Jackson Douglas
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Jackson Douglas is best known for his role as Jackson Belleville in the television series Gilmore Girls
, for which he's also directed the Season 5 episode To Live and Let Diorama and Season 6 episode Welcome to the Dollhouse. He also wrote and directed the movie short Brown Eyed Girl.
Douglas met voice-actress Alex Borstein
(MadTV
and Family Guy
) while performing at the ACME Comedy Theater in Los Angeles
. He proposed to her during the taping of a MadTV skit, and married her in 1999. They have a son, Barnaby Borstein Douglas, who was born on September 8, 2008. Also during his time at the Acme Theater, Douglas met and became roommates with actor/comedian Adam Carolla
. According to Carolla, when Douglas was younger, he had a shopping cart in his room, on the third story of an apartment building.
Douglas and Borstein recently mixed business with pleasure in the upcoming 2009 comedy For Christ's Sake, in which Borstein stars and Douglas directed. The film is currently in post-production.
Gilmore Girls
Gilmore Girls is an American family comedy-drama series created by Amy Sherman-Palladino, starring Lauren Graham and Alexis Bledel. On October 5, 2000, the series debuted on The WB and was cancelled in its seventh season, ending on May 15, 2007 on The CW...
, for which he's also directed the Season 5 episode To Live and Let Diorama and Season 6 episode Welcome to the Dollhouse. He also wrote and directed the movie short Brown Eyed Girl.
Douglas met voice-actress Alex Borstein
Alex Borstein
Alexandrea "Alex" Borstein is an American actress, singer, voice actress, writer and comedian. She is best known for her long-running role as Lois Griffin on the animated television series Family Guy, and as a cast member on the sketch comedy series MADtv.A native of Highland Park, Illinois,...
(MadTV
MADtv
MADtv is an American sketch comedy television series. It licensed the name and logo of Mad, but otherwise had no connection with the humor magazine outside the animated Spy vs. Spy and Don Martin cartoon shorts and images of Alfred E. Neuman that the show featured during the late 1990s. Its first...
and Family Guy
Family Guy
Family Guy is an American animated television series created by Seth MacFarlane for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series centers on the Griffins, a dysfunctional family consisting of parents Peter and Lois; their children Meg, Chris, and Stewie; and their anthropomorphic pet dog Brian...
) while performing at the ACME Comedy Theater in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
. He proposed to her during the taping of a MadTV skit, and married her in 1999. They have a son, Barnaby Borstein Douglas, who was born on September 8, 2008. Also during his time at the Acme Theater, Douglas met and became roommates with actor/comedian Adam Carolla
Adam Carolla
Adam Carolla is an American radio personality, television host, comedian, and actor. He currently hosts The Adam Carolla Show, a talk show distributed as a podcast on the ACE Broadcasting Network...
. According to Carolla, when Douglas was younger, he had a shopping cart in his room, on the third story of an apartment building.
Douglas and Borstein recently mixed business with pleasure in the upcoming 2009 comedy For Christ's Sake, in which Borstein stars and Douglas directed. The film is currently in post-production.
External links
- Spencer Fornaciari at Scarecrow VideoScarecrow VideoScarecrow Video is an independently owned video sales and rental store.Located in the University District of Seattle, Washington, the store was opened in 1988 by Rebecca and George Latsios. It currently stocks over 100,000 titles, many of them out of print...
for The MacGuffin Film Podcast Episode 14 - Glutton For Punishment, guest co-hosting appearance on 9-8-2009