Doug E Doug Bio Wiki Age Wife Movies Cosby Cool Runnings and Net Worth
Doug E Doug (Full name: Douglas Bourne) 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.
Doug was born on January 7, 1970, in Brooklyn, New York,United States. He is52 years old.
He is a man of average stature and stands at a height of5 ft 8 in(Approx. 1.73 m).
He was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, by his parents. Doug’s father is Jamaican and his mother is African-American. He holds an American nationality and belongs to Jamaican and African descent.
During an interview with an outlet, Doug opened up about how he obtained his unique stage name. He explained that while doing stand-up comedy, an emcee called Mel Stanley, the Comedy cop always called him “Dougie Dougie.” The actor said he liked the name and began using it.
Doug is happily married toRaqiba Bourne. The pair is doting parents to two children. Despite his busy schedule, Doug makes sure to spend time with his little family and keep his social media fans updated with lovely snapshots.
Pictures splattered on his Instagram page could see the producer and his family enjoying a fun weekend in the snow or smiling while posing for a family picture. He once shared an image of him and his son sitting closely during an event.
He began his journey to success at 17 as a stand-up comedian at the Apollo Theatre. A student at Bishop Loughlin High School at the time, Doug saw himself as everyone’s little brother in the club. Shortly after, he got the stage name. He improved his comedic skills by watching the comic animated television show “Fat Albert” — a character from a Cosby Routine.
2010 Law & Order 2011 Bar Karma 2012 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 2014 Blue Bloods 2015 Above Average Presents 2016 Brown Nation 2016 Muddy Corman 2017 Lil Girlgone 2002 Eight-Legged Freaks 2004 Shark Tale 2005 Club Oscar 2006 Wyclef Jean in America
Doug is alive and well. He hasn’t done a lot of acting in recent years but he has remained active in his professional career focusing on the writing aspect of it. He has a career that spans 30 years and it has been a good one. There is no information about him being sick or paralyzed. He is healthy and well.
Doug improved his comedic skills by watching the comic animated television show “Fat Albert” — a character from a Cosby Routine. The young star looked up to Bill Cosby as a role model and listened to his comedy albums. But, all he wanted to do was make people laugh even at things that were not hilarious.
He got to feature as Griffin Vesey in the CBS series “Cosby.” Doug’s character portrayed a small-time engineer in pursuit of schemes that would make him wealthy. The series ran for four years between 1996 and 2000, and fans of the show witnessed what an amazing actor Doug was. He was described as an actor who brought life into his character.
After years of hard work, Doug finally landed his first major role in 1993 as a cast member on “Cool Runnings.” He played Sanka Coffie, the spirited pushcart driver turned bobsled racer. The movie is loosely based on the true story of the first Jamaica national bobsled team trying to make it to the Winter Olympics.
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, Doug portrayed a paranoid small-town radio host with visions of an alien invasion. In the animated DreamWorks film, Shark Tale, he is the voice of Bernie the jellyfish.
He earns his wealth from his career, therefore, he has amassed a fortune over the years. Doug’s estimated net worth is $1.5 million.
He moved with his wife and two children to Harlem in 2009, but he did not come uptown with designs on early retirement. Doug hasn’t done a lot of acting in recent years but he has remained active in his professional career focusing on the writing aspect of it.
