The 33 years old actor was born born in Phoenix, Arizona, and moved to Libertyville, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, when I was 10.Heck discovered acting when he was a high school junior, a pivotal moment in his life. “** family was going through a rough patch, and I entered something of a rebellious stage—what ** family calls ‘Bill’s dark years,’” he recalls. “I was very unhappy, lonely and angry, and ** mother told me that I had to join an extracurricular activity.” Heck ended up trying out for Sweeney Todd and was cast as Judge Turpin, an experience that “turned me around,” he says now. “** grades came back up and I started hanging out with some really lovely people. It totally improved the quality of ** life.”