Dwight Yoakam filmography

Dwight Yoakam in 2008.

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	Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
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"". 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.