Dennis Dugan
Acting
1946-09-05 · Wheaton, Illinois, USA
Dennis Dugan (born September 5, 1946) is an American director, comedian, and actor. He started his acting career after appearing in the 1973 made-for-TV movie” The Girl Most Likely to...” He is well known for his frequent collaborations with comedic actor Adam Sandler, directing several films including “Happy Gilmore” and “Grown Ups.” Dennis has also made a career as a television and film director, and appears in cameo parts in many of his films. Dugan has directed episodes of such television series as Moonlighting (was also a guest star in some episodes), Ally McBeal, and NYPD Blue. Dugan married actress Joyce Van Patten in 1973 and divorced her fourteen years later. Now he is married to Sharon O'Connor and has a son named Kelly Dugan.
Filmography
Happy Gilmore 2
2025 · Movie
Father There is Only One 4
2024 · Movie
Knox Goes Away
2024 · Movie
Love, Weddings & Other Disasters
2020 · Movie
Torrente 5: Operation Eurovegas
2014 · Movie
Grown Ups 2
2013 · Movie
That's My Boy
2012 · Movie
Jack and Jill
2011 · Movie
Just Go with It
2011 · Movie
Grown Ups
2010 · Movie
You Don't Mess with the Zohan
2008 · Movie
I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
2007 · Movie
The Benchwarmers
2006 · Movie
Karroll's Christmas
2004 · Movie
Hope & Faith
2003 · Series
The Mullets
2003 · Series
National Security
2003 · Movie
Saving Silverman
2001 · Movie
Shasta McNasty
1999 · Series
Big Daddy
1999 · Movie
Love Boat: The Next Wave
1998 · Series
Ally McBeal
1997 · Series
Beverly Hills Ninja
1997 · Movie
Happy Gilmore
1996 · Movie
Marker
1995 · Series
The Shaggy Dog
1994 · Movie
Chicago Hope
1994 · Series
The Byrds of Paradise
1994 · Series
Burke's Law
1994 · Series
NYPD Blue
1993 · Series
Brain Donors
1992 · Movie
Problem Child
1990 · Movie
Doogie Howser, M.D.
1989 · Series
Parenthood
1989 · Movie
Channel 99
1988 · Movie
The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking
1988 · Movie
She's Having a Baby
1988 · Movie
Wiseguy
1987 · Series
Can't Buy Me Love
1987 · Movie
L.A. Law
1986 · Series
Shadow Chasers
1985 · Series
Scene of the Crime
1985 · Series
Moonlighting
1985 · Series
Water
1985 · Movie
The Toughest Man in the World
1984 · Movie
Hunter
1984 · Series
Empire
1984 · Series
Country Gold
1982 · Movie
St. Elsewhere
1982 · Series
The Howling
1981 · Movie
Hill Street Blues
1981 · Series
Deer in the Works
1980 · Movie
Unidentified Flying Oddball
1979 · Movie
Supertrain
1979 · Series
Richie Brockelman, Private Eye
1978 · Series
Last of the Good Guys
1978 · Movie
Richie Brockelman: The Missing 24 Hours
1976 · Movie
Norman... Is That You?
1976 · Movie
Alice
1976 · Series
Harry and Walter Go to New York
1976 · Movie
Good Heavens
1976 · Series
Rich Man, Poor Man
1976 · Series
Smile
1975 · Movie
Night Moves
1975 · Movie
The Day of the Locust
1975 · Movie
The Rockford Files
1974 · Series
Death Race
1973 · Movie
The Girl Most Likely To...
1973 · Movie
Police Story
1973 · Series
M*A*S*H
1972 · Series
The Waltons
1972 · Series
Night Call Nurses
1972 · Movie
The Sixth Sense
1972 · Series
The Hospital
1971 · Movie
Columbo
1971 · Series
Cannon
1971 · Series
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Series
Grown Ups 3
Movie