Dennis Lee Nowicki

Dennis Lee Nowicki was born in Whittier, California, to Marjorie Mae (née Bailey), a school district secretary, and Edwin Nowicki, a mechanic with Studebaker Motors. He has Polish, English, and Dutch ancestry. Nowicki spent most of this youth in California, and graduated from California High School. He has an elder brother, Roger. Nowicki was an accomplished singer at a young age, which opened the door to his initial experience with stage acting at the age of 13, when he played Oliver Twist in the first musical of the same name put on by California State University, Fullerton. He continued his involvement in local theater and singing in high school and throughout his years in college. In the mid-2000s, Nowicki played small parts in television, movies, and commercials, garnering his Screen Actors Guild membership in 2006. Nowicki was married to Rosalina Bareng from 1976 to 1980. Ten years after their divorce, he married businesswoman Kazuko Sato in Morioka, Japan. They have two daughters, Jinna Natsumi and Kristen Mari.