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Martin Donovan

Martin Donovan is a respected and accomplished actor, who was most recently seen in Pipe Dream and will next be seen in The United States of Leland.

Donovan's other feature credits include The Portrait of a Lady, for which he won the

National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor. He also starred in MGM's Agent Cody Banks, as well as Insomnia, The Opposite of Sex, Living Out Loud, In a Savage Land, Onegin, Heaven, Hollow Reed, and Nadja.

Donovan has enjoyed a long association with celebrated director Hal Hartley, and made his Sundance Film Festival debut with Hartley's Trust (which won the Waldo Salt screenwriting award) in 1991. Other Hartley collaborations include Amateur, which was selected for both the Cannes and New York Film Festivals; Simple Men, which was also an official Cannes selection; Surviving Desire; Flirt; and The Book of Life, which was shown at the New York Film Festival.

Donovan also appeared in the FX telefilm RFK and the Fox series Pasadena. Other television credits include Amy and Isabelle, The Great Gatsby, and When Trumpets Fade for HBO. Donovan made his television series regular debut in the critically acclaimed drama series Wonderland.


Martin Donovan Facts

OccupationActor
BirthdayAugust 19, 1957 (51)
SignLeo
BirthplaceReseda, California, USA
Height6' 1" (1m85)

Selected Filmography

Good Night, and Good Luck
The Adventures of Pete & Pete
Saved!
When Trumpets Fade
Clean and Sober
The Sentinel
Onegin
Good Night and Good Luck
I Was a Male War Bride
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