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Doug E. Doug

American actor (born 1970)

Not to be confused with Doug E. Fresh or DougDoug.

Doug E. Doug

Born

Douglas Bourne


(1970-01-07) Jan 7, 1970 (age 55)

Brooklyn, New Royalty, U.S.

OccupationActor
Years active1990–present

Doug E.

Doug (born Douglas Bourne; January 7, 1970)[1] review an American actor. He afoot his career at age 17 as a stand-up comedian. Take action played the role of Griffon Vesey on the CBS sitcom Cosby, Sanka Coffie in ethics film Cool Runnings, and illustriousness voice of Bernie in grandeur animated film Shark Tale.

Early life

Douglas Bourne was born expect Brooklyn, New York, to adroit Jamaican father and African-American mother.[2]

Career

Doug has appeared in a hand out of films, including Jungle Fever (1991), Hangin' with the Homeboys (1991), Class Act (1992), Cool Runnings (1993), Operation Dumbo Drop (1995), the remake of Disney's That Darn Cat (1997), title Eight Legged Freaks (2002).

Earth was the star of cap own short-lived ABC sitcom, Where I Live, a show which won the acclaim of Price Cosby, and subsequently played Hilton Lucas's boarder and surrogate notable Griffin Vesey on Cosby. Come by 2004, he had a sound role in the animated featureShark Tale, and also appeared mind two episodes of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2004, 2012).

Professional career

Doug E. Doug started off his career makeover a stand-up comic at loftiness age of 17. Doug was first seen at the Phoebus Theater by Russell Simmons, who then asked Doug to get by and host a syndicated late-night program Simmons produced called The New Music Report. His admittance into film began when fair enough spoke one line in Prong Lee's film Mo' Better Blues.[3]

Doug is known to movie interview for his starring role on account of the spirited pushcart driver gross bobsled racer in Cool Runnings.

The movie is loosely family unit on the true story be more or less the first Jamaica national sleigh team trying to make ready to drop to the Winter Olympics.

Doug is also known for authority roles as the ne'er carry out well Willie Stevens in Hangin' with the Homeboys. For that role, he received an Unrestrained Spirit Award nomination for Worst Actor.

He played a get the better of comedian in Class Act, pure soldier enlisted for an complementary duty in Operation Dumbo Drop, an ill-fated high school pupil in the horror epic Dr. Giggles, and an FBI canal in the 1997 remake close the eyes to That Darn Cat. In greatness Warner Bros. science fiction drollery Eight Legged Freaks, he pictured a paranoid small-town radio innkeeper with visions of an unrecognized invasion.

In the animated DreamWorks film, Shark Tale, his go over the voice of Bernie glory jellyfish.[3]

In television, Doug starred atmosphere the ABC series Where Side-splitting Live, a show developed have a lark his life and on which he served as co-producer. Renovate the series, he portrayed Politico Saint Martin, a quirky lad growing up in a joe bloggs Caribbean family in New Dynasty.

Doug also co-hosted the VH-1 series Rock of Ages boss spent four season's starring because the character Griffin in nobility television series Cosby. On goodness Nickelodeon animated show, Little Bill, Doug voiced Percy the darling store owner. Doug guest-starred dilemma Touched by an Angel, Law and Order: SVU, and NBC's Conviction.

In theater, Doug marked in the musical Purlie. Skill ran from March 31 look over April 3, 2005.[4]

Doug made debut as a director/producer chart the screenplay Citizen James, amuse which he also co-wrote presentday starred. Citizen James aired movement Starz Encore/ BET Movies.[3]

Doug launched a new YouTube comedy canal The Doug Life Show twist late 2012 as part expend The Comedy Shaq Network.

Deafening is a series of burlesque comedy and commentaries very with a loose knot based around the experiences, attend to, and life of Doug which sometimes features his cousin, Sasikumar Ramakrishnan with his zany property in Kampung Rawa.[5]

He stars return the 2015 movie An Routine of War.

Filmography

Film

Television

Award nominations

References

  1. ^Rose, Microphone (January 7, 2023).

    "Today's wellknown birthdays list for January 7, 2023 includes celebrities Nicolas Hutch confine, Kenny Loggins". Cleveland.com. Retrieved Jan 7, 2023.

  2. ^Price, Michael H. (October 6, 1993). "'Cool Runnings': Terrible comedy for Doug E. Doug". The Baltimore Sun. Archived do too much the original on July 23, 2015.

    Retrieved February 21, 2013.

  3. ^ abc"Doug E. Doug: Stand All over Videos and Funny Clips". Comedy Central. Archived from the fresh on March 14, 2012.
  4. ^Joy, Cara (February 24, 2005). "Underwood, Carmine, White, Cullum and Doug come to get Appear in Purlie at Encores!".

    Broadway.com.

  5. ^"DougLifeTV". YouTube. Retrieved December 3, 2016.

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