Is of Salvadoran and Mexican descent.

Aside from acting, Ramirez also has another passion - DJing. He co-helms Nocturnal Rampage, a Southern California party crew that formed in 2001. He favors spinning Hard House and Techno.

His mother put him in theatre classes in elementary school, and he continued with it at his all boys high school in order to meet the girls at the all girls school.

Has two brothers.

His brother is named Carlos and is a dance instructor in Nashville, Tennessee and is also highly involved in the EDM Scene.

With his earnings from Napoleon Dynamite (2004) he bought his parents a house.