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It also stars Dwight Yoakam, J. T. Walsh, John Ritter, Lucas Black, Natalie Canerday, James Hampton, and Robert Duvall. The film was adapted by Thornton from his previous one-man show Swine Before Pearls, [3] from which he also developed a screenplay for the 1994 short film Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade, directed by George Hickenlooper.
In 1996, actor-director Billy Bob Thornton cast Yoakam as the character Doyle Hargraves in the film Sling Blade. [96] Yoakam had been recommended the role by his manager, and told the website Country Daily in 2016 that Sling Blade was the first role in his acting career which he thought would have a lasting impact. [97]
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]
Yoakam is an accomplished film and television actor who has appeared in over 40 feature films, including "Sling Blade" and "Panic Room." In 2016, he recurred in David E. Kelley’s Amazon series ...
Dwight Yoakam. (Paul Yem / For The Times) The radio show is also how he fell in with Jeffrey Steele, Bob DiPiero and Shane Minor, who worked on “Brighter Days.” Together or separately, they co ...
Kentucky-born singer Dwight Yoakam cut his homecoming set short while on the stage Sunday on Day 2 of the Railbird Fest. He ended his show, retreated off-stage, returned and then left after two ...
Billy Bob Thornton [2] [3] (born August 4, 1955) is an American actor, filmmaker, singer and songwriter. He received international attention after writing, directing and starring in the independent drama film Sling Blade (1996), for which he won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor.
Dwight Yoakam touring in support of new album 'Brighter Days' Yoakam, 68, first achieved mainstream success in 1986 with the release of his debut album, "Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc.," and has ...