---
name: "Doug E. Doug"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/doug-e-doug"
fi1m_id: "doug-e-doug"
imdb_id: "nm0234791"
tmdb_id: 12975
wikidata_id: "Q713640"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "7 January 1970"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 67
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-05T03:24:20.979626+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Doug E. Doug

## Identity

Doug E. Doug

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/doug-e-doug
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** doug-e-doug
- **IMDb ID:** nm0234791
- **TMDB ID:** 12975
- **Wikidata ID:** Q713640
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_E._Doug, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q713640, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0234791/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12975

Actor. Born 7 January 1970 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 7 January 1970, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
- **Active:** 1993–2010
- **Also known as:** Douglas Bourne 
- **Average Fi1m score:** 67, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 73 (1), 2000s 40 (1), 2010s 87 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 67 to 65 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 1 of 2 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Comedy 2, Drama 2, Action 1, Adventure 1, Animation 1, Crime 1
- **Screen time:** 3 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $522m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_E._Doug, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q713640, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0234791/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12975

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Cool Runnings*](https://film.one/film/cool-runnings.md) (73)
- **Netflix:** [*Shark Tale*](https://film.one/film/shark-tale.md) (40)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Doug E. Doug, born Douglas Bourne on 7 January 1970 in Brooklyn, New York, is an American actor. He began his career at the age of 17 as a stand-up comedian and was spotted performing at the Apollo Theater, leading to work hosting a syndicated music programme.

He is known for his role as Sanka Coffie in the 1993 film *Cool Runnings* and the voice of Bernie in the 2004 animated film *Shark Tale*. Other credits include the lead in the ABC sitcom *Where I Live* and the role of Griffin Vesey on the CBS series *Cosby*. He has also appeared in films such as *Mo' Better Blues* (1990), *Jungle Fever* (1991) and *Eight Legged Freaks* (2002), and on television in *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Justified* (2010), Fi1m 87, as Israel Fandi — [page](https://film.one/tv/justified.md)
- *Shark Tale* (2004), Fi1m 40, as Bernie (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/shark-tale.md)
- *Cool Runnings* (1993), Fi1m 73, as Sanka Coffie — [page](https://film.one/film/cool-runnings.md)

## Complete filmography (29)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Brown Nation* (2016), series, as Lemont
- *The Wannabe* (2015), as The Twin
- *An Act of War* (2015), as Marlon
- *A Novel Romance* (2011), as Barry Jones
- *Detachment* (2011), as Mr. Norris
- *Blue Bloods* (2010), series, as Lamar Roberts
- *Snowmen* (2010), as Leonard Garvey
- *Justified* (2010), series, as Israel Fandi — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/tv/justified.md)
- *Conviction* (2006), series, as Toby Janes
- *Club Oscar* (2005), as Bernie (voice)
- *Shark Tale* (2004), as Bernie (voice) — Fi1m 40, [page](https://film.one/film/shark-tale.md)
- *Eight Legged Freaks* (2002), as Harlan Griffith
- *Citizen James* (2000), as James / Our father figure (voice) · Screenplay, Director, Producer
- *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (1999), series, as Rudy Lemcke, Mr. Wiggins
- *Rusty: A Dog's Tale* (1998), as Turbo the Turtle (voice)
- *That Darn Cat* (1997), as Zeke
- *Cosby* (1996), series, as Griffin Vesey
- *Operation Dumbo Drop* (1995), as Sp4 Harvey (H.A.) Ashford
- *Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child* (1995), series, as Raven (voice)
- *Touched by an Angel* (1994), series, as Ronnie Billings
- *Diagnosis: Murder* (1993), series, as Doug E. Doug
- *Cool Runnings* (1993), as Sanka Coffie — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/cool-runnings.md)
- *Where I Live* (1993), series, Actor
- *Dr. Giggles* (1992), as Trotter
- *Class Act* (1992), as Popsicle
- *Jungle Fever* (1991), as Friend of Livin' Large
- *Hangin' with the Homeboys* (1991), as Willie Stevens
- *Law & Order* (1990), series, as Michael Reed — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md)
- *Mo' Better Blues* (1990), as Jimmy the Busboy (as Douglas Bourne)

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