Born and raised in London, England, Jermaine is the son of US Air Force Sergeant, Maurice Love and Patricia Sayers, a nurse, originally from Grenada, W.I. Having previously acted in school plays as a youngster, Jermaine found a true love for the craft while studying Meisner in New York City, with Nina Murano, herself a student of the the one and only Sanford Meisner.