[3] Before moving back to southern California, Earles lived in Billings, Montana, where he graduated in theatre arts from Rocky Mountain College in 2000.

[4] Earles played a nerdy card gamer who was friends with the character Brian Miller in the CBS sitcom Still Standing.

In 2005, Earles played Ernie Kaplowitz in the film American Pie Presents: Band Camp.

[7] He guest-starred twice in the Disney Channel series Phil of the Future as Grady Spaggett, an advanced math student.

[10] Earles starred as the sensei Rudy Gillespie in the Disney XD original series Kickin' It, which premiered on June 13, 2011.