Adam Del Rio was born in Fremont, California. Freemont is located in the San Francisco bay area. Adam Del Rio bounced around his younger years to Utah, and then back to San Francisco before ending up in Pacifica, California. Pacifica is where Adam Del Rio did most of his growing up. Learning to surf and skateboard at an early age made this town a good place for him.

In Terra Nova High school Adam Del Rio ran cross country (a sport that rubbed off to this day) and played baseball, and basketball. Adam Del Rio filled his days at Terra Nova participating in the drama club where his love of acting and stand-up-comedy was fed. At night Adam Del Rio would go to San Francisco (about a 20 min. drive) where he would do stand up gigs. Adam Del Rio left high school his junior year to pursue acting and stand up comedy. Shortly after Adam Del Rio became friends with Rob Schneider. Rob helped motivate Adam to stongly pursue acting. The Hot Chick (2002) was the first time they were able to work together. Adam Del Rio enjoys running, reading (mostly about the cosmos and theoretical physics), surfing, and of course acting.