Dennis Barton Dugan was born on September 5,1946 and is an American director, actor, writer, artist and comedian.
16 Facts About Dennis Dugan
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Dennis Dugan was born in Wheaton, Illinois, the second of four sons of Marion, a housewife, and Charles Dennis Dugan, an insurance executive.
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Dennis Dugan graduated from The Goodman School of Drama at the Art Institute of Chicago and started his acting career in 1969 in New York City.
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Dennis Dugan moved to Hollywood in 1972 and appeared in his first TV show, The Sixth Sense.
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Dennis Dugan made guest appearances on several TV series during the 1970s including The Mod Squad, The Waltons, Cannon, Columbo, The Rockford Files, and Alice.
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Dennis Dugan took on a recurring role as an aspiring caped crusader who called himself "Captain Freedom" on Hill Street Blues.
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Dennis Dugan appeared on Empire and Shadow Chasers.
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Dennis Dugan played Walter Bishop, briefly the husband of Maddie Hayes on Moonlighting.
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Dennis Dugan launched a career as a television and film director, making cameo appearances in many of his films.
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Dennis Dugan has directed episodes of such television series as Moonlighting, Ally McBeal, and NYPD Blue.
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Dennis Dugan directed The Benchwarmers, a comedy co-produced by Sandler, about a trio of men who try to make up for missed opportunities in childhood by forming a three-player baseball team to compete against Little League squads.
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Dennis Dugan himself has a bit part as Coach Bellows in that film while his dad Charles portrayed the Video Stop boss Marty.
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Dennis Dugan then directed two more Sandler vehicles, I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry and You Don't Mess with the Zohan.
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The film again stars Sandler, along with Kevin James, Chris Rock, David Spade, Rob Schneider, Salma Hayek, Maria Bello, and Maya Rudolph while Dennis Dugan had a bit part as a basketball referee; it was released in the summer of 2010 with major box office success.
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Dennis Dugan's Just Go with It was his sixth film with Sandler; it starred Jennifer Aniston and Brooklyn Decker.
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Dennis Dugan directed Jack and Jill, again with Sandler, and Grown Ups 2, with Sandler, James, Rock and Spade, all reprising their roles while Dennis Dugan had a bit part as Dr Larry.