# John Douglas (actor)

John Douglas Orantes (born May 11, 1990) is an American actor. He began training in HipHop dance in middle school at Dance Mission Theater in San Francisco, California. He later began acting and training at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, California.

## Early life

Douglas was born on May 11th, 1990 at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center in San Francisco, California. He has an old sister Amber and an older brother William. Douglas graduated from Gateway High School in 2009. He grew up in a single parent household in the Bernal Heights neighborhood of San Francisco, California. He and his two siblings were raised by their mother Sandra Orantes. His mother Sandra worked as a freelance cosmetologist. Sandra would work from her home setting up shop in their dining room so that she could be readily available for Douglas and his siblings. Douglas was heavily involved in sports at an early age. He excelled in baseball and basketball. He found a love for the art of dancing and acting when he was in middle school and would often perform Michael Jackson songs at family events and family holidays. After graduating high school in 2009, Douglas decided to pursue a career in Film and television as an actor.

## Career

Douglas found success in San Francisco acting in short films, comedic sketches, and commercials. Douglas spent the better half of 9 years working in the San Francisco Bay Area as a background actor and taking under 5 roles in short films and student projects. His feature film debut was in the independent film Repatriation (2017). Since then, he has appeared in Christopher Nolan's action epic Tenet (2020), Eddie Huang's directorial debut Boogie (2021) for Focus Features, and Bart Layton's Crime 101 (2025) for Amazon MGM Studios. Douglas's television credits include spots on NBC's New Amsterdam, CBS's S.W.A.T., Apple TV+'s Truth Be Told, CBS's Hawaii Five-0, HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm, Peacock's Bust Down, and ABC's The Rookie: Feds.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role |
| 2017 | Repatriation | Daniel |
| 2017 | Metamorphosis: Junior Year | Police Officer |
| 2017 | Helen's Last Love | Officer Roberts |
| 2019 | Freshman Year | Arturo |
| 2020 | Tenet | Red Soldier #2 |
| 2021 | Boogie | Cage Ref |
| 2025 | Crime 101 | Grant |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2014 | I Almost Got Away With It | Tavar / Teonne's Friend | 3 Episodes |
| 2019 | New Amsterdam | Pizza Guy | 1 Episode |
| 2019 | S.W.A.T. | Tito | 1 Episode |
| 2019 | Truth Be Told | Valet Attendant | 1 Episode |
| 2020 | Hawaii Five-0 | Marc Acosta | 1 Episode |
| 2021 | Curb Your Enthusiasm | Paramedic | 1 Episode |
| 2022 | Bust Down | Rocko | 1 Episode |
| 2022 | The Rookie: Feds | Heath Radnor | 1 Episode |

### Shorts

| Year | Title | Role |
| 2007 | Dating Service | Tom |
| 2015 | Depraved | Tommy |
| 2015 | Burnout | Gabe |
| 2015 | B+E | Travis |
| 2016 | FUBAR | Zealot |
| 2016 | The Man With The Hat | Cashier |
| 2016 | Azarath | Mike |
| 2016 | A Million Miles Away | Nathan |
| 2016 | Flesh | Young Man |
| 2016 | Sort of Like Me | Pat |
| 2016 | Descent Into Madness | Man |
| 2017 | Extra | Baker |
| 2017 | Jacob + Malika | ICE Agent |
| 2017 | Shadow | Man |
| 2018 | The Fringe of Existence | Jessie |
| 2019 | Girls On The River | Brian |

### Commercials

| Year | Title | Role |
| 2014 | Halo | Student |
| 2015 | Clunker | Driver |
| 2015 | IBT Tech | Tech Worker |
| 2016 | One Wipe Charlies - Mother Nature | Man |
| 2016 | ZEROWATER | Man |
| 2017 | SAC Kings - 50/50 Raffle | Jeremy |
| 2017 | Olive Tree Wellness | Basketball Player |

## Awards
### Actor Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated Work | Result |
| 2017 | Best Ensemble | Repatriation | Won |