Cast & creator
Doug E. Fresh
Best known for Sherri, All My Children, American Idol
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.
Also known as: Doug E. Fresh & the Get Fresh Crew, Get Fresh Crew, Human Beat Box
28
film credits
15
television credits
43
1970–2026 · acting roles
6.8
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (43)
Showing 43 of 43 credits
Sherri
Self - Guest
2022
All My Children
1970
American Idol
Self
2002
MTV Video Music Awards
Self
1984
New York Undercover
1994
The Bachelorette
Self
2003
Explained
Self (archive footage)
2018
Girls Trip
Doug E. Fresh
2017
Sean Combs: The Reckoning
Self (archive footage)
2025
I Love the '70s: Volume 2
Self
2006
BET Awards
Self - Performer
2001
World's Best
Celebrity Judge
2023
I Love the '80s Strikes Back
2003
I Love the '70s
2003
Paid in Full
Himself
2002
I Love the '90s
Self
2004
Beat Street
Himself
1984
Hip Hop Was Born Here
Self
2025I Love Toys
2006
Brown Sugar
Self
2002
All Up in the Biz
Self
2023
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Self (archive footage)
2022
Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap
Self
2012
Tapeheads
Record Executive
1988
You're Watching Video Music Box
Self (archive footage)
2021
The Hip Hop Project
Self
2006
A GRAMMY Salute to 50 Years of Hip-Hop
Self
2023
Awesome; I Fuckin' Shot That!
Self
2006
Don of All Dons
Self
2003
Return of The Mack
DOOKIE RAIN
2026
Be Inspired: The Life of Heavy D
Self
2012
Big Fun in the Big Town
Self
1986
Luke's Freakfest: Tha Movie
2002
Rebels Without a Pause: The Induction Celebration of Public Enemy
Self
2013
Grass Is Greener
Self
2019
Let's Get Bizzee
Sam Baker
1993
Prince: Beautiful Strange
Self
1998Solidarity
Concert Footage
1992
The Beat Don't Stop
Self
2020
Whiteboyz
Parking Lot Rapper #1
1999
Mike Epps: Under Rated & Never Faded
Himself
2009Paragraphs I Manifest
Self
Breath Control: The History of the Human Beat Box
Himself
2002