Born in 1982 in Constanta, Romania, Stan moved to Vienna in Austria when he was eight years old with his mother. Four years later, they moved to Rockland Country, New York, where Stan attended the Rockland school. During this time, he starred in school productions of classics like West Side Story and Little Shop of Horrors. Acting became a passion for young Sebastian and he was accepted into Rutgers University’s Mason Gross School of the Arts, where he graduated in 2005.