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Martin Donovan

Martin Donovan

Acting1957Reseda, California, USA

Biography

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 best known as Peter Scottson, the DEA agent on Showtime's Weeds. He made his Writing and Directorial debut in 2011 with the film Collaborator, which he stars in with David Morse.

Acting History

2024
The Apprentice
as Fred Trump
Earth Abides
TVas Milton1 eps
2023
BlackBerry
as Rick Brock
Lioness
TVas Errol Meade8 eps
2022
Archive 81
TVas Virgil Davenport8 eps
2021
Redemption Day
as Tom Fitzgerald
Crisis
as Lawrence Morgan
Firefly Lane
TVas Wilson King3 eps
2020
Percy
as Rick Aarons
Tenet
as Fay
2019
White Lie
as Doug Arneson
Nancy Drew
TVas Everett Hudson3 eps
2018
Fahrenheit 451
as Commissioner Nyari
Status Update
as Dutch Alden
Indian Horse
as Jack Lanahan
Carter
TVas Hamilton Gerard1 eps
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TVas Logan Carter / Dr. Archibald Newlands1 eps
2017
Rememory
as Gordon Dunn
Aftermath
as Robert
Conviction
TVas President Theodore 'Ted' Morrison1 eps
Lethal Weapon
TVas Grant Davenport2 eps
2016
Unforgettable
TVas William Houston1 eps
DC's Legends of Tomorrow
TVas Zaman Druce4 eps
2015
Ned Rifle
as Rev. Daniel Gardner
Ant-Man
as Mitchell Carson
2014
Inherent Vice
as Crocker Fenway
Sabotage
as Floyd Demel
Motive
TVas Miles Balfour1 eps
2013
Nurse 3-D
as Larry Cook
Homeland
TVas Leland Bennett2 eps
2012
Silent Hill: Revelation 3D
as Douglas Cartland
The Listener
TVas Michael Morrissey1 eps
The Firm
TVas Kevin Stack1 eps
2011
Collaborator
as Robert Longfellow
Boss
TVas Ezra Stone14 eps
Collaborator
Director
2010
Unthinkable
as Jack Saunders
Unnatural History
TVas Martin Donovan13 eps
2009
Duress
as Richard Barnett
Fear Itself
TVas Officer Dan Johnson1 eps
2008
2007
Right to Die
as Cliff Addison
Wind Chill
as Highway Patrolman
Masters of Horror
TVas Cliff Addison1 eps
Ghost Whisperer
TVas Tom Gordon4 eps
2006
The Visitation
as Travis Jordan
The Sentinel
as William Montrose
Weeds
TVas Lieutenant Peter Scottson / Peter Scottson12 eps
Law & Order
TVas Robert White1 eps
2005
The Quiet
as Paul Deer
The Dead Zone
TVas Malcolm Janus6 eps
2004
Saved!
as Pastor Skip
2003
Agent Cody Banks
as Dr. Connors
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TVas Howard Delhomme1 eps
2002
Insomnia
as Hap Eckhart
Pipe Dream
as David Kulovic
RFK
as John F. Kennedy
2001
Amy & Isabelle
as Peter Robertson
2000
Desire
as (uncredited)
Wonderland
TVas Neil Harrison
1999
Onegin
as Prince Nikitin
In a Savage Land
as Dr. Phillip Spence
Heaven
as Robert Marling
The Hunt For The Unicorn Killer
TVas Richard DiBenedetto
1998
When Trumpets Fade
as Captain Pritchett
The Book of Life
as Jesus Christ
The Opposite of Sex
as Bill Truitt
Living Out Loud
as Robert Nelson
1996
Hollow Reed
as Martyn Wyatt
The Portrait of a Lady
as Ralph Touchett
1995
Nadja
as Jim
1994
Amateur
as Thomas Ludens
1993
Quick
as Herschel Brewer
1992
Malcolm X
as FBI Agent
Simple Men
as Martin
1990
Trust
as Matthew Slaughter
1985

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
8/19/1957(68 years old)
Place of Birth
Reseda, California, USA