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Doug E. Doug
Born	Douglas Bourne January 7, 1970 (1970-01-07) (age 39) Brooklyn, New York
Occupation	Actor, comedian, screenwriter, producer and film director
Years active	1990-present

Doug E. Doug (born January 7, 1970) is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, producer, and film director. He is best known for his roles as Griffin Vesey on the CBS sitcom Cosby, Sanka Coffie in the film Cool Runnings and as the voice of Bernie in the animated film Shark Tale.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Filmography 3 Award nominations 4 External links

[edit] Biography

Born Douglas Bourne in Brooklyn, New York. He attended Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School in Brooklyn. He initially took the stage name Dougie Dougie, after an emcee had trouble remembering his last name during an introduction and muttered to himself "Doug E... Doug E..." This was later compressed into Doug E. Doug.

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' boarder and surrogate son Griffin Vesey on Cosby. In 2004, he had a voice role in the 2004 animated feature Shark Tale, and also appeared on an episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Doug briefly endorsed the popular early '90s beverage, Boku.

[edit] 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	Zeke
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
2009	Snowmen	Leonard Garvey
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

[edit] 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

[edit] External links

• Doug E. Doug at the Internet Movie Database
• Doug E. Doug at Allmovie
• Doug E. Doug at TV.com

Persondata
NAME	Doug, Doug E.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Bourne, Douglas
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Actor, comedian, screenwriter, producer and film director
DATE OF BIRTH	January 7, 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH	Brooklyn, New York
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH