Lamon Archey

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Born in 1981, Archey was raised in San Mateo, California by his grandparents.^[3][2] Being an only child, Archey was an introvert which didn’t help with making friends in school.^[3] Archey playedbaseball and football during his first two years of high school.^[1] While Archey has a relationship with his mom though she moved around quite often.^[3] Archey had very little contact with his father who passed when Lamon was 20 years old.^[4] After high school, Archey worked as a carpenter installing floors for two years. He then moved to Los Angeles with his uncle. Upon birth, Archey’s mother had given him a different name but his grandfather felt it sounded like a girl’s name so it was changed to Lamon.^[3] Archey has 12 tattoos.^[5]

in Los Angeles, Archey took up modeling after he was scouted at a job fair.^[6] He credits modeling with helping him break out of his shell. He was later advised by manager Michael Bruno to get into acting classes so he could get a gig on a soap.^[6] After about two years of acting classes with no results, Archey was ready to give up when he booked two under-five roles on Days of Our Live

s.^[3][6] In December 2012, Archey was cast in the recurring role of Mason Wilder on The Young and the Restless.^[7] Archey vacated the role in early 2014.^[6] In 2016, Archey returned to Days of Our Lives in the newly created contract role of Eli Grant. He appeared onscreen in February 2017.^[8] In March 2017, Archey appeared in the television film Can’t Buy Love.^[1]