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. He 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''. Doug is known to movie viewers for his starring role, as the spirited
pushcart driver, turned bobsled racer, in
Cool Runnings. (This movie is loosely based on the true story, of the first
Jamaica national bobsled team, trying to qualify for 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; as a soldier, enlisted for unusual duty, in Operation Dumbo Drop; an ill-fated high school student in the horror epic Dr. Giggles; and as 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'', he voiced the jellyfish character Bernie. Doug made his debut as a director/producer with the screenplay
Citizen James, in which he also co-wrote and starred in.
Citizen James aired on
Starz Encore/ BET Movies. He starred in the 2015 movie
An Act of War. ==Filmography==