Dennis Dugan

Dennis Dugan

1946-09-05 Wheaton, Illinois, USA 56 Credits

Biography

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 s...

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Happy Gilmore 2

Happy Gilmore 2

2025

Executive Producer

Producing

Revisit Happy Gilmore's golf career after his win in the Tour Championship.

Padre no hay más que uno 4: Campanas de boda

Padre no hay más que uno 4: Campanas de boda

2024

as Director Película

7.0
Acting

The eldest of the family, Sara, comes of age and brings chaos to the family by announcing her intention to marry Ocho. Javier and Marisa try to avoid ...

Knox Goes Away

Knox Goes Away

2024

as Philo Jones

7.0
Acting

A contract killer, after being diagnosed with a fast-moving form of dementia, is presented with the opportunity to redeem himself by saving the life o...

Love, Weddings & Other Disasters

Love, Weddings & Other Disasters

2020

as Eddie Stone

6.0
Acting

A fussy celebrity caterer, a blind woman, a tour-bus guide and an inexperienced wedding planner search for love.

Love, Weddings & Other Disasters

Love, Weddings & Other Disasters

2020

Story, Original Music Composer, Director

6.0
Writing Directing

A fussy celebrity caterer, a blind woman, a tour-bus guide and an inexperienced wedding planner search for love.

Grown Ups 2

Grown Ups 2

2013

as Dr. Larry

6.1
Acting

Lenny has relocated his family back to the small town where he and his friends grew up. This time around, the grown ups are the ones learning lessons ...

Grown Ups 2

Grown Ups 2

2013

Director

6.1
Directing

Lenny has relocated his family back to the small town where he and his friends grew up. This time around, the grown ups are the ones learning lessons ...

That's My Boy

That's My Boy

2012

as School Janitor

5.8
Acting

While in his teens, Donny fathered a son, Todd, and raised him as a single parent up until Todd's 18th birthday. Now, after not seeing each other for ...

That's My Boy

That's My Boy

2012

Executive Producer

5.8
Producing

While in his teens, Donny fathered a son, Todd, and raised him as a single parent up until Todd's 18th birthday. Now, after not seeing each other for ...

Jack and Jill

Jack and Jill

2011

as Al Pacino's Standby

4.4
Acting

Jack Sadelstein, a successful advertising executive in Los Angeles with a beautiful wife and kids, dreads one event each year: the Thanksgiving visit ...

Jack and Jill

Jack and Jill

2011

Director

4.4
Directing

Jack Sadelstein, a successful advertising executive in Los Angeles with a beautiful wife and kids, dreads one event each year: the Thanksgiving visit ...

Just Go with It

Just Go with It

2011

Director

6.7
Directing

While romancing Palmer, a much younger schoolteacher, plastic surgeon Danny Maccabee enlists his loyal assistant Katherine to pretend to be his soon t...

Grown Ups

Grown Ups

2010

as Referee

6.4
Acting

After their high school basketball coach passes away, five good friends and former teammates reunite for a Fourth of July holiday weekend.

Grown Ups

Grown Ups

2010

Director

6.4
Directing

After their high school basketball coach passes away, five good friends and former teammates reunite for a Fourth of July holiday weekend.

You Don't Mess with the Zohan

You Don't Mess with the Zohan

2008

as Homeless Guy

5.7
Acting

An Israeli counterterrorism soldier with a secretly fabulous ambition to become a Manhattan hairstylist. Zohan's desire runs so deep that he'll do any...

You Don't Mess with the Zohan

You Don't Mess with the Zohan

2008

Director

5.7
Directing

An Israeli counterterrorism soldier with a secretly fabulous ambition to become a Manhattan hairstylist. Zohan's desire runs so deep that he'll do any...

I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry

I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry

2007

as Cab Driver

6.1
Acting

Firefighters Chuck Ford and Larry Valentine are guy's guys, loyal to the core—which is why when widower Larry asks Chuck to pose as his lover so that ...

I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry

I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry

2007

Director

6.1
Directing

Firefighters Chuck Ford and Larry Valentine are guy's guys, loyal to the core—which is why when widower Larry asks Chuck to pose as his lover so that ...

