Ernest Cavazos

Ernest S. Cavazos Jr. was born August 2, 1981 in San Antonio, Texas to Hilda Barrera a surgical tech and to Ernest Cavazos Sr a Food Distributor and Carpenter. He is of Mexican-American descent and the 2nd oldest of 6 siblings. At an early age, Ernest knew he wanted to be an actor when he first saw Christopher Reeve in the first Superman film. When his Kindergarten teacher asked what he wanted to be when he grew up Ernest said Superman, and when he was informed that Superman wasn't real, and was only an actor, Ernest decided that's what he'd be someday too. After graduating high school Ernest joined the United States Army in 2001, where he became an Artillery Fire Direction Specialist and later re-classed to a Forward Observer. After several deployments, an honorable discharge, and a few credits shy of a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Ernest decided it was time to finally give acting a shot. In 2010 he made the tough decision to move to Los Angeles where he worked in Tech Support for Wells Fargo and attended acting classes at night at the Howard Fine Acting Studio. Ernest has written and starred in several short films, and several plays, before landing a role in the independent film Honey Jar. Ernest has since made appearances on the hit TNT drama, "Animal Kingdom," and was recently cast in the upcoming feature film based off Jack Tapper's book," The Outpost" Directed by Rod Lurie.