<Ul> <Li> Matt Berry </Li> </Ul> <P> Douglas is introduced in series 2 where he takes over Reynholm Industries after his father Denholm's death . Having been away for seven years because of a court case, he attends Denholm's funeral in a dramatic fashion . He has been described as awful, sex - crazed, and a serial dater . He has a history of sexual harassment, which is one of the conditions he has to control in order to take over the company . He flirts with Jen during the funeral, and later tries to flirt with her when he makes her his personal assistant . As part of the subsequent sexual harassment settlement, he was required to wear "electric sex pants" that deliver shocks whenever he is aroused at work, although Moss disarms them later . In the episode "Something Happened", he practices the religion of "Spaceology" where he applies "space star ordering" and has his hand replaced with a robotic one . He sometimes brings up the topic of denying having killed his first wife, and in the series 4 finale, he reunites with an ex-wife Victoria for two weeks before they break up and he is sued for a large sum of money . In sharp contrast to his father, who was a shrewd and very skilled businessman, Douglas lacks even basic business skills, and his takeover marks a significant downward spiral in the company's fortunes and finances, not helped by his extravagant spending and wasting of company time and resources . </P> <P> In an interview with Radio Times, Linehan said "I could easily spend an hour, or half an hour, with Douglas . He's my favourite way of making fun of people that I really loathe, like Rupert Murdoch and Donald Trump . I basically just have happen to him all the things that I'd love to happen to them, and it's basically a really enjoyable process ." Linehan also likes Berry's extraordinary voice and gift for comedy . In an interview with Slant, Berry said that the part was written for him, and in Digital Spy, he said he tried to "do his own thing" regarding his portrayal . In "The IT Crowd Manual", Berry described Douglas as so confident and privileged that he did not care where things would come out wrong, cause offence, or make him look like a fool . </P> <Ul> <Li> Chris Morris </Li> </Ul>

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