Wade Dominguez (May 10, 1966 â€" August 26, 1998) was an American
actor, model, singer, and dancer best known for his role as Emilio
RamÃrez in Dangerous Minds.Dominguez was born in Santa Clara County,
California in 1966, and graduated from Live Oak High School, Morgan
Hill.He moved to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career and enrolled
in classes taught by Oscar nominee Jeannie Berlin. Berlin's mother,
Elaine May, was so impressed with Dominguez's work in class that she
began recommending him for roles. While he was on modeling duties in
Italy, DomÃnguez landed a small acting role in an American soap
opera. His first real role in a movie came in 1994, when he appeared
in an erotic film called Erotique directed by Lizzie Borden, that
focused on female phone sex workers. In 1995, Dominguez landed a role
in the box office hit Dangerous Minds as a troubled teenager in school
who is caught up with drugs, violence, and gang troubles in the ghetto
and is ultimately killed.Following the success of Dangerous Minds,
Dominguez next played the role of a thief in City of Industry. He also
had a lead role as a rookie policeman in The Taxman and a supporting
role in Shadow of Doubt, in which he played opposite Melanie Griffith
and Tom Berenger as a hip-hop artist who is accused of murder.
actor, model, singer, and dancer best known for his role as Emilio
RamÃrez in Dangerous Minds.Dominguez was born in Santa Clara County,
California in 1966, and graduated from Live Oak High School, Morgan
Hill.He moved to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career and enrolled
in classes taught by Oscar nominee Jeannie Berlin. Berlin's mother,
Elaine May, was so impressed with Dominguez's work in class that she
began recommending him for roles. While he was on modeling duties in
Italy, DomÃnguez landed a small acting role in an American soap
opera. His first real role in a movie came in 1994, when he appeared
in an erotic film called Erotique directed by Lizzie Borden, that
focused on female phone sex workers. In 1995, Dominguez landed a role
in the box office hit Dangerous Minds as a troubled teenager in school
who is caught up with drugs, violence, and gang troubles in the ghetto
and is ultimately killed.Following the success of Dangerous Minds,
Dominguez next played the role of a thief in City of Industry. He also
had a lead role as a rookie policeman in The Taxman and a supporting
role in Shadow of Doubt, in which he played opposite Melanie Griffith
and Tom Berenger as a hip-hop artist who is accused of murder.
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