史蒂文· 加斯沃思，Steven Komito was born in Miami, Florida. He was raised by his mother Marian Komito and his adoptive father Martin Gaswirth. Marian was a public school teacher, artist and art teacher. She passed on when Steven was nine years old. Martin was an accountant. Steven began to study acting in 1993 with Patti Maloney at SUNY Rockland in New York.