Brent Roam was born in Bridgeton, Missouri. He graduated from Pattonville High School in his hometown. During his time there, Brent was Class President and Captain of The Wrestling Team. He started his acting career in 1998, appearing in the film "Where's Marlowe?". Through his career, he has appeared in other films like Deep Blue Sea and Toolbox Murders. Roam has also appeared in TV shows like Six Feet Under, Beverly Hills 90210, and ER.

Roam holds a Bachelor's degree in Religious Studies from Arizona State University and a Juris Doctor from the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at ASU. Roam also studied Divinity and Philosophy at Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar and Public Policy at Princeton as a Woodrow Wilson Fellow. Since 2011, Roam has been the pastor of One Family Church, a non-denominational church in St. Louis. He was practicing law at the international law firm of Bryan Cave LLP, but resigned in 2013 to dedicate full-time to his pastorate.

Roam and his wife, Rebecca, have four children.