Graduated from Murray State University with a degree in Theater.
Graduated from Calloway County High School, in Murray, Kentucky.
Earl started the band "Sacred Cowboys" with Peter Spirer (the director
of "Dunsmore"), Jeff Robertson, Stephen Quadros, Tony Cavazo, Ralph
Stevens, and Mike "Rhinestone" Johnstone (who he met on the set of
"Deadwood").
Spent his childhood summers at Redd Hollow in Land Between the
Lakes (LBL). He could always be found swimming off the boat ramp there.
LBL was a recreation area that the government annexed and moved Earl's
family to Calloway County, Kentucky.
Graduated from The Theatre School at DePaul University in Chicago.