Wes Chatham is an American actor. Wes Chatham is known also as the Kerosene Cowboy. He was home schooled. Wes spent most of his childhood on the famous Archibald Smith Plantation in Roswell.

After he turned 17 he left the farm and joined the US NAVY as a firefighter. After serving his country under military service he spent two years in Central America, in Zacapa, Guatamala –to be more specific, where he taught English to the kids there.