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Birthplace:
Brooklyn, New York
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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 from Brooklyn. The performance earned the neophyte actor a best actor
Was the class comedian at his Catholic high school
Studied music and played the trumpet
Improvised on Charles Dickens's words in a school production of "A Christmas Carol"
Taken to the NYC comedy club, the Comic Strip, by his dean
Began performing the NYC comedy club circuit while attending St. John's University and working as an NBC security guard
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