Dwight Yoakam filmography

American musician Dwight Yoakam has starred in a number of films and television series ranging from 1992 to the present.

His first major roles included the CBS crime drama P.S. I Luv U and the 1993 movie Red Rock West.[1] In 1996, he had his acting breakthrough in the Billy Bob Thornton movie Sling Blade.[2] For this role, he was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild (SAG) award.[3] Yoakam made his directorial and writing debut in 2000's South of Heaven, West of Hell.[4] Between 2005 and 2006, he also appeared in the movies Bandidas, The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, and Wedding Crashers.[5] In 2014, Yoakam had a recurring role in season two of the CBS science fiction series Under the Dome.[6] He also reunited with Thornton for season one of the Amazon Prime Video original series Goliath.[7]

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1992 Red Rock West Truck Driver
1995 The Little Death Bobby Lomax
1996 Sling Blade Doyle Hargraves
1997 Painted Hero Virgil Kidder
1998 The Newton Boys Brentwood 'Brent Glass' Glasscock
1999 The Minus Man Blair
2001 South of Heaven, West of Hell Valentine Casey Also director and writer
2002 Panic Room Raoul
2003 Hollywood Homicide Leroy Wasley
2004 Three Way Herbert Claremont / Clarkson
2005 Wedding Crashers Mr. Kroeger
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada Sheriff Belmont
2006 Bandidas Tyler Jackson
Crank 'Doc' Miles
2008 Two:Thirteen Sandy
Four Christmases Pastor Phil
2009 Crank: High Voltage 'Doc' Miles
2010 Dirty Girl Joseph
The Last Rites of Ransom Pride Reverend Early Pride
Bloodworth Boyd Bloodworth
2015 90 Minutes in Heaven Cecil Beaumont
2017 Logan Lucky Warden Burns
2021 Cry Macho Howard Polk

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1986 Hee Haw Himself Episode: "18.7"
1991 P.S. I Luv U Harlan Justice Episode: "I'd Kill to Direct"
1993 Rhythm & Jam Himself Television movie
1994 Saturday Night Live Musical Guest Episode: "Kelsey Grammer/Dwight Yoakam"
1994 Roswell Mac Brazel Television movie
1996 Don't Look Back Skipper
1997 Ellen The Bag Boy Episode: "The Puppy Episode – Part 2"
1998 King of the Hill Lane Pratley Episode: "Nine Pretty Darn Angry Men"
When Trumpets Fade Lieutenant Colonel George Rickman Television movie[8]
2002 Dinner for Five Himself Episode: "1.8"
2011–2013 Wilfred Bruce 3 episodes
2013 To Appomattox George Meade 7 episodes
2014 Under the Dome Lyle Chumley
2015 Axe Cop Egyptian Redneck Episode: "Mark Frankenstein"
2016 Drunk History Jesse Benton Episode: "Bar Fights"
Goliath Wendell Corey 7 episodes

References

  1. ^ Mark Morrison (June 14, 1994). "Same night, two very different choices". Roanoke Times. Retrieved September 3, 2022.
  2. ^ Jim Casey (November 25, 2016). "Dwight Yoakam Reflects on 20 Years of "Sling Blade"—"One of the Seminal Moments of My Life as an Artist"". The Country Daily. Country Daily. Retrieved September 3, 2022.
  3. ^ "Sling Blade awards". AllMovie. Retrieved September 3, 2022.
  4. ^ Thomas, Kevin (December 15, 2000). "Yoakam's 'South of Heaven' Ends Up Going Over the Top". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 3, 2022.
  5. ^ Phyllis Stark (June 25, 2005). "A joyful return for Yoakam". Billboard. pp. 39, 40.
  6. ^ Goldberg, Lesley (March 19, 2014). "Under the Dome Enlists Dwight Yoakam". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 18, 2016.
  7. ^ Beville Dunkerley (June 15, 2016). "Dwight Yoakam Reunites With Billy Bob Thornton in New Drama 'Goliath'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved September 4, 2022.
  8. ^ Ken Eisner (June 22, 1998). "When Trumpets Fade". Variety. Retrieved June 18, 2023.
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