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and Alexa Vega. In this gripping drama, Ramirez plays “Bobby Verdugo,” a Chicano
student from east LA who struggles for better education in public schools throughout the
Chicano movement in 1968.
Next up he will be seen in MTV Film's ALL YOU GOT. Starring Faizon Love, and Ciara
Harris, which is to be released in May. This romantic comedy is about the rivalry of high
school volleyball teams.
Alongside CRANK this September, Efren will also be seen in EMPLOYEE OF THE
MONTH. Here Ramirez appears opposite Jessica Simpson and Dane Cook in a hilarious
comedy.
Efren Ramirez currently resides in Los Angeles. When he isn't filming, he spends his
time practicing his love of spinning records, appearing as a guest DJ in clubs all across
the country.
DWIGHT YOAKAM (Doc Miles)
A Kentucky native who was raised in Ohio, Dwight Yoakam blazed out of the Los
Angeles club scene in 1986 with his debut Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc., which went on to
score double-platinum status. This was followed by numerous multi-million selling
albums throughout the 1980’s and 1990’s. Dwight Yoakam kicked off the new
millennium in noteworthy style: He was named by online retailer Amazon.com the
“Country Artist of the Year” in 2000, while two new Yoakam releases, Tomorrow’s
Sounds Today (at #2) and dwightyoakamacoustic.net (at #9), appeared on CD Now’s “10
Essential Country Records of 2000.”
The two-time Grammy winner has garnered 21 nominations in the course of his career,
while selling more than 23 million albums worldwide and earning praise from the likes of
Time Magazine, hailing him as “A Renaissance Man,” Rolling Stone, noting “he has no
contemporary peer,” and Vanity Fair, claiming “Yoakam strides the divide between
rock’s lust and country’s lament.”
Yoakam’s acting career has also garnered much acclaim, particularly for his role as
“Doyle Hargraves” in the 1996 Oscar-winning SLING BLADE, for which he was
honored with the Premiere Performance Award recognizing outstanding breakthrough
performances in film. Following that, Dwight made his directorial debut (starring in a
screenplay he also co-authored) with the 2001 release of SOUTH OF HEAVEN, WEST
OF HELL, a gothic western with an impressive ensemble cast that included Billy Bob
Thornton, Vince Vaughn, Bridget Fonda, Peter Fonda, Paul Reubens, Bud Cort and
Michael Jeter. Other film credits include a scene-stealing 1994 debut in John Dahl’s RED
ROCK WEST (with Nicolas Cage and Dennis Hopper), THE NEWTON BOYS in 1998
(with Matthew McConaughey, Julianna Marguiles and Vincent D’Onofrio,) THE
MINUS MAN in 1999 (with Owen Wilson and Janeane Garafolo,) the 2002 blockbuster