Doug Kruse

Born in Amityville, New York, on the south shore of Long Island, Doug attended Lindenhurst High School, then went on to college at Marquette University, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he received an honors degree in Liberal Arts: Philosophy/English. After entering his second year at Hofstra Law School, on Long Island, Doug decided to turn toward acting. He has studied with some of the finest New York teachers, like Terry Hayden, Jacqueline Brooks, Alan Langdon, Nikos Psacharopoulis and Warren Robertson, but his most influential period of study was with Stella Adler as a working actor in a series of her Master Thesis Classes. After years of work off off, off and around Broadway, in regional and stock theater and in numerous independent films, Doug moved to Hollywood. In LA he appeared in a top-of-show guest-star role opposite Hugh Laurie for the hit series "House" as "Dolce" in the episode, "Help Me." In New York City he has worked opposite Jesse L. Martin and Jeremy Sisto in "Law & O