James Francis Doughan ( ) (born August 2, 1959) is an American actor, teacher and writer. He is best known for his roles as Detective Doyle in '' The Mask'' (1994) and Detective Allen as well as the voice of Lucky the Cat in ''

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'' (1999) and the head coach for the soccer team Stuart and his human brother, George Little, play for in ''

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'' (2002). He is currently a performing arts teacher at

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Career

Doughan has been working as a professional actor and writer since 1981 in theatre, film, and television. He was a resident company member for the Dudley Rigg’s Brave New Workshop in

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from 1981 to 1985, and the Los Angeles comedy theater

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from 1985 to 1993. He has appeared in ''

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'', '' The Mask'', ''

'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and '' Hotel for Dogs'', in addition to guest appearances in several television series. Before becoming a performing arts teacher at Harvard-Westlake School Doughan taught History, English, Drama and PE at the

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. He has been a mentor for student writers, and a director for the Harvard-Westlake School Playwright’s Workshop. He has also taught at the Harvard-Westlake School Summer Intensive Actor’s Workshop and an improvisation master class at the

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Education

Doughan attended

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and graduated in 1977. He also attended the

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, where he received his BFA degree in theatre.

Personal life

Doughan married Kate Benton in 1988. Benton is an actress and writer who was also a member of

. Benton also works as a teacher at the

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Doughan, Jim 1959 births Living people 20th-century American male actors 21st-century American male actors American male film actors American male television actors American male voice actors American male stage actors American male writers Schoolteachers from Minnesota Schoolteachers from California American drama teachers Male actors from Minneapolis Male actors from Saint Paul, Minnesota Male actors from California Male actors from Los Angeles Writers from Minneapolis Writers from Saint Paul, Minnesota Writers from Los Angeles Writers from Pasadena, California People from Apple Valley, Minnesota University of Minnesota Duluth alumni Apple Valley High School (Minnesota) alumni