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Wade Dominguez (May 10, 1966 – August 26, 1998) was an American actor, model, singer, and dancer best known for his portrayal as Emilio Ramírez in Dangerous Minds.

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Wade Dominguez
Born	(1966-05-10)May 10, 1966 Santa Clara County, California, U.S.
Died	August 26, 1998(1998-08-26) (aged 32) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor, model, singer, dancer
Years active	1994–1998
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.74 m)

Early Life

Dominguez was born on 10 May, 1966 in Santa Clara County, California to parents Robert Dominguez and Sharyn Dale Harpe Dominguez on May 10, 1966. He . He attended and later graduated from Live Oak High School, Morgan Hill, in 1985. Following his education, he moved to Los Angeles, California, to pursue an acting career.^{[citation needed]}

Career

Dominguez 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, Domínguez 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. ^{[citation needed]}

Following the success of Dangerous Minds, he 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.^{[citation needed]} He also appeared in the music video of "Losing my Religion" by R.E.M.

Death

On August 26, 1998, Dominguez died of respiratory failure due to AIDS[1] at Midway Hospital in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 32. Actress Elizabeth Berkley visited Dominguez in his hospital bed and showed him a rough cut of his last film, Taxman, then: “He cried, saying, ‘I’m so good, I’m so good.’”[1] Dominguez died before the release of the film, which is dedicated to him.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	Erotique	Dream Sequence Lover	(segment: "Let's Talk About Love")
1995	Dangerous Minds	Emilio Ramírez
1997	City of Industry	Jorge Montana
1998	The Taxman	Joseph Romero
	Shadow of Doubt	Bobby Medina

References

External links

• Wade Dominguez at IMDb
• Obituary
• Wade Dominguez profile at archive.today (archived 2013-01-25)

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Wade Dominguez (* 10. Mai 1966 in Santa Clara County, Kalifornien; † 26. August 1998 in Los Angeles, Kalifornien) war ein US-amerikanischer Schauspieler.

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