# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dennis-dugan
# Generated: 2026-09-07T21:21:34.047Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dennis-dugan"
name: "Dennis Dugan"
slug: "dennis-dugan"
description: "Dennis Dugan is an American film director, actor, and comedian. He is known for directing the films Problem Child, Brain Donors, Beverly Hills Ninja and National Security, and his partnership with comedic actor Adam Sandler, for whom he directed the films Happy Gilmore, Big Daddy, The Benchwarmers, I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry, You Don't Mess with the Zohan, Grown Ups, Just Go with It, Jack and Jill and Grown Ups 2. Dugan is a four-time Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Director nominee, winning once."
tagline: "American actor and film director (born 1946)"
image: "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/3QH2wJ1eVBLT3Vi2GNVO5TayXEB.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1946-09-05"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump