Martin Donovan
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 Donovan in the film Pipe Dream, 2002 |
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| Born | August 19, 1957 Reseda, California, U.S. |
Martin Donovan (born August 19, 1957) is an American stage and film actor. He has had a long collaboration with the director Hal Hartley, appearing in many of his films, including Trust (1990), Surviving Desire (1991), Simple Men (1992), Flirt (1993), Amateur (1994), and The Book of Life (1998) (in which he played Jesus). He is currently best known as Peter Scottson, the DEA agent on Showtime's Weeds.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Early Life
Donovan, one of four children, was born Martin Smith in Reseda, California.[1] His family was Irish American and middle class, and he was raised Catholic. He attended Los Angeles Pierce College for 2 years, then the American Theater Arts, a combined conservatory and theater company in Los Angeles, where he appeared in the plays "Richard Cork's Leg" by Brendan Behan and Brecht's "Private Life of the Master Race." In 1983, he and his wife, Vivian Lanko, moved to NYC. He took odd jobs, like installing draperies, to support his family. During his time in NYC, he joined the Cacaracha Theater on Greenwich Street.[2]
[edit] Career
Martin recently appeared in season two of the critically acclaimed Showtime television series Weeds playing Mary-Louise Parker’s love interest for which he was nominated for a SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by An Ensemble in a Comedy Series. This continues a string of collaborations with Ms. Parker including MGM’s Saved!, the romantic comedy Pipe Dream and Jane Campion’s The Portrait of A Lady.
This year he will be seen opposite Virginia Madsen in A Haunting in Connecticut. Recently he was seen in The Sentinel with Kiefer Sutherland and Michael Douglas as well as the unsettling family drama The Quiet with Edie Falco. 2007 also included the suspense horror film Wind Chill with Emily Blunt and Ashton Holmes.
Other recent film appearances are in the Matthew Ryan Hope-directed The United States of Leland with Ryan Gosling and Don Cheadle. Martin also starred opposite Al Pacino in director Chris Nolan’s Insomnia for Warner Bros. as well as MGM’s Agent Cody Banks. Other film credits include the critically acclaimed The Opposite of Sex, as well as Living Out Loud, In a Savage Land, Onegin, Heaven, Hollow Reed, and Nadja
In The Portrait of A Lady Martin played Nicole Kidman’s doomed cousin and admirer for which he won the National Society of Film Critic’s Award for best supporting actor.
Donovan has enjoyed a long association with celebrated director Hal Hartley, starring in several of his films including Amateur which was selected for both the Cannes and New York Film Festivals. Other Hartley collaborations are Simple Men, which was also an official Cannes selection; Trust, Surviving Desire, Flirt and The Book of Life, which was shown at the New York Film Festival.
Martin’s most recent TV credits include starring in the Masters of Horror: Right to Life for Showtime; the FX telefilm RFK and the Fox series Pasadena. Other television credits are Amy and Isabelle, The Great Gatsby, and HBO’s harrowing World War II drama When Trumpets Fade. Donovan made his television series regular début in Peter Berg’s critically acclaimed drama series Wonderland.
[edit] Personal Life
He is married to actress Vivian Lanko (1984 - current) and has 2 sons. They lived in New York City for many years, but have relocated to Vancouver, Canada. Martin is 6' 1".[3][4][5]
[edit] Film and TV Credits
[edit] Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Hard Choices | Josh | |
| 1987 | At Mother's Request | Detective Rogen | TV movie |
| 1990 | Trust | Matthew Slaughter | |
| 1991 | Surviving Desire | Jude | |
| 1992 | Malcolm X | FBI Agent | aka X (USA: poster title) |
| Simple Men | Martin | aka Uomini semplici (Italy) | |
| 1993 | Quick | Herschel Brewer | aka Crossfire (UK: video box title) |
| Scam | Gordon Wexler | TV movie | |
| South Beach | Spencer Robinson | TV series - Episode #1.7 "School for Scandal" | |
| The Adventures of Pete & Pete | TV series - "Apocalypse Pete" and "Space, Geeks, and Johnny Unitas" | ||
| 1994 | The Rook | John Abbott | |
| Nadja | Jim | ||
| Amateur | Thomas Ludens | Chlotrudis Society for Independent Film Best Actor Nominee | |
| 1995 | Flirt | Walter | |
