1989 Regular role on David Lynch's TV series, "Twin Peaks"
1985 - 1986 Regular role on TV series, "Hollywood Beat"
1982 TV movie debut, "I Love Liberty"
1981 Feature acting debut as Tonto in "The Legend of the Lone Ranger"
Moved with family to San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles at age 10; began creating silver jewlery during early childhood
Supported himself as an oil worker in Texas, a wrangler, a cowboy, a rodeo rider and a fiddler with bluegrass and country-music bands
Served in Vietnam as a gunner in the Mekong Delta; wounded twice
Returned to Los Angeles to concentrate on career as silver artisan