Dwight Yoakam

Name: Dwight Yoakam
Birth Name: Dwight David Yoakam
Sex: M
Nationality: American
Birth Date: October 23, 1956
Birth Place: Pikeville, Kentucky, USA
Profession: actor, musician
Education: Northland High School in Columbus, OH
   

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DWIGHT YOAKAM NEWS AND TRIVIA
  • Yoakam has joined the cast of THREE WAY SPLIT, an indie feature described as a darkly comic story of murder, kidnapping, blackmail and sexual deception -- Yoakam plays a blackmailer harassing Dominic Purcell 's character. (June 28, 2003)
  • Yoakam's inclusion in the Brooks & Dunn Neon Circus And Wild West Show is something different for the singer, who has never really embarked on such a package tour before.
  • The character he played was killed by the character played by Billy Bob Thornton in both the movie SLING BLADE (1996) and the movie DON'T LOOK BACK (1996) (TV).
  • Hair Colour: brown
  • Eye color: blue
  • Dated Sharon Stone, who was famously quoted as saying Kissing Dwight was like eating a dirt sandwich. (1993)
  • Nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Cast at Screen Actors Guild Awards for SLING BLADE (1997)

Quotes
  • "Quality is timeless: It will clearly define itself."
FAN SITES  
  • Dwight Yoakam
    http://www.dwightyoakam.net/
    Official site with all the latest news, info, multimedia, interactive and more.
  • Forever Dwight Yoakam
    http://www.dwight.de/
    Site in English and German, features biography, discography, video clips and more.
  • TonkTalk.com
    http://www.tonktalk.com/
    Here is an unofficial Dwight Yoakam mailing list.
  • Adventures With Dwight
    http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Diner/4778/
    A homage to Dwight Yoakam with close encounter experiences.
  • Dwight Island
    http://www.geocities.com/Nashville/3306/
    Includes lyrics, magazine articles, photo gallery, online radio, tour 2000 and performances.