician. His grandfather is film producer
Hawk Koch, and his great-grandfather was film producer and director
Howard W. Koch, both of whom served as presidents of the
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. His great-granduncle was Charles Pincus, a California dentist known for inventing the
dental veneer in 1928. Koch is also related to businessman and
Democratic politician
Alan Blinken as his great-uncle by marriage. Koch attended
Calabasas High School and later earned a
bachelor's degree in
film production from
Chapman University's
Dodge College of Film and Media Arts. Koch is
gay. == Selected filmography ==