DC Douglas: Rumors, Westerns and Sharks – Oh My!

written by TSG Mgmt
on 2.28.26 in 🗣️ Interviews with D.C.

Sabrina: This is gonna be fun. You know me so I will deliver. I am sitting down with a long-time friend and a true veteran of the industry, D.C. Douglas.For those of you who might only know him as the voice behind iconic villains like Albert Wesker in “Resident Evil” or Legion in “Mass Effect,” D.C.’s career actually spans over three decades of on-camera and voice work. From starring in cult-classic indie films and network procedurals like “CSI” to his massive footprint in AAA video games and anime, he’s seen it all.

He’s also been at the center of some wild internet controversies that we are definitely going to untangle today. He’s blunt, he’s talented, and he’s joining us right now.

D.C.: My mom couldn’t have said it better or as fast.

Sabrina: So for those who don’t know, I first met D.C. Douglas in the early aughts on a horrible movie which we shall not name for a production company that everyone knows and nobody wants to work for.

D.C.: Damn!

Sabrina: I know, right? This podcast is all about the clicks.

D.C.: That – that’ll do it!

Sabrina: Needless to say, D.C. was a joy to work with and I’ve followed his career since. I was super happy to see it takeoff with his voiceover work in video games.

D.C.: Aw. I feel the same about your writing career.

Sabrina: Mutual career masturbator’s club, folks!

D.C.: Jesus. You really wanna get canceled, dontcha?

Sabrina: Speaking of which—

D.C.: Oh! Really? You – you’re gonna go right there, eh?

Sabrina: Right there.

D.C.: Right there, wow.

Sabrina: C’mon! The drama around you is always so interesting, D.C.! First with the whole “FreedomWorks” and “GEICO” thing and then the whole bizarre hashtag me too attempt on you.

D.C.: I, uh, almost feel like it’s a disservice to use that hashtag for what these two people did. It really was just really two people upset with me not doing the things they wanted and then trying to hurt my career through Twitter rumors.

Sabrina: That’s how it read to me. Very juvenile. But I was kind of surprised to hear how it sort of took off for a month there. Usually there’s an alleged victim that starts it. But this had none. Just someone shitposting saying there were victims.

D.C.: Yep. I realized there wasn’t much I could do. It was a damned if you do, damned if you don’t kind of situation. Initially, I would call them out when they would attack conventions that were announcing my appearance and tell those who followed me about it in my IG Stories.

Sabrina: Then that also becomes the Streisand effect—

D.C.: Exactly.

Sabrina: What the fuck are “IG Stories”?

D.C.: Old lady.

Sabrina: I’m not the one turning sixty next week!

D.C.: God.

Sabrina: It’s okay, kid, age is just a state of mind.

D.C.: Uh huh. So I ultimately chose to go in the other direction and just not talk about it anymore.

Sabrina: Smart, I think.

D.C.: Which is why you made me talk about it.

Sabrina: You said I could ask!

D.C.: I know, I know, I’m kidding, it’s, it’s all good.

Sabrina: Okay!

D.C.: I wrote a blog post that I think addresses the situation as honestly and in as much detail as the public deserves to know and from that hopefully critical thinking is engaged. I have been at some conventions where fans have come up to me and told me that once they read that and then looked at the Twitter accounts, they realized what it really was.

Sabrina: That has to be gratifying.

D.C.: Bittersweet, but yeah.

Sabrina: If anyone wants more details they can see your post online. But to set the record straight for everyone, you are indeed in the Epstein files.

D.C.: Oh fuck!

Sabrina: Joking! I am joking!

D.C.: Your cancellation notice is definitely in the mail.

Sabrina: To set the record straight, you didn’t leak any artwork – which we didn’t even talk about but I could give a shit about that drama – and all the conventions you have been a guest at have spoken highly of you. Everything those two dipshits spread on Twitter was utter bullshit.

D.C.: So eloquent. Yes. And thank you for not saying their names. Anyone who cares can go read the blog post. Link will be-

Sabrina: Somewhere. I have no clue.

D.C.: God. I’ll link it when I post this interview on my site.

Sabrina: And by the way, I’m am sorry you had to go through that. Brad was like there but for the grace of God…

D.C.: Stop it.

Sabrina: It’s easy to laugh at now, but I’m sure it was super difficult at the time.

D.C.: Yeah, there were a few bad days. But it was remarkable how so many other fans rebuked the BS. And my agents and managers stood by me. I mean, it was pretty obvious from the get-go. It doesn’t help that some fan blogs just read the tweets and then ran with the story for clicks. Not one reached out to me for any kind of comment.

Of course the Freedomworks thing in 2010 taught me how most online blog journalism is utter clickbait crap. Add in that, you know, there’s a lot of younger people that are chronically online and hyper-focus a bit that tend to follow any outrage and dopamine click reward type syndromes.

Sabrina: I’m so glad I’m old. I can’t imagine how much damage the Internet would’ve done to my young brain.

D.C.: I’m sure it would be something similar to what drugs have done to you.

Sabrina: Touche, touche.

D.C.: I love you.

Sabrina: As you should.

D.C.: You sound like Brad now!

Sabrina: I do!

D.C.: Oh, I should reach out to him.

