Martin Donovan

For the screenwriter named Martin Donovan, see Martin Donovan (screenwriter).

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), Amateur (1994), Flirt (1995), 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).^[1] Donovan played Detective Hap Eckhart in Christopher Nolan's psychological thriller Insomnia (2002) and the Protagonist's CIA handler, Fay, in Nolan's science fiction action thriller film Tenet (2020).

Martin Donovan
Donovan in 2011
Born	Martin Paul Smith (1957-08-19) August 19, 1957 (age 67) Reseda, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1982–present
Spouse	Vivian Lanko ​ (m. 1984)​
Children	2

Early life

Donovan was born Martin Paul Smith in Reseda, California.^{[citation needed]}

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 future wife, Vivian, moved to New York City. He joined the off-off-Broadway Cucaracha Theater on Greenwich Street.^[2]

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.^[3]

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.^[2]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	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)
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
1998	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
	Onegin	Prince Nikitin
2000	Desire
2002	Insomnia	Detective Hap Eckhart
	Pipe Dream	David Kulovic
2003	The United States of Leland	Harry Pollard
	Agent Cody Banks	Dr. Connors
2004	The Pornographer: A Love Story
	Saved!	Pastor Skip
	White Like Me	Gus
2005	At Last	Mark Singleton
	The Quiet	Paul Deer
2006	The Visitation	Travis Jordan
	The Garage	Adult Matt
	The Sentinel	William Montrose
	Day on Fire	Walter Evering
2007	Wind Chill	Highway Patrolman
2008	The Alphabet Killer	Jim Walsh
2009	The Haunting in Connecticut	Peter Campbell
	Duress	Richard Barnet
2010	Shadows and Lies	Victor
	Unthinkable	Jack Saunders
2011	Collaborator	Robert Longfellow	Also writer and director Karlovy Vary International Film Festival: FIPRESCI Prize
2012	Silent Hill: Revelation 3D	Douglas Cartland
	The Reluctant Fundamentalist	Ludlow Cooper
2013	Nurse 3D	Larry Cook
2014	Sabotage	Floyd Demel
	Ned Rifle	Rev. Daniel Gardner
	Inherent Vice	Crocker Fenway
2015	Ant-Man	Mitchell Carson
2017	Rememory	Gordon Dunn
	Indian Horse	Jack Lanahan
2019	The Art of Racing in the Rain	Maxwell
	White Lie	Doug Arneson
	Come to Daddy	Ant Timpson
2020	Tenet	Fay
Percy	Rick Aarons
2021	Redemption Day	Tom Fitzgerald
	Crisis	Lawrence Morgan
2023	BlackBerry	Rick Brock
2024	The Apprentice	Fred Trump Sr.

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1987	At Mother's Request	Det. Rogen	Television movie
1993	Scam	Gordon Wexler	Television movie
	South Beach	Spencer Robinson	Episode: "School for Scandal"
	The Adventures of Pete & Pete		Episodes: "Apocalypse Pete" and "Space, Geeks, and Johnny Unitas"
1997	Night Sins	Paul Garrison	Television movie
1998	Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Couples	Aart Vos	TV movie Segment: "Aart and Johtje Vos"
	When Trumpets Fade	Capt. Roy Pritchett	Television movie
1999	The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer	Richard DiBenedetto	Television movie
2000	The Great Gatsby	Tom Buchanan	Television movie
	Custody of the Heart	Dennis Raphael	Television movie
	Wonderland	Dr. Neil Harrison	8 episodes
2001	Amy and Isabelle	Peter Robertson	Television movie
2001–2002	Pasadena	Will McAllister	13 episodes
2002	RFK	John F. Kennedy	Television movie
2003	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Dr. Archibald Newlands	Episode: "Serendipity"
	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Howard Delhomme	Episode: "After the Show"
2004	Traffic	Brent Delaney	Television miniseries
	Dark Shadows	Roger Collins	Unaired TV pilot
2005–2006	Weeds	Peter Scottson	14 episodes Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series (2005)
2006	Law & Order	Robert White	Episode: "Cost of Capital"
2007	The Dead Zone	Malcolm Janus	6 episodes
	Masters of Horror	Cliff Addison	Episode: "Right to Die"
	Ghost Whisperer	Tom Gordon	4 episodes
2010	Unnatural History	Bryan Bartlett	13 episodes
2011–2012	Boss	Ezra Stone	10 episodes
2012	The Firm	Kevin Stack	Recurring role
	The Listener	Michael Morrissey	Episode: "Cold Case Blues"
	The Selection	King Clarkson	Television movie
2013	King & Maxwell	Robert A. Scott	5 episodes
2013–2015	Rogue	Richard Campbell	11 episodes
2013	Homeland	Leland Bennett	3 episodes
2016	Legends of Tomorrow	Zaman Druce	Recurring role 4 episodes
2017	Conviction	President Theodore Morrison	Episode: "Enemy Combatant"
2017–2018	Lethal Weapon	Grant Davenport	Episode: "Wreck the Halls" and "One Day More"
2017–2018	Beyond	Isaac Frost	5 episodes
2017	The Lost Wife of Robert Durst	Detective Struk	Television movie
2018	Electric Dreams	Odin	Episode: "Safe and Sound"
	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Captain Logan Carter	Episode: "Flight Risk"
	Carter	Hamilton Gerard	Episode: "The Ring"
2019	Big Little Lies	Martin Howard, father of Bonnie[4]	3 episodes
2019–2020	Nancy Drew	Everett Hudson	3 episodes
2020	Dead Still	Bushrod Whacker	3 episodes
2021	Firefly Lane	Wilson King	2 episodes
2022	Archive 81	Virgil Davenport	Main role
2023	Special Ops: Lioness	Errol Meade	Recurring role
2023	Sealed with a List	Silas Redmond	Television film

References

1. Brooks, Brian (2012-02-28). "Tribeca Film Takes U.S. Rights To 'Collaborator'". Deadline. Retrieved 2023-03-20.
2. "For an Art-House Regular, a Wider World". The New York Times. Retrieved May 6, 2014.
3. Levy, Emanuel (1997-01-06). "U.S. crix make 'Waves' best pic, Murphy actor Crix awards to 'Waves'". Variety. Retrieved 2021-02-03.
4. Goldberg, Lesley (2018-04-10). "'Big Little Lies' Books Martin Donovan for Key Role (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2023-03-20.

External links

• Martin Donovan at IMDb