Kerry Valderrama was born in the country of Panama and spent his adolescence moving around Latin America. He is a middle child with an older brother, Robby and younger sister, Krisha. At the age of twelve, Kerry became interested in theatre and film. Although named after his father, Kerry Allen, the young actor took his Bolivian mother, Rosana's maiden name, Valderrama, for his acting credit, celebrating his Latino heritage. At the age of 19, Kerry put his acting ambitions on hold to join the military as an airborne infantryman with the 82nd Airborne Division. Four years later, at the rank of Sergeant, Kerry took an honorable discharge and joined the Army National Guard in Fayetteville, North Carolina to fulfill the remainder of an eight-year commitment to the military. At the same time, Kerry took night classes at Methodist College to complete his undergraduate degree in Political Science with a minor in Spanish. In 2005, Kerry transferred to a National Guard unit in San Antonio, Texas to pursue a master's degree in International Relations at the University of Texas at San Antonio. Here, Kerry became involved in and encouraged by the theatre and film community, remembering his great love of acting. This prompted him to begin pre-production for a screenplay inspired by the Fort Bragg killings of 2002. As writer, director, and star of "Garrison," it was necessary for Kerry to discontinue his master's program to wholly devote himself to his first feature length film and thereafter pursue acting full-time.
At nineteen years old Kerry became a father, and now has a daughter named Angelica.Kerry was a Team Leader in Afghanistan with the 82nd Airborne Unit for Operation Enduring Freedom.
In the military, Garrison is the collective term for the body of troops stationed in a particular location, originally to guard it, but now often simply using it as a home base. A military mystery, Garrison revolves around an A.W.O.L soldier who is being searched for by his fellow troops. Garrison was inspired by the Fort Bragg killings of 2002.