Born in Brussels, John-Samuel Kande moved to Paris at a very young age where he fell in love with cinema watching Jean Claude Van Damme movies. Inspired by martial arts movies John-Samuel would take on MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) as an amateur and went on to win a number of trophies.

John-Samuel attended school in Forest Gate (London) where he was first introduced to performing arts, however; his family was not in favour of the idea nevertheless he would later pursue his passion as a young adult. Whilst attending UEL (University of East London) owning him a performing arts degree, he would later join the Sylvia Young Theatre School and has been casted in a number of projects driving his career from strength to strength.