Ernest Tsosie, III was born and raised on the Navajo Reservation. He has been a professional performer since 1996, and is a member of the Actor Equity Association(AEA), a union for professional theater actors. Ernie has had a wonderful experience of performing in theater, film, television, radio, and stand up comedy.

    Ernie's theater experience includes acting in three world premiere plays. The first play "13 Days" was produced by the Tony award winning San Francisco Mime Troupe and Tucson's Borderlands Theater. The second world premiere was for the Actors Theater of Phoenix, a play called "Katsina", in which Ernie received his first official pay check as an "Actor." The most recent world premiere play was the national award winning "Dust Eaters" by Julie Jensen for the Salt Lake Acting Company. Ernie received his acting training at Pima College in Tucson, Arizona where he recently returned to act again in the play "Dust Eaters" for Borderlands Theater.

    In films and television Ernie's roles include "Clem Allison" in the PBS movie of the week "A Thief of Time" (2004). He was also in the cast of the award winning Native exercise video "Rez-Robics". He was "Alvin Bahe" in the Holt Hamilton production "Turquoise Rose" (2006). And in the award winning feature film "Mile Post 398" (Sheep Head Films 2006), Ernie played "Ray Yazzie" in which he won the 2007 Best Supporting Actor AWard at the 32nd Annual Americal Indian Motion Picture Awards in San Francisco, California.

    Ernie's greatest accomplishment thus far however was accepting Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior and defeating alcoholism and drug addiction to become a sober and drug free husband, father, son, brother and lastly a professional Native American entertainer. Ernie often says that.... "It's great to be a Native American, but it's even greater to be a sober and drug free Native American!"

    "My accomplishment thus far in the realm of The Performing Arts have been very rewarding, exciting, fun and important to me as an individual, but I could not have had the success that I have experienced with out my faith in Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior. Jesus was and is my Savior from alcohol and drug addiction. My Savior from bitterness and unforgiveness, my Savior from my destructive ways and the darkness of this world. I pass all praise and glory on to Jesus"~Ernest David Tsosie, III

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