Doug E. Doug

Doug E. Doug (born January 7, 1970, Douglas Bourne) is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, producer, and film director. 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.

Doug E. Doug
Born	Douglas Bourne January 7, 1970 Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Actor comedian screenwriter producer film director
Years active	1990–present

Early life

Douglas Bourne was born in Brooklyn, New York to a Jamaican father and African-American mother.[1]

Career

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

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.[2]

Doug is known to movie viewers for his starring role as the spirited pushcart operator turned bobsled racer in Cool Runnings. The movie is 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.[2]

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 seasons 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.[3]

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.[2]

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.[4]

He stars in the 2015 movie An Act of War.

Filmography

Film
Year	Film	Role	Notes
1990	Mo' Better Blues	Jimmy the Busboy	Credited as Douglas Bourne
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	Alternative title: Dumbo Drop
1997	That Darn Cat	Agent Zeke Kelso
1998	Rusty: A Dog's Tale	Turbo the Turtle (Voice)	Alternative title: Rusty: The Great Rescue Rusty
2000	Everything's Jake	Taxi Driver
	Citizen James	James	Producer, director and writer
2002	Eight Legged Freaks	Harlan Griffith
2004	Shark Tale	Bernie	Voice
2010	Snowmen	Leonard Garvey
2011	A Novel Romance	Barry Humfries
	Detachment	Mr. Norris
2015	The Wannabe	The Twin
	An Act of War	Marlon
Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993	Where I Live	Douglas St. Martin	21 episodes
1996–2000	Cosby	Griffin Vesey	93 episodes
2000	Touched by an Angel	Ronnie	1 episode
	Little Bill	Percy Mulch (Voice)	2 episodes
2004	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Rudy Lemcke	1 episode
2005	Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law	4-Year-Old/Dog (Voice)	1 episode, uncredited
2006	Conviction	Toby Janes	1 episode
2007	My Gym Partner's a Monkey	Bear (Voice)	1 episode
2010	Law & Order	Michael Reed	1 episode
2010	Justified	Israel Fandi	3 episodes
2014	Blue Bloods	Lamar Roberts	1 episode
2016	Brown Nation	Lemont	10 episodes

Award nominations

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

1. Price, Michael H. (October 6, 1993). "'Cool Runnings': Serious comedy for Doug E. Doug". The Baltimore Sun.
2. "Doug E. Doug: Stand Up Videos and Funny Clips". Comedy Central. Archived from the original on March 14, 2012.
3. Joy, Cara (February 24, 2005). "Underwood, Rose, White, Cullum and Doug to Appear in Purlie at Encores!". Broadway.com.
4. "DougLifeTV". YouTube. Retrieved December 3, 2016.

External links

• Doug E. Doug at IMDb
• Doug E. Doug at AllMovie