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. “My family was going through a rough patch, and I entered something of a rebellious stage—what my family calls ‘Bill’s dark years,’” he recalls. “I was very unhappy, lonely and angry, and my 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. “My grades came back up and I started hanging out with some really lovely people. It totally improved the quality of my life.”
