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| Birth name | Douglas Williams |
| Medium | stand-up comedy, television, film |
| Nationality | American |
| Years active | 1990 - Present |
| Genres | Observational comedy |
| Subject(s) | racism, race relations, current events, American politics, African-American culture, pop culture, human sexuality, marriage |
| Website | www.dougwilliams.net |
Doug Williams is a stand-up comedian, writer, and actor from Montgomery, Alabama.
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Williams began performing stand-up comedy in 1990, five years before graduating from Alabama State University in 1995. After college Williams moved to Los Angeles where he landed small roles in the 1996 remake of The Nutty Professor and First Kid. Since then, he has had guest roles on many sitcoms, including The Bernie Mac Show.
Doug Williams has served as host and executive producer of "Martin Lawrence Presents 1st Amendment Stand-up" for the past four seasons.
Williams is currently co-writing his own TV sitcom titled Domestic Doug.[1] The show centers around protagonist "Doug Salter", a stand-up comedian trying to make it in Hollywood not unlike Williams himself.
Doug Williams gained internet notoriety in 2006 when a clip of him at a 2003 Roasting of Emmitt Smith surfaced on the internet.[2] During his apparently lackluster roast of Smith, Doug Williams was vicariously roasted by Jamie Foxx.[3]
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