The Benchwarmers

The Benchwarmers

2006

as Coach Bellows

5.9
Acting

A trio of guys try and make up for missed opportunities in childhood by forming a three-player baseball team to compete against standard little league...

The Benchwarmers

The Benchwarmers

2006

Director

5.9
Directing

A trio of guys try and make up for missed opportunities in childhood by forming a three-player baseball team to compete against standard little league...

Karroll's Christmas

Karroll's Christmas

2004

Director

4.4
Directing

Allen Karroll hates Christmas ever since his ex-girlfriend humiliated him in front of thousands of people one Christmas. As a man who writes greeting ...

National Security

National Security

2003

Director

6.0
Directing

Earl Montgomery, a bombastic police academy reject, and Hank Rafferty, a disgraced, mild-mannered cop, can't seem to escape each other. They met on op...

Saving Silverman

Saving Silverman

2001

as Referee

5.7
Acting

A pair of buddies conspire to save their best friend from marrying the wrong woman, a cold-hearted beauty who snatches him from them and breaks up the...

Saving Silverman

Saving Silverman

2001

Director

5.7
Directing

A pair of buddies conspire to save their best friend from marrying the wrong woman, a cold-hearted beauty who snatches him from them and breaks up the...

Big Daddy

Big Daddy

1999

as Reluctant Trick-or-Treat Giver (uncredited)

6.5
Acting

A lazy law school grad adopts a kid to impress his girlfriend, but everything doesn't go as planned and he becomes the unlikely foster father.

Big Daddy

Big Daddy

1999

Director

6.5
Directing

A lazy law school grad adopts a kid to impress his girlfriend, but everything doesn't go as planned and he becomes the unlikely foster father.

Beverly Hills Ninja

Beverly Hills Ninja

1997

Director

5.6
Directing

Haru, an orphaned American who washes ashore in Japan and is mistaken for the great White Ninja of legend. Raised among the finest Ninjas, Haru grows ...

Happy Gilmore

Happy Gilmore

1996

as Doug Thompson

6.6
Acting

Failed hockey player-turned-golf whiz Happy Gilmore — whose unconventional approach and antics on the green courts the ire of rival Shooter McGavin — ...

Happy Gilmore

Happy Gilmore

1996

Director

6.6
Directing

Failed hockey player-turned-golf whiz Happy Gilmore — whose unconventional approach and antics on the green courts the ire of rival Shooter McGavin — ...

The Shaggy Dog

The Shaggy Dog

1994

Director

4.8
Directing

Preteen Moochie Daniels just wants a dog, but his dad, Daniel, is allergic to canines, like Bundles, the shabby sheep dog of neighbor Charlie Mulvihil...

Brain Donors

Brain Donors

1992

Director

6.2
Directing

Three manic idiots—a lawyer, a cab driver and a handyman—team up to run a ballet company to fulfil the will of a millionaire. Stooge-like antics resul...

Problem Child

Problem Child

1990

as All American Dad

6.1
Acting

Ben Healy and his social climbing wife Flo adopt fun-loving seven year old Junior. But they soon discover he's a little monster as he turns a camping ...

Problem Child

Problem Child

1990

Director

6.1
Directing

Ben Healy and his social climbing wife Flo adopt fun-loving seven year old Junior. But they soon discover he's a little monster as he turns a camping ...

Parenthood

Parenthood

1989

as David Brodsky

6.7
Acting

The story of the Buckman family and friends, attempting to bring up their children. They suffer/enjoy all the events that occur: estranged relatives, ...

Channel 99

Channel 99

1988

Acting

Executive returns to her hometown to try to revive the local TV station which is struggling in the ratings.

The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking

The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking

1988

as Mr. Settigren

5.8
Acting

After her father's ship is carried off by a sudden storm, the spunky Pippi Longstocking is stranded with her horse, Alfonso,and her pet monkey, Mr. Ne...

She's Having a Baby

She's Having a Baby

1988

as Bill

5.9
Acting

Jake and Kristy Briggs are newlyweds. Being young, they are perhaps a bit unprepared for the full reality of marriage and all that it (and their paren...

