Hank Cheyne was born and raised in Santa Maria, California and he has two brothers. He is the youngest of three. He has a brother named Roy. Cheyne is several nationalities - Spanish, Mexican, American Indian, German, and Dutch. Hank’s last name was originally Garcia, but when he became an actor he changed it to Cheyne (pronounced SHANE), his middle name, because there was already a Hank Garcia in the Screen Actors Guild. His mother is still alive today, and his father passed away five years ago.

Cheyne went to college at the Santa Clara University as a business major. He considered the idea of professional ball for a career, but instead entered the UCLA’s School of Law, where he recieved his Juris Doctor degree. During his last year of law school, Hank met a modeling agent through a friend almost immediately became interested in the profession. His last six months of law school, Hank spent in Milan, Italy modeling with Christie Brinkley for GQ magazine. Shortly afterward, Cheyne was approached by an acting coach. His first stint in acting was playing the role of Mr. Cross, a lawyer in the show Divorce Court. Shortly thereafter, Hank won the role of Pete on the Young and the Restless. Right after his first theatrical adventure, he knew this was what he wanted to do with his life.

Cheyne has been in many theatrical productions, such as the following: “American Life,” “The Awful Truth,” “The Roof,” and others. He has also been in some feature films, such as “Bad Blood” and “Killing Obsession.” He has had a recurring role on “One West Waikiki” and has had guest spots on shows such has “ER” and “Dark Justice.” He also had a two year stint on Another World as Scott Love/LaSelle, for which he recieved a People’s Choice nomination. He now stars on NBC’s “Sunset Beach” as police detective Ricardo Torres.

Cheyne is now married to his wife Missy, whom he met while playing Scott on Another World. They live in Ojai with their two dogs, Cody and Pozo.. Cheyne’s birthday is August 13.

Information gathered from NBC Online and various soap magazine articles.