Doug Doug

Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York
Birthday: January 7, 1970

Lively and charismatic, this young African-American performer segued from standup comedy to films and TV while barely out of his teens. Doug became a fixture on the New York comedy club circuit while attending college and working as an NBC security guard. Writer-director Spike Lee spotted the comic performing at the famed Apollo Theater in Harlem and invited him to do a walk on for his feature "Mo' Better Blues" (1990). This led to a co-starring role in "Hangin' With the Homeboys" (1991) as Willie, an embittered teen…more

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Career Milestones

2002
Appeared in the comedy "Eight Legged Freaks" starring David Arquette
2002
Voiced Bernie, a Rastafarian Jellyfish in the animated feature "Shark Tale"
1996 to 2000
Cast as the boyfriend of Bill Cosby's daughter on the CBS sitcom "Cosby"
1993
Network TV debut as star and co-producer of "Where I Live", a short-lived ABC family sitcom
1991
First leading role in a feature, "Hangin' With the Homeboys"