I've spent my entire career on horseback or on a motorcycle. It boxes you in, the way people perceive you. I read a lot of scripts. Most of 'em go to other actors.

He attended Clark College in Vancouver Washington where he completed a two-year program and was cast as one of the leads in Guys and Dolls. He is also the new voice for Smokey Bear ("Only YOU can prevent wildfires"). In 2005 he appeared in Thank You For Smoking where he played a former Marlboro Man advertisement cowboy who has developed lung-cancer.

His rangy physique thick horseshoe moustache deep resonant voice and Western drawl lend to frequent casting as cowboys and ranchers.