Yoakam has starred in films such as the television movie Shattered Innocence (with Dennis Howard and Richard Cox), Overnight Delivery (with Sarah Silverman, Larry Drake, and Bruce Bohne) and Sweet Land (with Tony Papenfuss and Raye Birk). In 2008, Yoakam starred in the film Older Than America. Yoakam is also well known for narrating productions of Peer Gynt with the Minnesota Orchestra. He has also starred in the stage plays Tamarack, Good Boys, and Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolff?.