James Christopher Douglas was born in Offenburg in 1978. From 1999 to 2001 he studied at the Lee Strasberg Theatre School in New York and then until 2005 at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Frankfurt under Peter Iden. In addition to engagements in Darmstadt and Frankfurt, he participated in short films, musical projects and radio plays. Since 2012 he has been creating stage and film music for productions in Ulm and Berlin, including Tableau at Ballhaus Naunynstraße by Reihaneh Youzbashi Dizaji together with Thomas Gerber. In 2015 he founded the punk-pop trio Happy Goat as guitarist and composer. In the 2016/17 season he was musical director at the Stadttheater Konstanz. He lives and works as a freelance musician and actor in Berlin.