| 1996 | The Portrait of a Lady | Ralph Touchett | National Society of Film Critics Best Supporting Actor Winner and Chlotrudis Society for Independent Film Best Supporting Actor Nominee |
| Hollow Reed | Martyn Wyatt | aka Believe Me (USA: festival title), aka Lautlose Schreie (Germany), aka Tras el silencio (Spain); Chlotrudis Society for Independent Film Best Actor Nominee | |
| 1997 | Night Sins | Paul Garrison | TV movie |
| 1998 | Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Couples | Aart Vos | TV movie - segment "Aart and Johtje Vos" |
| When Trumpets Fade | Capt. Roy Pritchett | ||
| The Opposite of Sex | Bill Truitt | ||
| Heaven | Robert Marling | ||
| Living Out Loud | Robert Nelson | ||
| The Book of Life | Jesus Christ | ||
| Spanish Fly | Carl | ||
| 1999 | In a Savage Land | Dr. Phillip Spence | |
| The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer | Richard DiBenedetto | TV movie | |
| Onegin | Prince Nikitin | ||
| 2000 | Desire | ||
| The Great Gatsby | Tom Buchanan | TV movie | |
| Custody of the Heart | Dennis Raphael | TV movie | |
| Wonderland | Dr. Neil Harrison | TV series - "Pilot," "20/20 Hindsight," "Spell Check," "The Raw and the Cooked," "Full Moon," "Wilt Chamberlain 3.0," "Personality Plus," and "Hello Goodbye: Finale" | |
| 2001 | Amy and Isabelle | Peter Robertson | TV movie |
| Pasadena | Will McAllister | TV series - "Pilot," "The Rat," "Henry's Secret," "Hostile Environment," "Puppy Love," "The Body," "The Bones," "Run Lily Run," "Someone to Talk To," "A River in Egypt," "The Truth Hurts," "A Lie Worth Fighting For," and "Don't It Always Seem to Go?" | |
| 2002 | |||
| Insomnia | Detective Hap Eckhart | ||
| Pipe Dream | David Kulovic | ||
| RFK | John F. Kennedy | TV movie | |
| 2003 | The United States of Leland | Harry Pollard | |
| Agent Cody Banks | Dr. Connors | ||
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Dr. Archibald Newlands | TV Series - "Serendipity" | |
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Howard Delhomme | TV Series - "After the Show" | |
| 2004 | The Pornographer: A Love Story | ||
| Saved! | Pastor Skip | ||
| Traffic | Brent Delaney | TV mini-series | |
| Dark Shadows | Roger Collins | TV series - "Pilot" | |
| White Like Me | Gus | ||
| 2005 | At Last | Mark Singleton | |
| The Quiet | Paul Deer | ||
| Weeds | Peter Scottson | TV series - "The Punishment Light," "The Godmother," "Corn Snake," "Cooking with Jesus," "Last Tango in Agrestic," "A.K.A The Plant," "Mrs. Botwin's Neighborhood," "Crush Girl Love Panic," "Must Find Toes," "MILF Money," "Bash," "Mile Deep and a Foot Wide," "Yeah, Just Like Tomatoes," and "Pittsburgh"; Screen Actors Guild Award Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series Nominee | |
| 2006 | |||
| The Visitation | Travis Jordan | ||
| The Garage | Adult Matt | ||
| The Sentinel | William Montrose | ||
| Day on Fire | Walter Evering | ||
| Law & Order | Robert White | TV series - "Cost of Capital" | |
| The Dead Zone 2005-2007 | Malcolm Janus | TV series - "Broken Circle," "Vanguard," "Saved," "Forbidden Fruit," "The Hunting Party," and "Heritage" | |
| 2007 | |||
| Masters of Horror | Cliff Addison | TV series - "Right to Die" | |
| Wind Chill | Highway Patrolman | ||
| Ghost Whisperer | Tom Gordon | TV series - "The Underneath," "Weight of What Was," "Stranglehold," and "Pater Familias" | |
| 2008 | |||
| The Alphabet Killer | Jim Walsh | ||
| The Haunting in Connecticut | Peter Campbell |
[edit] Awards
| Year | Award | Movie |
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| 1996 | Chlotrudis Society for Independent Film Best Actor Nominee | Amateur |
| 1997 | National Society of Film Critics Best Supporting Actor Winner | The Portrait of a Lady |
| 1997 | Chlotrudis Society for Independent Film Best Supporting Actor Nominee | The Portrait of a Lady |
| 1998 | Chlotrudis Society for Independent Film Best Actor Nominee | Hollow Reed |
| 2007 | Screen Actors Guild Award Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series Nominee | Weeds |
[edit] References
- ^ Martin Donovan Biography (1957-)
- ^ For an Art-House Regular, a Wider World - New York Times
- ^ For an Art-House Regular, a Wider World - New York Times
- ^ amateur - Martin Donovan
- ^ Martin Donovan - Interview - Stumped? - Stumped At the Video Store is a Magazine About Movies, DVD releases, actors, filmakers, and more
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