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Gossip & Rumors: Meet The Real Life Cowboys Of The 'yellowstone'

GOSSIP & RUMORS: Meet the real-life cowboys of the ‘Yellowstone’ cast

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Turns out art imitates life when it comes to Dutton Ranch.

The cast and crew of โ€œYellowstoneโ€ย have seamlessly brought living on the Western front to TV screens since 2018 on the Paramount Network. However, itโ€™s safe to say the role came easier to some more than others, as many of the seriesโ€™ stars are real-life cowboys.

These cast members in the Taylor Sheridan-created universe have experienced cowboy boots, rodeos and wild horses. Keep reading for a look at which members ofย โ€œYellowstoneโ€ are all about cowboy culture off-screen ahead of the second part of the fifth and final season, premiering Sunday, Nov. 10, at 8 p.m.

A poster for the hit Western drama โ€œYellowstone.โ€ Paramount

Forrie J. Smith

Forrie J. Smith in โ€œYellowstone.โ€ Paramount

Forrie J. Smith, 65, who plays ranch handย Lloyd Pierce on โ€œYellowstone,โ€ grew up riding horses, and both his mother and grandfather were involved in the rodeo circuit.

After falling from a horse as a child ended his career competing, Smith turned to acting and stunt work. But heโ€™s been back in the saddle for the past five seasons of the show.

He told Cowboys & Indians Magazine that he uses the same techniques to prepare for a scene as he did for riding.

โ€œWhat I started doing is, I alwaysย take deep breaths to relax before I ride and stuff,โ€ Smith said. โ€œI startedย using some of the things that make me relax while rodeoingย before my auditions.โ€

Taylor Sheridan

Taylor Sheridan attends the โ€œ1923โ€ Las Vegas premiere. Getty Images for Paramount+

Taylor Sheridan not only created the series but plays Travis Wheatley.

The 54-year-old spent most of his childhood on his familyโ€™s ranch in Texas, which not only made him a skilled rider but left him fully immersed in cowboy culture. Sheridan and his wife, Nicole Muirbrook, own and operate a ranch in Texas.

Ryan Bingham

Ryan Bingham performs at the Extra Innings Festival at Tempe Beach & Arts Park on March 01 in Tempe, Arizona. Getty Images

Ryan Bingham may play the famed crooner Walker on TV, but in real life, the 43-year-old has experience as a cowboy.

Bingham grew up working on his familyโ€™sย ranch in Hobbs, a small town on the west side of New Mexico. The singer was a bull rider, which landed him a spot riding on the rodeo team at Tarleton State University in Stephenville, Texas.

โ€œI started riding calves and steers when I was a little kid in the junior rodeos, and rode bulls till kind of up into my mid-20s until I really started playing music,โ€ Bingham told Fort Worth Magazine.

And his experience paid off.

โ€œOriginally, Taylor contacted meย about writing some songs for the show,โ€ he explained toย Cowboys & Indians Magazine in 2023. โ€œThen when he discovered my family ranched and I used to ride bulls, he said, โ€˜Well, shoot. We gotta get you in the show. If youโ€™re good, weโ€™ll keep you on. If you suck, weโ€™ll kill you off.โ€™ Iโ€™m not dead yet.โ€

Jake Ream

Jake Ream at the โ€œYellowstoneโ€ Season 5 premiere in Fort Worth, Texas. Getty Images

Jake Ream, who plays a ranch hand on Dutton Ranch, has professional experience working with horses, which is how he and Sheridan first connected. Ream purchased a horse through the series creator and from there started working as an instructor and consultant for the show.

But it didnโ€™t take long for Ream to head in front of the camera. He landed the role of none other than Jake.

Ethan Lee

Ethan Lee at the โ€œYellowstoneโ€ Season 5 premiere in Fort Worth, Texas, in 2022. Getty Images for Paramount

Like many of his castmates, Ethan Lee grew up surrounded by horses and worked as a rodeo trick rider. Like Ream, Lee joined the series working behind the camera as a consultant and trainer before becoming a ranch hand and branded member of the Dutton crew.

In 2016, Lee helped out with horses on the set of โ€œFree State of Jones,โ€ starring Matthew McConaughey, when it filmed in his home state of Louisiana. But he told WWLTV.com in 2022 that he didnโ€™t like the โ€œhurry and waitโ€ environment of a movie set.

โ€œI said, โ€˜If I get through these two weeks, Hollywood doesnโ€™t have to worry about me ever again,โ€™โ€ Lee explained.ย 

But he changed his tune when the checks started coming in.

Ian Bohen as Ryan, Kevin Costner as John Dutton and Denim Richards as Colby. Paramount Network

โ€œI told my wife, โ€˜I canโ€™t make what Iโ€™m making on set shoeing these horses and doing the things I do. So, maybe, I should get this, you know, take advantage of it while itโ€™s here,โ€™โ€ Lee revealed.

The jobs did keep coming in, and he made saddles, prepped horses and taught the actors how to ride. He was then asked to work on โ€œYellowstone,โ€ but when Paramount told him to heโ€™d be gone six months, Lee turned it down.

โ€œAll my kids were small, and Dad just didnโ€™t want to be gone that much, you know?โ€ Lee recalled.

He and his wife, Dr. Brennan Fitzgerald-Lee, who is an equine veterinarian, also own about 10 horses and 25 cows.

โ€œI even told my wife I kind of regret turning that down. Sounded like such a good deal and something that may be fun, something that may go seasons,โ€ Lee said. โ€œSo, youโ€™re thinking, I might have turned something down that could be great.โ€

The couple then decided that if โ€œYellowstoneโ€ called him back, he would sign on.

โ€œFor me, it was a huge deal and always will be,โ€ Lee said of his decision.



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