 He is also a member of the Director's Guild of America PAC.Born and raised in Brockport, New York, Carpenter became involved in the theatre at age 12.In his hometown, SUNY Brockport offered a Theatre Arts major and produced a semi-professional summer theatre where he worked as a backstage hand and as a young actor with such touring stars as Peggy Wood, Ann Harding, John Kerr and Leo G. Carroll.