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OverviewAI-generated
Doug Savant is an American television and film actor, as well as a screenwriter. Born in Burbank, California, on June 21, 1964, he is a citizen of the United States. Savant began his professional work period in 1984 and is an alumnus of the University of California, Los Angeles. He speaks English as his native language and writes in English.
His acting career includes roles in productions such as *Desperate Housewives* and *Hot In Cleveland*. Savant is married to Laura Leighton. While some database entries associate the name with electronic music genres like dubstep and electro house, these appear to be distinct from his primary occupation as an actor.
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Film & TV
Acting · Burbank, California, USA
Doug Savant (born June 21, 1963) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles on Melrose Place and Desperate Housewives.
Known for
- I Was a Child Bride: The Courtney Stodden Story — Doug Hutchinson2025
- The Company You Keep — Pastor Evan Earle2023
- The Cleaning Lady — Oliver Gordon2022
- Leverage: Redemption — AG James Hodgins2021
- Stars in the House — Self2020
- L.A.'s Finest — Richard Reeves2019
- The Rookie — Benjamin2018
- Dirty John — Martin Newsome2018
- 9-1-1 — Matthew Clark2018
- S.W.A.T. — Mark2017
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Hammerfest
- Active from
- 1987-04-16
Discography
- My First Dubstep2009
- Thrillseekers2010
- Ninür2011
- Vario2012
- Overworld2012
- ISM2012
- Alchemist2012
- Cult2013
- Orakel2013
- πρῶτος (Protos)2014
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1
- Total plays
- 1
Tags
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Prodigal: prokaryotic gene recognition and translation initiation site identification
· 2010 · cited 11,843x
- Circos: An information aesthetic for comparative genomics
· 2009 · cited 9,906x
- Genome-wide association study of 14,000 cases of seven common diseases and 3,000 shared controls
· 2007 · cited 7,930x
- The genomic and transcriptomic architecture of 2,000 breast tumours reveals novel subgroups
· 2012 · cited 5,269x
- An Integrated Genomic Analysis of Human Glioblastoma Multiforme
· 2008 · cited 4,971x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- Douglas Peter Savant , ( 1964-06-21 ) June 21, 1964 (age 61) , Burbank, California , U.S.
- Occupation
- Actor
- Years active
- 1984–present
- Spouses
- Dawn Dunkin ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1983 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1997 ) Laura Leighton ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1998 )
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Douglas Peter Savant (born June 21, 1964) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Matt Fielding in the Fox prime time soap opera Melrose Place (1992–97), Tom Scavo in ABC comedy-drama Desperate Housewives (2004–12), and as Sgt. O'Neal in Godzilla (1998).
Early life
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