Douglas Spain

A handsome, dark-haired and charismatic Latino actor with a promising future, Douglas Spain gained rave reviews and audience attention for his starring turn as a youth with dreams of stardom who is forced into prostitution by his father in Miguel Arteta's "Star Maps" (1997). A native of Southern California, the actor had previously appeared as a gangster in the HBO movie "Flashfire" (1994) and played the title character as a teenager in the TNT TV-movie "Tecumseh: The Last Warrior" (1995). After "Star Maps" premiered at Sundance, Spain fielded a number of offers, including a role as a troubled youth in the Showtime movie "Riot" (1997) and guest appearances on such series as "Nothing Sacred" and "Nash Bridges". He completed his second feature lead as a Native American with a mysterious past in the independent feature "Ricochet River" (lensed in 1997).

• Job Titles:
  Actor

Milestones

• 1994 Acting debut in the HBO movie "Flashfire"
• 1995 Played the title character as a teenager in the TNT TV-movie "Tecumsah: The Last Warrior"
• 1997 Glimpsed briefly as the defendant in the Showtime remake of "12 Angry Men"
• 1997 Had first screen lead, "Star Maps"
• 1998 Had small role in "Permanent Midnight" as the son of a drug-abusing mother
• 1999 Cast as one of the campers undergoing heterosexualization in the screen satire "But I'm a Cheerleader"
• 1999 Co-starred with Angela Bettis in the romance "The Last Best Sunday"
• 2000 Had recurring role on the Showtime series "Resurrection Blvd."; his character "came out" as homosexual in a ground-breaking episode in October 2001
• 2000 Appeared in the ensemble comedy-drama "What's Cooking?"
• 2001 Was featured in the HBO miniseries "Band of Brothers"