Watford was born in St. Petersburg, FL and grew up in Russellville, AL which is 30 miles south of Muscle Shoals in North Alabama.
In 2002, Watford was cast as a cop in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man, starring Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst.
He also appeared as Roach in Trailer Park of Terror (2008), No Country for Old Men (2007) and as Richard Matt in Lifetime's New York Prison Break The Seduction of Joyce Mitchell[1](2017) with Penelope Ann Miller.
Watford's television credits include CSI, Law And Order: SVU, Criminal Minds, Without a Trace, NCIS, The Mentalist, Breaking Bad, Bones, Scandal, Longmire, Lethal Weapon, and Bosch.
[2] Watford has also appeared in the Broadway and Off-Broadway productions Take Me Out,[3] Hank Williams: Lost Highway,[4] The Good Negro[5] and Five by Tenn.[6] Watford is also the front man of the popular swamp-rockabilly band, Stumpwaller, as well as the Johnny Cash Tribute Band, Big Cash and the Folsom 3.