Can't Buy Me Love

Can't Buy Me Love

1987

as David Miller

6.9
Acting

Nerdy high schooler Ronald Miller rescues cheerleader Cindy Mancini from parental punishment after she accidentally destroys her mother's designer clo...

Water

Water

1985

as Rob

5.9
Acting

The British governor of a tiny island nation in the Caribbean Commonwealth finds his idyllic existence thrown into chaos when an American drilling com...

The Toughest Man in the World

The Toughest Man in the World

1984

as Dick

5.0
Acting

Mr. T's first starring made-for-TV movie role has him playing a tough and scowling, but softhearted, nightclub bouncer who finds himself involved with...

Leadfoot

Leadfoot

1982

as Officer Needham

Acting

Tommy just bought his first car with his own money. He enjoys driving it fast regardless of the speed limit. He ignores several warnings and not even ...

Country Gold

Country Gold

1982

as Darryl Appleby

6.0
Acting

An aging country singer becomes irritated with the success of a popular young country singer. However, she is not yet ready to become yesterday's news...

The Howling

The Howling

1981

as Chris

6.6
Acting

After a bizarre and near fatal encounter with a serial killer, a newswoman is sent to a rehabilitation center whose inhabitants may not be what they s...

Deer in the Works

Deer in the Works

1980

as David Potter

Acting

David Potter, owner of a small town weekly newspaper, decides to get a more secure job. Despite his wife's misgivings, he applies to be a publicity wr...

Unidentified Flying Oddball

Unidentified Flying Oddball

1979

as Tom Trimble

5.4
Acting

A NASA spacecraft proves Einstein right when, traveling faster than light, it ends up near King Arthur's Camelot. On board are big-hearted Tom Trimble...

Last of the Good Guys

1978

as Officer Johnny Lucas (uncredited)

Acting

Comedy-drama about a bunch of police rookies who conspire to convince their hard-nosed sergeant that a seriously ill fellow officer, two weeks away fr...

Richie Brockelman: The Missing 24 Hours

Richie Brockelman: The Missing 24 Hours

1976

as Richard 'Richie' Brockelman

6.0
Acting

A young private detective takes on his first case, a young woman with amnesia who doesn't know why a gunman is trying to kill her but believes she mig...

Norman... Is That You?

Norman... Is That You?

1976

as Garson Hobart

5.3
Acting

Ben and Beatrice Chambers discover that their son Norman is gay and so Ben is intent on setting him right.

Harry and Walter Go to New York

Harry and Walter Go to New York

1976

as Lewis

5.6
Acting

Two hoplessly out of their class con-men attempt to pull off the largest bank heist of the l9th century—by gaining the enmity of the most famous bank ...

Smile

Smile

1975

as Logan

5.9
Acting

It's time again for California's "Young American Miss" beauty pageant, the biggest event of the year for Big Bob Freelander and Brenda DiCarlo, who gi...

Night Moves

Night Moves

1975

as boy

6.7
Acting

Private detective and former football player Harry Moseby gets hired on to what seems a standard missing person case - a former Hollywood actress want...

The Day of the Locust

The Day of the Locust

1975

as Apprentice #3

6.4
Acting

Hollywood, 1930s. Tod Hackett, a young painter who tries to make his way as an art director in the lurid world of film industry, gets infatuated with ...

Death Race

Death Race

1973

as Pvt. Becker

4.4
Acting

In the North African desert in World War II, a crippled American fighter plane that is unable to take off tries to evade and destroy a pursuing Nazi t...

The Girl Most Likely To...

The Girl Most Likely To...

1973

as Charlie Elliott

6.6
Acting

An ugly girl undergoes plastic surgery and becomes beautiful. She then takes revenge on all the people who mistreated her when she was ugly.

Night Call Nurses

Night Call Nurses

1972

as Kit

4.3
Acting

The sweet and perky Barbara, the sunny Janis, and the responsible Sandra are a trio of young and attractive nurses who work in the psych ward at a hos...

The Hospital

The Hospital

1971

as E.R. Doctor (uncredited)

6.6
Acting

Dr. Bock, the chief of medicine at a Manhattan hospital, is suicidal after the collapse of his personal life. When an intern is found dead in a hospit...