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3 unusual facts about Illeana Douglas


Illeana Douglas

Douglas is a granddaughter of the actor Melvyn Douglas and his first wife, artist Rosalind Hightower, and has said that her grandfather's performance in Being There, in particular, was influential on her own career.

On television, Douglas appeared briefly as Garry Shandling's love interest on The Larry Sanders Show, starred in the series Action (1999) with Jay Mohr, guest starred on Seinfeld, Frasier and The Drew Carey Show, and has played a public defender on several episodes of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit in 2002 and 2003.

Joseph Gatt

Other recent notable roles for Gatt have been as "Lars", a recurring guest-star in Illeana Douglas' Easy to Assemble, a guest-star in Eagleheart opposite Chris Elliott, as Rebecca Romijn's right-hand man, "Agent Hawk" in the NBC series Chuck, and in a hilarious role playing Ponda Baba opposite Christian Slater in the Star Wars fan favorite, "Breaking In - Episode XIII".



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