Wingert was born in Lemoore, California on July 4, 1974 and grew up in Fresno, California where he began acting in local community theater and high school theater programs. He graduated from Theodore Roosevelt High School in the Roosevelt School of the Arts program.
Since 2000, Wingert has been a working voice-over actor and became a transplant to Southern California in 2004. He studied theater and mass communication at California State University and began working as a voice-over actor for local and regional advertising.
