Doug E. Fresh
Known for: Acting
Douglas Davis (born September 17, 1966) known professionally as Doug E. Fresh, is a Barbados-born American rapper, record producer, and beatboxer, also known as the "Human Beat Box". The pioneer of 20th-century American beatboxing, Fresh is able to accurately imitate drum machines and various special effects using only his mouth, lips, gums, throat, tongue and a microphone. In the early 1980s, he formed the Get Fresh Crew with DJs Chill Will and Barry B and later added rapper Slick Rick. Two of their songs "The Show" and "La Di Da Di" are considered early hip hop classics. "La Di Da Di", in particular, is one of the most sampled songs in music history.
Filmography
Series
Sherri
Self - Guest
2022
Series
American Idol
Self
2002
Series
All My Children
1970
Series
MTV Video Music Awards
Self
1984
Series
New York Undercover
1994
Series
The Bachelorette
Self
2003
Series
Explained
Self (archive footage)
2018
Series
Sean Combs: The Reckoning
Self (archive footage)
2025
Series
BET Awards
Self - Performer
2001
Film
Girls Trip
Doug E. Fresh
2017
Series
I Love the '70s: Volume 2
Self
2006
I Love the '70s
2003
Series
I Love the '80s Strikes Back
2003
Film
Tapeheads
Record Executive
1988
Film
Paid in Full
Himself
2002
Film
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Self (archive footage)
2022
Series
I Love the '90s
Self
2004
Film
Brown Sugar
Self
2002
Film
Whiteboyz
Parking Lot Rapper #1
1999
Film
Beat Street
Himself
1984
Series
Hip Hop Was Born Here
Self
2025
Film
World's Best
Celebrity Judge
2023
I Love Toys
2006
Film
You're Watching Video Music Box
Self (archive footage)
2021
Film
Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap
Self
2012
Film
A GRAMMY Salute to 50 Years of Hip-Hop
Self
2023
Film
The Hip Hop Project
Self
2006
Film
Big Fun in the Big Town
Self
1986
Film
Grass Is Greener
Self
2019
Film
Return of The Mack
DOOKIE RAIN
2026
Film
Be Inspired: The Life of Heavy D
Self
2012
Film
Awesome; I Fuckin' Shot That!
Self
2006
Film
Rebels Without a Pause: The Induction Celebration of Public Enemy
Self
2013
Film
Mike Epps: Under Rated & Never Faded
Himself
2009
Paragraphs I Manifest
Self
Solidarity
Concert Footage
1992
Film
Don of All Dons
Self
2003
Film
Prince: Beautiful Strange
Self
1998
Film
All Up in the Biz
Self
2023
Film
Luke's Freakfest: Tha Movie
2002
Film
Let's Get Bizzee
Sam Baker
1993
Film
The Beat Don't Stop
Self
2020
Breath Control: The History of the Human Beat Box
Himself
2002