Galen Gering

Galen Gering (born February 13, 1971) is an American actor and former male fashion model, who plays the role of Luis Lopez-Fitzgerald on the television soap opera Passions. On the soap, his character Luis is in a relationship with Sheridan Crane, played by McKenzie Westmore. The couple are sometimes called "Shuis". Galen Gering was born in Los Angeles to Alan (a Jewish American) and Michele DeOnate (a Basque immigrant from Spain). At the age of 18, Gering moved to New York City to start a modeling career and finished high school through the mail. He was hired as a model and traveled most of Europe before going to New York University for a year. He finished his college days at the University of Miami where he studied creative writing and film. In May of 1999, Gering graduated with honors while he was already busy working on Passions.