Jithesh Kuyyalil was born and brought up in India. He did his schooling there and obtained his PhD in Physics from Jawaharlal Nehru Center for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore. He did his post-doctoral research in INSA, France and Physics Department, Boston University. He then moved to New York City in 2015 to study acting at the Tom Todoroff Acting Conservatory. He is currently a student there and also working part time as Computational Research Analyst in Brookhaven National Laboratory.