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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1957-08-19 (67 years old)

Place of Birth

Los Angeles, California, USA

Martin Donovan

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.

Known For

Acting

2024

The Apprentice as Fred Trump
Earth Abides as Milton

2023

BlackBerry as Rick Brock
Lioness as Errol Meade

2022

Archive 81 as Virgil Davenport

2021

Crisis as Lawrence Morgan
Redemption Day as Tom Fitzgerald
Firefly Lane as Wilson King

2020

Percy as Rick Aarons
Tenet as Fay

2019

White Lie as Doug Arneson
Come to Daddy as Brian
Nancy Drew as Everett Hudson

2018

Indian Horse as Jack Lanahan
Status Update as Dutch Alden
Fahrenheit 451 as Commissioner Nyari
Carter as Hamilton Gerard

2017

Rememory as Gordon Dunn
Aftermath as Robert

2016

All at Once as Giovanni Sacco
Lethal Weapon as Grant Davenport
Conviction as President Theodore 'Ted' Morrison

2015

Ned Rifle as Rev. Daniel Gardner
Ant-Man as Mitchell Carson

2014

Inherent Vice as Crocker Fenway
Amnesia: Who Are You? as Internet Submission 6
Sabotage as Floyd Demel
The Lottery as Darius Hayes

2013

Nurse 3-D as Larry Cook
Motive as Miles Balfour

2012

Silent Hill: Revelation 3D as Douglas Cartland
The Firm as Kevin Stack
The Firm as Kevin Stock

2011

Collaborator as Robert Longfellow
Boss as Ezra Stone
Unforgettable as William Houston

2010

Unthinkable as Jack Saunders
Shadows & Lies as Victor
Unnatural History as Martin Donovan

2009

Duress as Richard Barnett
The Haunting in Connecticut as Peter Campbell
The Spirit Box as Officer Dan Johnson
The Listener as Michael Morrissey

2008

The Alphabet Killer as Jim Walsh
Fear Itself as Officer Dan Johnson

2007

Wind Chill as Highway Patrolman
Right to Die as Cliff Addison

2006

The Visitation as Travis Jordan
Day On Fire as Walter Evering
The Sentinel as William Montrose

2005

Dark Shadows as Roger Collins
The Quiet as Paul Deer
Weeds as Peter Scottson
Ghost Whisperer as Tom Gordon
Masters of Horror as Cliff Addison
Weeds as Lieutenant Peter Scottson

2004

Saved! as Pastor Skip
Traffic as Brent Delaney

2003

Agent Cody Banks as Dr. Connors

2002

Insomnia as Hap Eckhart
RFK as John F. Kennedy
Pipe Dream as David Kulovic
The Dead Zone as Malcolm Janus

2001

Amy & Isabelle as Peter Robertson
Pasadena as Will McAllister

2000

Custody of the Heart as Dennis Raphael
The Great Gatsby as Tom Buchanan
Wonderland as 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 as Richard DiBenedetto
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Dr. Archibald Newlands
The Hunt For The Unicorn Killer as Richard DiBenedetto

1998

The Book of Life as Jesus Christ
The Opposite of Sex as Bill Truitt
Living Out Loud as Robert Nelson
Spanish Fly as Carl
When Trumpets Fade as Captain Pritchett

1997

Night Sins as Paul Garrison

1996

Hollow Reed as Martyn Wyatt
The Portrait of a Lady as Ralph Touchett

1995

Flirt as Walter
Nadja as Jim

1994

Amateur as Thomas Ludens
The Rook as John Abbott

1993

Flirt as Walter
Quick as Herschel Brewer
Scam as Gordon Wexler

1992

Simple Men as Martin
Malcolm X as FBI Agent

1990

Trust as Matthew Slaughter
Law & Order as Robert White

1987

1985

Hard Choices as Josh

Directing

2011

Collaborator as Director

2008

K. Il bandito as Director

Writing

2011

Collaborator as Writer

2008

K. Il bandito as Writer