Actor, Dancer, Model, Singer. He will be best remembered for playing the role of the troubled teenager 'Emilio Ramirez' in the biographical film drama, "Dangerous Minds" (1995). The film which was directed by John N. Smith, and which also starred Michelle Pfeiffer, George Dzunda, and Courtney B. Vance, tells the story of an ex-Marine turned teacher who struggles to connect with her students in an inner-city school. The theme song was performed by the rapper Coolio and earned the film several awards including MTV Movie + TV Awards, Golden Screen, Germany, Blockbuster Entertainment Awards, American Music Awards, All Def Movie Awards, and ASCAP Film And Television Music Awards. He was born one of three children as Wade Robert Dominguez in Santa Clara County, California, to Ralph Dominguez and his wife Sharyn Dale Harpe Dominguez on May 10, 1966. His mother later passed away and his father remarried. He was educated locally and attended and graduated from Live Oak High School in Morgan Hill, California, in 1985. Following his education, he moved to Los Angeles, California, to pursue an acting career. He took acting lessons from the actress Jeannie Berlin and her mother the actress Elaine May, who was so impressed with his work in class that she began recommending him for roles. He also found work as a model and went on assignments in such countries as Italy where he won a role in an American soap opera. He made his actual film debut playing the role of the 'Dream Sequence Lover' in the segment entitled, "Let's Talk About Love," in the erotic film drama, "Erotique" (1994), which was directed by Lizzie Borden, and which also starred Liane Curtis, Kamala Lopez, and Bryan Cranston of "Breaking Bad," fame. He was then cast in the box office film, "Dangerous Minds" (1995), in which he played the role of troubled teenager 'Emilio Ramirez' who gets caught up with drugs, violence, and gang issues in the ghetto and is ultimately murdered. Besides, the segment entitled, "Let's Talk About Love," in the erotic film drama, "Erotique" (1994), and "Dangerous Minds" (1995), his many other film credits include playing the role of the thief 'Jorge Montana' in the crime thriller film drama, "City Of Industry" (1997), and playing the role of hip-hop artist and possible murderer 'Bobby Medina' in the mystery thriller film, "Shadow Of Doubt" (1998), which also starred Melanie Griffith and Tom Berenger. Besides, his acting and modeling, he was also a singer and a dancer. He also appeared in the musical group, R.E.M.'s music video for the song, "Losing My Religion" and also sang the unreleased songs, "S.T.B." and "Release The Beast" which were both written by Joel Goldsmith. His promising career was cut short when he passed away in Los Angeles, California, from respiratory failure due to AIDS at the age of 32. His final film role was playing the rookie police officer 'Joseph Romero' in the action-comedy crime thriller film, "Taxman" (1998). The film which was released shortly after his death was dedicated to his memory.