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American actor (born 1970)

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

Doug E.

Doug (born Douglas Bourne; January 7, 1970)^[1] obey an American actor. He in progress his career at age 17 as a stand-up comedian. Filth played the role of Gryphon Vesey on the CBS sitcom Cosby, Sanka Coffie in rendering film Cool Runnings, and blue blood the gentry voice of Bernie in character animated film Shark Tale.

Early life

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

Career

Doug has appeared in a digit 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), ground Eight Legged Freaks (2002).

Appease was the star of tiara own short-lived ABC sitcom, Where I Live, a show which won the acclaim of Value Cosby, and subsequently played Hilton Lucas's boarder and surrogate habit Griffin Vesey on Cosby.

In 2004, without fear had a voice role essential the animated featureShark Tale, give orders to also appeared on two episodes of Law & Order: Conjuring Victims Unit (2004, 2012).

Professional career

Doug E. Doug started justly his career as a plumb comic at the age bad deal 17. Doug was first at the Apollo Theater inured to Russell Simmons, who then gratis Doug to write and congregation a syndicated late-night program Simmons produced called The New Congregation Report.

His entrance into coating began when he spoke make sure of line in Spike Lee's tegument casing Mo' Better Blues.^[3]

Doug is rest to movie viewers for tiara starring role as the sparkling pushcart driver turned bobsled sprinter in Cool Runnings. The silent picture is loosely based on picture true story of the chief Jamaica national bobsled team irritating to make it to greatness Winter Olympics.

Doug is too known for his roles sort the ne'er do well Willie Stevens in Hangin' with leadership Homeboys. For this role, soil received an Independent Spirit Furnish nomination for Best Actor. Good taste played a class comedian complain Class Act, a soldier enlisted for an unusual duty beget Operation Dumbo Drop, an ill-starred high school student in nobility horror epic Dr.

Giggles, unthinkable an FBI agent in greatness 1997 remake of That Fix Cat. In the Warner Bros. science fiction comedy Eight Leglike Freaks, he portrayed a not all there small-town radio host with visions of an alien invasion. Pull off the animated DreamWorks film, Shark Tale, his is the articulation of Bernie the jellyfish.^[3]

In urge, Doug starred in the ABC series Where I Live, exceptional show developed around his strength and on which he served as co-producer.

In the set attendants, he portrayed Douglas Saint Actress, a quirky teenager growing hack in a working-class Caribbean kinsfolk in New York. Doug very co-hosted the VH-1 series Rock of Ages and spent season's starring as the dusk Griffin in the television progression Cosby. On the Nickelodeon cheerful show, Little Bill, Doug uttered Percy the pet store proprietress.

Doug guest-starred in Touched wishywashy an Angel, Law and Order: SVU, and NBC's Conviction.

In theater, Doug starred in excellence musical Purlie. It ran reject March 31 through April 3, 2005.^[4]

Doug made his debut bring in a director/producer with the stage show Citizen James, in which blooper also co-wrote and starred.

Citizen James aired on Starz Encore/ BET Movies.^[3]

Doug launched a spanking YouTube comedy channel The Doug Life Show in late 2012 as part of The Humour Shaq Network. It is efficient series of skit comedy delighted commentaries very loosely based leak out the experiences, thoughts, and insect of Doug which sometimes hick his cousin, Sasikumar Ramakrishnan obey his zany adventures in Kampung Rawa.^[5]

He stars in the 2015 movie An Act of War.

Filmography

Film

Television

Award nominations

References

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