Sabrina: Yes. Okay! Enough of internet drama. Tell me about “Star Wars”! What was it like to work on that game?

D.C.: Sabrina is a huge “Star Wars” nerd in case any of you out there didn’t know.

Sabrina: Oh, they know.

D.C.: I’ll say this: it was definitely one of my favorite video game jobs ever. First it was full performance capture, so it’s like doing a movie in a close-up while doing theater in the round. I got to rehearse with and act with the other actors, which is something you usually don’t get with regular video game work. And it was a great character. He wasn’t just a villain. He had so many different layers to him and mythology, and he looked badass! It was about a year and a half on and off and I loved every bit of it. Super proud of my work in it.

Sabrina: You should be! There was a lot of soul with that storyline. I saw that you are also in “Outer Worlds Two” and the new “Borderlands” games? Were those performance capture?

D.C.: No, no sadly. Just voiceover work. And several different characters all of which were very fun to do. Both of those games have fun subversive writing to them. Plus the folks behind those games are fun to work with.

Sabrina: Oh! I forgot to tell you that my kid absolutely loves “Aquarium of the Dead!

D.C.: No shit?

Sabrina: Yes shit!

D.C.: Oh my God, that’s so fucking funny! Out of my four hundred credits, your kid likes the one where we run from crabs and flopping sharks!

Sabrina: Good stuff, D.C. Don’t poo-poo it.

D.C.: Sorry! I understand that it might speak to some sort of, you know, teenage angst or what not.

Sabrina: Are you still doing on-camera work?

D.C.: Absolutely! Actually, it’s kind of interesting. In my early 50s I realized I still had the mindset of 30-year-old actor D.C.. I was still on this treadmill working towards getting discovered or getting the big gigs or getting to the next level, etc. etc. My happiness intentionally or unintentionally was tethered to auditions. And after 35 years or so of that kind of thinking I was exhausted. So I kind of quit acting for on-camera?

Sabrina: Really?

D.C.: That’s not true actually. More like I left the pursuit of it. I switched to a smaller agency and I told them that my happiest times as an actor was when I worked on these ultra-low budget films that nobody saw. But my characters were interesting. You know? Stuff I got to sink my teeth in and have fun with. That fed my soul. Even if it didn’t feed my belly!

Sabrina: Oh, you might have a good bumper sticker with that.

D.C.: Always the writer.

Sabrina: Damn straight.

D.C.: Anyway, it worked! I grew my hair long. I had always wanted to do that since I was a kid. But I kept it short so that I could be serviceable for a variety type of TV roles. Now I’m like, this is me! Long hair, goatee. If you can use it, great; if you can’t, I don’t need the job. And that is a whole different mindset. I freed myself from the treadmill.

And since then, I’ve booked things that have been fun. I’ve been in two western TV shows which I never thought I’d get on. I played a “Rob Zombie” kind of character for a “CSI: Las Vegas” episode. And then recently I’ve booked two films I’m very, very proud of.

Sabrina: Is that the Romano one you were talking about?

D.C.: Yes! That one’s called “What Did You Do?”. A noir, bloody thriller character study film. I play a great character and I think it’ll be hitting festivals this year. The other one I filmed just a couple months ago called “Make the Devil Pay.” Oh, and that’s also a western! I play a charming, sleazy character who likes cigars. I’m not sure if that one comes out this year or in 2027, but I’m looking forward to it.

Both films shot on location as well! For most of my career trying to please everybody, I always was just shooting in Los Angeles when I would get a gig. Now with the long hair, I seem to go on location a lot more!

Sabrina: Was that Austin?

D.C.: Right, the “What Did You Do?” film shot in Austin, Texas. And “Make the Devil Pay” shot in a small town in Arizona called Benson. It’s actually a town that is a movie set. It’s the Mescal movie set where they filmed a lot of big budget Hollywood westerns like “The Quick in the Dead,” “Tombstone,” and also classics from way back in the day such as “The Outlaw Josie Wales,” and the “Bonanza” TV series, “Rawhide,” “Winchester ’73″—

Sabrina: That’s crazy!

D.C.: It’s a non-profit too! The city was going to demolish it, and the ranchers in the area got together and bought it and turned it into a nonprofit so that they could preserve history.

Sabrina: Fuckin’ A.

D.C.: And I also—I just remembered—hooked up with the writer-director of “Apocalypse Kiss” that I had filmed about 10 years ago or so, and made a cameo in his new film “Intruder.” Flew into Philadelphia for a day, shot my scenes, and then flew back the next day. He’s a very cool guy who is a one-man production team!

Sabrina: That’s Christian Jude Grillo?

D.C.: Wow, somebody did their homework!

Sabrina: I’m a professional, D.C.

D.C.: Yes, ma’am.

Sabrina: Listen, I wanna have you back because I wanna talk about your cartoons and anime work. Can you bring yourself to do that?

D.C.: Of course I can, silly! I wouldn’t be able to bear the guilt that you would throw at me.

Sabrina: Good man. Where can people find you?

D.C.: Only on Instagram. Go follow @MrDCDouglas and also visit my website dcdouglas.com.

Sabrina: Thanks for doing this—

D.C.: No, thank you for having me!

Sabrina: Go call Brad.

D.C.: I will!