‏Douglas Taurel‏

Douglas is an actor and producer. His recent credits include a supporting role as a hit man in the 2015 independent feature film "The Cobbler", a feature film starring Adam Sandler and Dustan Hoffman and directed by Tom McCarthy.

He has appeared in numerous independent films including Delivery at the HBO Latin Films Festival, Help Wanted (Cinequest Online Viewers Choice), La Vida Blanca (L.A Film Festival Winner), Hagondes (CUNU Festival Winner) to name a few.

Douglas has been making a career performing gritty and edgy characters on TV. He has worked on Nurse Jackie, Damages, NYC 22, Believe, Person of Interest, The Americans, Blue Bloods and The Following.

As an actor he has been nominated for Innovate Theatre Award and a Amnesty International Award for his performance in "The American Soldier" at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Douglas grew up in Houston, Texas and he is the son of Latin American parents. His mother is from Bogota, Colombian and his father from Buenos Aires, Argentina and he lived and studied in Buenos Aires, Argentina as a small boy. He is also the great grand nephew of Julio Arboleda, a famous Colombian poet, journalist and politician.

He reversed the role of Lee and Austin in True West and received 5 stars for his performance at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Played George in Of Mice and Men where he received great reviews from leading publications including The New York Times. He has worked opposite the great Marian Seldes in (world premier) First Born, cast by Edward Albee in his Houston theater workshop for new plays, accepted into the legendary acting class of Wynn Handman who he studied many years with. He has also studied with Alec Baldwin in his advanced scene study class and twice has been invited to work with Kathleen Turner in her master acting class.

As a producer he has produced two Off Off Broadway plays that received great reviews from leading publications including The New York Times and Backstage. He has recently wrote, produced and performed his solo show The American Solider both in New York (59 East 59 Theatre) and Edinburgh Festival Fringe which is based off veteran and family letters from the American Revolution through current day Afghanistan.

He produced the film Siesta, a short film co-starring Zoe Mavroudi and written by Michael Mathis performed in English, Spanish and French. It was officially selected and was screened in The Big Apple Film Festival, The Atlanta Short Fest and the Hamilton Festival.

Douglas has always lived a very physically active life. He played football in high school, boxed in college, has run two marathons, has bagged 10 Scottish Munros, ran with the Bulls in Pamplona on his honeymoon and in 2012 he climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro with his dear friend Keith Monda.

He studied acting at the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) and lives in Hoboken, New Jersey.