Rob Brown was born in Harlem and raised in Brooklyn, New York. A natural who never studied acting and who had no professional acting experience, made his acting and motion picture debut in Finding Forrester (2000). Rob celebrated his 16th birthday just before the start of production. He is a talented athlete in high school playing both basketball and football.Only went to Finding Forrester (2000) audition to pay off cell phone bill expecting to get small part, but got lead. At the time of filming for Finding Forrester (2000), Brown attended Poly Prep High School in Brooklyn, NY, and played on their basketball team. Attended Amherst College in Amherst, MA, graduating in the class of 2006. He played varsity football and majored in psychology.