Ernest Pierce is an American actor, model and producer. He was born in Chicago, IL. His career began performing stage performances around the country with a traveling theater group called SWAP (Students With A Purpose). Ernest has starred in features films, television, and Off-Broadway plays/musicals e.g. FAME, Westside Story, Death of a Salesman, The Piano Lesson, Somethings Afoot and others. Ernest studied at the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts. Over a span of eight years Ernest worked in various capacities of the industry including radio disc jockey and news correspondent for WKKC radio, U of I Black House Station and the UIUC Multicultural station podcast. Starting his film career as a background artist for a few years. He relocated to Los Angeles in 2008. The same year Ernedt booked a co-star role in the movie Homewrecker and later that year was featured in the FOX show Glee in a cameo of the pilot episode as Leroy Berry, the father of Rachel Berry. Over the span of a few years Ernest landed additional network/studio co-star roles in DTLA, Cheetah in August, Unconcealed, Lionsgate "2016" and a host of other Independent films and projects. Most recently Ernest has also been featured in music videos for LadyGirl, Taylor Swift and Damien Marley.