Bruce Klinekole II grew up on a family farm in Three Rivers, New Mexico.

He obtained a Bachelor of Science degree while majoring in Animal Science and Plant Science and minoring in Agriculture at Eastern New Mexico University-Portales, New Mexico. Bruce then served as a Board Member of the New Mexico Cattle Growers Association.

Bruce is a Native American character actor of Comanche/Apache Tribe of Oklahoma/Mescalero Apache ancestry.

He is also a Native American Cultural Consultant, Apache Dancer and Camp Boss, a member of the Apache Blackfeet Society and of the War-Shield Gourd Society.

Bruce lives on the Mescalero Apache Reservation in Mescalero, New Mexico. The Indigenous name Sin-co-le translates to “Catch the Horse." They call him Thunder Chief and Indian Man.