Martin Donovan
Martin Donovan | |
|---|---|
 Donovan in 2011 | |
| Born | Martin Paul Smith August 19, 1957 Reseda, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1982–present |
| Spouse |
Vivian Lanko (m. 1984) |
| Children | 2 |
Martin Donovan (born Martin Paul Smith; August 19, 1957) is an American actor. He has had a long collaboration with director Hal Hartley, appearing in many of his films, such as Trust (1990), Surviving Desire (1991), Simple Men (1992), Flirt (1993), Amateur (1994), and The Book of Life (1998), starring as Jesus Christ in the latter. Donovan also played Peter Scottson on Showtime's cable series Weeds. He made his writing/directorial debut with the film Collaborator (2011).
Early life
Donovan was born Martin Paul Smith in Reseda, California,[1] to Roman Catholic middle-class parents, Agnes Mary (Regan) and Gayne Paul Smith. He and his three siblings were raised Catholic.[2]
He graduated from Crespi Carmelite High School and attended Pierce College for two years. He attended American Theater Arts, a combined conservatory and theater company in Los Angeles, where he appeared in the plays Richard's Cork Leg by Brendan Behan and Private Life of the Master Race by Bertold Brecht. In 1983, he and his wife, Vivian, moved to New York City, where he took odd jobs like installing drapery to support his family. He joined the off-off-Broadway Cucaracha Theater on Greenwich Street.[3]
Career
Donovan has appeared in fourteen episodes of the Showtime television series Weeds, which stars Mary-Louise Parker, for which he was nominated for a SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by An Ensemble in a Comedy Series. He has also acted with Parker in Saved!, Pipe Dream and The Portrait of a Lady. For the latter film, he won the National Society of Film Critics' Award for best supporting actor.
In 2009, he starred opposite Virginia Madsen in The Haunting in Connecticut. Recently he was seen in The Sentinel with Kiefer Sutherland and Michael Douglas as well as The Quiet with Edie Falco. In 2007 he appeared in the suspense horror film Wind Chill. Other recent film appearances include The United States of Leland, The Opposite of Sex, Living Out Loud, In a Savage Land, Hollow Reed, Onegin, and Nadja.[4]
Donovan had 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. Donovan starred in Shadows and Lies.[4] As well as Hal Hartley, Donovan has also appeared in films directed by Spike Lee, Christopher Nolan and Paul Thomas Anderson.
Donovan made his television series début in Peter Berg's Wonderland. His recent TV credits include Masters of Horror (episode "Right to Die"); the FX telefilm RFK and the Fox series Pasadena. Other television credits are The Great Gatsby, and HBO's When Trumpets Fade. In 2011 he took a major role in the Starz original drama series Boss. In 2014 he starred in the Lifetime post-apocalyptic series The Lottery.[4]
Writing/directing
In 2010, Donovan wrote, directed and starred in Collaborator, portraying a once-successful playwright who is taken hostage while visiting his mother and childhood home.[4]
Personal life
Donovan married actress Vivian Lanko in 1984; they have two sons. They lived in New York City for many years before relocating to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.[3]
Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Hard Choices | Josh | |
| 1987 | At Mother's Request | Det. Rogen | TV movie |
| 1990 | Trust | Matthew Slaughter | |
| 1991 | Surviving Desire | Jude | |
| 1992 | Malcolm X | FBI Agent | a.k.a. X (USA: poster title) |
| Simple Men | Martin | a.k.a. Uomini semplici (Italy) | |
| 1993 | Quick | Herschel Brewer | a.k.a. Crossfire (UK: video box title) |
| Scam | Gordon Wexler | TV movie | |
| South Beach | Spencer Robinson | TV series Episode: "School for Scandal" | |
| The Adventures of Pete & Pete | TV series Episodes: "Apocalypse Pete" and "Space, Geeks, and Johnny Unitas" | ||
| 1994 | The Rook | John Abbott | |
| Nadja | Jim | ||
| Amateur | Thomas Ludens | ||
| 1995 | Flirt | Walter | |
| 1996 | The Portrait of A Lady | Ralph Touchett | National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated—New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor(2nd place) |
| Hollow Reed | Martyn Wyatt | ||
| 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 | 8 episodes | |
| 2001 | Amy and Isabelle | Peter Robertson | TV movie |
| Pasadena | Will McAllister | 13 episodes | |
| 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 Episode: "Serendipity" | |
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Howard Delhomme | TV series Episode: "After the Show" | |
| 2004 | The Pornographer: A Love Story | ||
| Saved! | Pastor Skip | ||
| Traffic | Brent Delaney | TV miniseries | |
| Dark Shadows | Roger Collins | Unaired TV pilot | |
| White Like Me | Gus | ||
| 2005 | At Last | Mark Singleton | |
| The Quiet | Paul Deer | ||
| Weeds | Peter Scottson | 14 episodes Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series (2005) | |
| 2006 | The Visitation | Travis Jordan | |
| The Garage | Adult Matt | ||
| The Sentinel | William Montrose | ||
| Day on Fire | Walter Evering | ||
| Law & Order | Robert White | TV series Episode: "Cost of Capital" | |
| 2007 | The Dead Zone | Malcolm Janus | 6 episodes |
| Masters of Horror | Cliff Addison | TV series Episode: "Right to Die" | |
| Wind Chill | Highway Patrolman | ||
| Ghost Whisperer | Tom Gordon | 4 episodes | |
| 2008 | The Alphabet Killer | Jim Walsh | |
| 2009 | The Haunting in Connecticut | Peter Campbell | |
| Duress | Richard Barnet | ||
| 2010 | Unnatural History | Bryan Bartlett | |
| Shadows and Lies | Victor | ||
| Unthinkable | Jack Saunders | ||
| 2011 | Collaborator | Robert Longfellow | Written and directed by Martin Donovan Karlovy Vary International Film Festival: FIPRESCI Prize |
| Boss | Ezra Stone | 10 episodes | |
| 2012 | Silent Hill: Revelation 3D | Douglas Cartland | |
| The Firm | Kevin Stack | recurring role | |
| The Reluctant Fundamentalist | Ludlow Cooper | ||
| 2013 | Rogue | Richard Campbell | TV series |
| Homeland | Leland Bennett | 3 episodes | |
| 2014 | Sabotage | Floyd Demel | |
| Ned Rifle | Rev. Daniel Gardner | ||
| Inherent Vice | Crocker Fenway | ||
| 2015 | Ant-Man | Mitchell Carson | |
| 2016 | Legends of Tomorrow | Zaman Druce | Recurring role 4 episodes |
| 2017 | Rememory | Gordon Dunn | |
| Indian Horse | Jack Lanahan | ||
| Lethal Weapon | Grant Davenport | TV series Episode: "Wreck the Halls" | |
| 2019 | The Art of Racing in the Rain | Maxwell | |
| White Lie | Doug Arneson | ||
| 2020 | Dead Still | Bushrod Whacker | TV series |
| Tenet | Post-production | ||
| TBA | Percy | Rick Aarons | Post-production |
References
- ^ "Martin Donovan profile at". Filmreference.com. 1957-08-19. Retrieved 2013-06-20.
- ^ "'Opposite' attracts low-key indie star"[permanent dead link], New York Post; accessed May 6, 2014.
- ^ a b "For an Art-House Regular, a Wider World". The New York Times. Retrieved May 6, 2014.
- ^ a b c d Martin Donovan at IMDb
