D.C. Douglas
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| Born | February 2, 1966 Berkeley, California, USA |
| Official site | www.DCDouglas.net |
D.C. Douglas (born February 2, 1966, Berkeley, California) is an American character actor, voice actor, and director now living in Los Angeles.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Family background
His father was a salesman and his mother was an artist.[1] His grandparents were vaudeville performers who had divorced. His grandmother, Grace Hathaway,[2], continued in Burlesque as a dancer with humor and his grandfather, Joe Miller,[3] became a local legend in San Francisco for his talks at the Theosophy Lodge and his walks through Golden Gate Park every Thursday.[4]
[edit] Early years
After performing throughout the San Francisco Bay Area in the late '70's and early '80's, Douglas moved to Los Angeles in 1985 to study at the Estelle Harman Actors Workshop. He co-created the cynical improv troupe Section Eight and was a member of the critically acclaimed Theatre of NOTE.
In 1996, he was cast in a small role on the NBC pilot, Boston Common.
He returned for 10 more episodes as the anal and humorless "D.C." He has since appeared on numerous TV shows, including The Bold and the Beautiful, 24, Star Trek: Enterprise, NYPD Blue, ER and Charmed.
Also in 1996, he received critical praise for his performance in "Falling Words", his first film short. He followed that with "The Eighth Plane," an anti-Scientology gangster film short and "Freud and Darwin Sitting in a Tree," a first cousin coitus short.
[edit] Recent years
In recent years, his comedic versatility has been put to use in the Krista Allen film Totally Blonde and the Tony Plana film Change Your Life!, as he was cast in multiple roles for each.
In 2005, Douglas's film short, "Duck, Duck, Goose!", played over 20 festivals around the world and received several awards, including Best Short from the Seattle True Independent Film Festival and Best Actor from the Trenton Film Festival.
2007 will see D.C. in five films, including Deadwater with Lance Henriksen and Universal Remote: The Movie with Charles Q. Murphy; the Hallmark Channel TV movie Final Approach with Dean Cain; and his own film short, "The Crooked Eye" starring Fay Masterson.
Douglas continues to act in film, television and theatre as well as perform voice over.
[edit] Trivia
- Douglas considers Earl Boen his first mentor when he performed in Earl and Carole Kean's murder mystery company in the mid-80s.
- The writers on Boston Common would find different roles each week to bring him back in because they loved his loud laugh at network run-thrus.
- D.C. was the announcer for the 2006 GEICO spots featuring stars like Little Richard and Verne Troyer.
[edit] References
[edit] Citations
- Power, Richard. The Life and Teachings of Joe Miller, 1993. ISBN 0-9618916-8-8.
