Dennis Dugan

Dennis Michael Dugan is an American humorist, poet, writer and actor from Memphis, Tennessee. Although he had a fervent fan base within academic and intellectual circles it was not until his breakout role in the gritty urban film "Street Life" that he became widely known in popular culture. In that 2007 Tim Willis production, Dugan starred as "Boss", a senior official with an inflexible "strictly-by-the-books" approach to the new reality of the streets. A classic stereotype of the FBI senior agent: white, well-dressed, mature good looks, is set as foil to junior agent Mike Stone's (D'Army Bailey) street-wise pragmatic approach to urban justice. Stone and another junior agent (played by newcomer Jazzie Ruff) face intensifying conflict between the boss's status quo versus their gut-feeling of imminent violence brewing in the streets. Dugan's performance, according to one critic, "masterfully created the intense juxtaposition against Bailey's role...both men of honor... yet each with such powerful convictions only one will know honor in the end."