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Dwight Yoakam

Dwight David Yoakam is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and actor, known for his pioneering style of country music. First becoming popular in the mid-1980s, Yoakam has recorded more than 20 albums and compilations, charted more than 30 singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, and sold more than 30 million records. He has recorded five Billboard No. 1 albums, twelve gold albums, and nine platinum albums, including the triple-platinum This Time. In addition to his many achievements in the performing arts, he is also the most frequent musical guest in the history of The Tonight Show.


Aliases
  • Dwight David Yoakam
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90 Minutes in Heaven

2015
as Lawyer Beaumont

Bandidas

2006
as Tyler Jackson

Bloodworth

2010
as Boyd Bloodworth

Boomtown

2017
as John Turner Sr.

Crank

2006
as Doc Miles

Crank: High Voltage

2009
as Doc Miles

Cry Macho

2021
as Howard Polk

Dirty Girl

2010
as Joseph

Don't Look Back

1996
as Skipper

Four Christmases

2008
as Pastor Phil

Hollywood Homicide

2003
as Leroy Wasley

Logan Lucky

2017
as Warden Burns

Painted Hero

1997
as Virgil Kidder

Panic Room

2002
as Raoul

Red Rock West

1993
as Truck Driver

Return to Sin City: A Tribute to Gram Parsons

2004
as Himself (vocals, acoustic guitar)

Roswell

1994
as Mac Brazel

Shooting 'Panic Room'

2004
as Dwight Yoakam

Sling Blade

1996
as Doyle Hargraves

South of Heaven, West of Hell

2000
as Valentine Casey

The Last Rites of Ransom Pride

2010
as Reverend Early Pride

The Little Death

1996
as Bobby Lomax

The Minus Man

1999
as Blair

The Newton Boys

1998
as Brentwood Glasscock

Three Way

2004
as Herbert Claremont / Clarkson

Under the Dome

2013
as Lyle Chumley

Wedding Crashers

2005
as Mr. Kroeger

When Trumpets Fade

1998
as Lt. Colonel

Director

Movie South of Heaven, West of Hell 2000

Writer

Movie South of Heaven, West of Hell 2000

Producer

Movie Waking Up in Reno 2002

Guest Star

Episode Under the Dome
Awakening
2014
Episode Under the Dome
Black Ice
2014
Episode The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
Carson Country
1970
Episode Wilfred (US)
Distance
2013
Episode Wilfred (US)
Doubt
2011
Episode The Daily Show
Dwight Yoakam
2005
Episode Chelsea Lately
Dwight Yoakam
2012
Episode The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Dwight Yoakam
2007
Episode Austin City Limits
Dwight Yoakam / Patty Loveless
1989
Episode The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Dwight Yoakam, Mary McCormack
2009
Episode Under the Dome
Force Majeure
2014
Episode Under the Dome
Going Home
2014
Episode P.S.I. Luv U
I'd Kill to Direct
1991
Episode CMT Insider
January 21, 2006
2006
Episode The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
Jay Leno (guest host), Brice Beckham, Joey Bishop, Louie Anderson, Dwight Yoakam
1988
Episode The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
Jay Leno (guest host), Flip Wilson, Mental Cruelty, Dwight Yoakam
1989
Episode The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
Jay Leno (guest host), Holly Robinson, Dwight Yoakam & Buck Owens
1988
Episode The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
Jay Leno (guest host), Jane Pauley, Phil Hartman, B.B. King, Dwight Yoakam
1990
Episode Saturday Night Live
Kelsey Grammer/Dwight Yoakam
1994
Episode Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Kit Harington, Chris Gethard, Dwight Yoakam
2015
Episode The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Marion Cotillard, Dev Patel, Dwight Yoakam
2016
Episode King of the Hill
Nine Pretty Darn Angry Men
1998
Episode P.S.I. Luv U
Pilot
1991
Episode Late Show with David Letterman
Regis Philbin, Tom Dreesen, Dwight Yoakam
2012
Episode Under the Dome
Revelation
2014
Episode Late Show with David Letterman
Show #0064
1993
Episode Ellen
The Puppy Episode (2)
1997
Episode Wilfred (US)
Truth
2012
Episode Under the Dome
Turn
2014
Episode Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Will Arnett; Chris Elliott; Dwight Yoakam
2012

Musical Guest

Episode Later... with Jools Holland
Episode 2
1992