Born in
Yokosuka,
Japan in 1977 to a Japanese mother and Irish father, Stan McQuay moved to the United States with his family at an early age, living first in Illinois before settling in
Van Nuys, California. Growing up in the
San Fernando Valley, Stan spent most of his time in the weight room, a means to an end for competing in
American football and
Brazilian jiu-jitsu. McQuay built up a criminal record in his late teenage years, and he was sentenced to 12 months of
community service for his involvement in a murder, for which his arrest was in front of his peers at school. His accomplice was sentenced to jail time for the murder. He cites this moment as what influenced him to be more careful with the law, although later he was found to be involved in aiding and abetting convicted felon John Creech in hiding a vehicle containing a body in his garage for a week. ==Career==