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Doug E. Doug

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Doug E. Doug
Born
Douglas Bourne

(1970-01-07) January 7, 1970 (age 54)
OccupationActor
Years active1990–present

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

Early life

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

Career

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Doug has appeared in a number 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), and Eight Legged Freaks (2002). He was the star of his own short-lived ABC sitcom, Where I Live, a show which won the acclaim of Bill Cosby, and subsequently played Hilton Lucas's boarder and surrogate son Griffin Vesey on Cosby. In 2004, he had a voice role in the animated feature Shark Tale, and also appeared on two episodes of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2004, 2012).

Professional career

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

Doug is known to movie viewers for his starring role as the spirited pushcart driver turned bobsled racer in Cool Runnings. The movie is loosely based on the true story of the first Jamaica national bobsled team trying to make it to the Winter Olympics.

Doug is also known for his roles as the ne'er do well Willie Stevens in Hangin' with the Homeboys. For this role, he received an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Actor. He played a class comedian in Class Act, a soldier enlisted for an unusual duty in Operation Dumbo Drop, an ill-fated high school student in the horror epic Dr. Giggles, and an FBI agent in the 1997 remake of That Darn Cat. In the Warner Bros. science fiction comedy Eight Legged Freaks, he portrayed a paranoid small-town radio host with visions of an alien invasion. In the animated DreamWorks film, Shark Tale, his is the voice of Bernie the jellyfish.[3]

In television, Doug starred in the ABC series Where I Live, a show developed around his life and on which he served as co-producer. In the series, he portrayed Douglas Saint Martin, a quirky teenager growing up in a working-class Caribbean family in New York. Doug also co-hosted the VH-1 series Rock of Ages and spent four season's starring as the character Griffin in the television series Cosby. On the Nickelodeon animated show, Little Bill, Doug voiced Percy the pet store owner. Doug guest-starred in Touched by an Angel, Law and Order: SVU, and NBC's Conviction.

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

Doug made his debut as a director/producer with the screenplay Citizen James, in which he also co-wrote and starred. Citizen James aired on Starz Encore/ BET Movies.[3]

Doug launched a new YouTube comedy channel The Doug Life Show in late 2012 as part of The Comedy Shaq Network. It is a series of skit comedy and commentaries very loosely based around the experiences, thoughts, and life of Doug which sometimes features his cousin, Sasikumar Ramakrishnan with his zany adventures in Kampung Rawa.[5]

He stars in the 2015 movie An Act of War.

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1990 Mo' Better Blues Jimmy the Busboy
1991 Hangin' with the Homeboys Willie Stevens
Jungle Fever Friend of Livin' Large
1992 Class Act Popsicle
Dr. Giggles Trotter
1993 Cool Runnings Sanka Coffie
1995 Operation Dumbo Drop Sp4 Harvey (H.A.) Ashford
1997 That Darn Cat Agent Zeke Kelso
1998 Rusty: A Dog's Tale Turbo the Turtle (Voice)
2000 Everything's Jake Taxi Driver
Citizen James James
2002 Eight Legged Freaks Harlan Griffith
2004 Shark Tale Bernie (voice)
2005 Club Oscar Bernie (voice) Short
2006 Wyclef Jean in America Nicky Lolo TV movie
2010 Snowmen Leonard Garvey
What the F*ck Doug E. Doug? Himself Short
2011 A Novel Romance Barry Humfries
Sesame Street: Bye-Bye, Pacifier! Big Kid Stories with Elmo Barber Video
Detachment Mr. Norris
Chagrin Karl Brubaker Short
2014 In the Future Love Will Also (Voice) Short
2015 An Act of War Marlon
The Wannabe The Twin
2nd Life Madou Dosama Short
2016 Muddy Corman Karl Brubaker
2017 Lil Girlgone Terrence Clash
2022 In the Weeds Larry

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1993 Where I Live Douglas St. Martin Main Cast
1996-2000 Cosby Griffin Vesey Main Cast
1997 Diagnosis: Murder Himself Episode: "Must Kill TV"
2000 Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child Raven (voice) Episode: "The Snow Queen"
Touched by an Angel Ronnie Billings Episode: "Monica's Bad Day"
2000-02 Little Bill Percy Mulch (voice) Guest Cast: Season 1-3
2004 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Rudy Lemcke Episode: "Criminal"
2006 Conviction Toby Janes Episode: "Pilot"
2007 My Gym Partner's a Monkey Bear (voice) Episode: "Mongoosed/Mellow Fellows"
2010 Law & Order Michael Reed Episode: "Immortal"
Justified Israel Fandi Recurring Cast: Season 1
2011 Bar Karma Chris Episode: "Three Times a Lady"
2012 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Mr. Wiggins Episode: "Acceptable Loss"
2014 Blue Bloods Lamar Roberts Episode: "Unfinished Business"
2015 Above Average Presents Schaeffer Episode: "Steel Whiplash (Whiplash Parody)"
2016 Brown Nation Lemont Main Cast

Award nominations

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Year Award Result Category Film or series
1992 Independent Spirit Awards Nominated Best Male Lead Hangin' with the Homeboys
1998 NAACP Image Awards Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Cosby
1999 Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Cosby
2000 Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Cosby
1994 Young Artist Award Best Youth Comedian Where I Live

References

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  1. ^ Rose, Mike (January 7, 2023). "Today's famous birthdays list for January 7, 2023 includes celebrities Nicolas Cage, Kenny Loggins". Cleveland.com. Retrieved January 7, 2023.
  2. ^ Price, Michael H. (October 6, 1993). "'Cool Runnings': Serious comedy for Doug E. Doug". The Baltimore Sun. Archived from the original on July 23, 2015. Retrieved February 21, 2013.
  3. ^ a b c "Doug E. Doug: Stand Up Videos and Funny Clips". Comedy Central. Archived from the original on March 14, 2012.
  4. ^ Joy, Cara (February 24, 2005). "Underwood, Rose, White, Cullum and Doug to Appear in Purlie at Encores!". Broadway.com.
  5. ^ "DougLifeTV". YouTube. Retrieved December 3, 2016.
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