
Martin Donovan
Highest Rated: 92% Insomnia (2002)
Lowest Rated: 0% At Last (2005)
Birthday: Aug 19, 1957
Birthplace: Reseda, California, USA
Tall, handsome, with a long face and piercing blue eyes, Martin Donovan established himself in independent features, notably those of Hal Hartley. Usually cast as quintessential New Yorkers, the light-haired actor became quickly identified for his straightforward yet unemotional portrayals. The California native, however, had begun his career as a stage actor while a student at The American Theatre Arts in L.A. Relocating to NYC in 1983, Donovan landed his first screen role alongside Margaret Klenck and John Sayles in Rick King's indie "Hard Choices" (1984). But it was his turn as Matthew Slaughter, an angry computer technician who carries around a 40-year-old grenade in Hal Hartley's quirky comedy-drama "Trust" (1990) that established him as a lead in independent films. He essayed similar types in other Hartley works including "Simple Men" (1992), as one of the men who fall under the charms of Karen Sillas' Kate, and the short "Flirt" (1993), which the director used in 1995 to anchor a triptych of variations on the same theme. As the amnesiac Thomas in "Amateur" (1994), Donovan was the film's catalyst linking the stories of a nun turned pornographer with that of a vengeful porno star.
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14% | 60% | Redemption Day | Tom Fitzgerald (Character) | $20K | 2021 |
30% | No Score Yet | Crisis | Lawrence Morgan (Character) | - | 2021 |
89% | No Score Yet | Percy | Unknown (Character) | - | 2020 |
70% | 76% | Tenet | Fay (Character) | $58.1M | 2020 |
86% | 75% | Come to Daddy | Brian (Character) | $61.4K | 2019 |
91% | 100% | White Lie | Doug Arneson (Character) | - | 2019 |
43% | 96% | The Art of Racing in the Rain | Maxwell (Character) | $26.4M | 2019 |
33% | 23% | Fahrenheit 451 | Command Nyari (Character) | - | 2018 |
79% | 90% | Indian Horse | Jack Lanahan (Character) | $1.9M | 2017 |
42% | 25% | Aftermath | Robert (Character) | - | 2017 |
25% | 42% | Rememory | Gordon Dunn (Character) | - | 2017 |
No Score Yet | 40% | All at Once | Giovanni Sacco (Character) | - | 2016 |
82% | 86% | Ant-Man | Mitchell Carson (Character) | $180.2M | 2015 |
78% | 54% | Ned Rifle | Rev. Daniel Gardner (Character) | - | 2015 |
No Score Yet | 35% | Sabotage | Floyd Demel (Character) | $10.5M | 2014 |
10% | 35% | Silent Hill: Revelation | Douglas Cartland (Character) | $17.5M | 2012 |
57% | 61% | The Reluctant Fundamentalist | Ludlow Cooper (Character) | $519.5K | 2012 |
73% | 60% | Collaborator |
Robert Longfellow (Character), Director, Screenwriter |
- | 2011 |
No Score Yet | 66% | Unthinkable | Assistant Director Jack Saunders (Character) | - | 2010 |
0% | 20% | Shadows and Lies | Victor (Character) | - | 2010 |
No Score Yet | 28% | Duress | Richard Barnett (Character) | - | 2009 |
17% | 45% | The Haunting in Connecticut | Peter Campbell (Character) | $55.3M | 2009 |
46% | 31% | Wind Chill | Highway Patrolman (Character) | $20.1K | 2007 |
No Score Yet | 58% | The Visitation | Travis Jordan (Character) | - | 2006 |
No Score Yet | 77% | The Garage | Unknown (Character) | - | 2006 |
35% | 40% | The Sentinel | William Montrose (Character) | $36.3M | 2006 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Day on Fire | Walter Evering (Character) | - | 2006 |
22% | 51% | The Quiet | Paul Deer (Character) | $381.2K | 2005 |
0% | No Score Yet | At Last | Unknown (Character) | - | 2005 |
61% | 78% | Saved! | Pastor Skip (Character) | $459.4K | 2004 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Pornographer: A Love Story | Michael (Character) | - | 2004 |
34% | 81% | The United States of Leland | Harry Pollard (Character) | $343.8K | 2003 |
38% | 32% | Agent Cody Banks | Dr. Connors (Character) | $47.3M | 2003 |
92% | 77% | Insomnia | Hap Eckhart (Character) | $67.3M | 2002 |
No Score Yet | 42% | RFK | John F. Kennedy (Character) | - | 2002 |
72% | 31% | Pipe Dream | David Kulovic (Character) | - | 2002 |
No Score Yet | 45% | Amy and Isabelle | Peter Robertson (Character) | - | 2001 |
No Score Yet | 27% | The Great Gatsby | Tom Buchanan (Character) | - | 2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Custody of the Heart | Dennis Raphael (Character) | - | 2000 |
48% | 72% | Onegin | Prince Nikitin (Character) | $183.8K | 1999 |
No Score Yet | 59% | In a Savage Land | Dr. Phillip Spence (Character) | - | 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rescuers: Stories of Courage -- Two Couples | Aart Vos (Character) | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet | 75% | When Trumpets Fade | Capt. Roy Pritchett (Character) | - | 1998 |
59% | 63% | Living Out Loud | Robert Nelson (Character) | $12.9M | 1998 |
80% | 60% | The Opposite of Sex | Bill Truitt (Character) | $6.4M | 1998 |
60% | 58% | Heaven | Robert Marling (Character) | $2K | 1998 |
No Score Yet | 38% | Spanish Fly | Carl (Character) | $11.1K | 1998 |
89% | 71% | The Book of Life | Jesus Christ (Character) | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Night Sins | Paul Garrison (Character) | - | 1997 |
83% | 56% | Hollow Reed | Martyn Wyatt (Character) | $265.6K | 1996 |
80% | 72% | Flirt | Walter (Character) | $271.8K | 1995 |
60% | 67% | Nadja | Jim (Character) | - | 1994 |
78% | 85% | Amateur | Thomas Ludens (Character) | $36.2K | 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Rook | John Abbott (Character) | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet | 50% | Scam | Gordon Wexler (Character) | - | 1993 |
No Score Yet | 29% | Quick | Herschel Brewer (Character) | - | 1993 |
91% | 89% | Simple Men | Martin (Character) | $141.6K | 1992 |
No Score Yet | 90% | Surviving Desire | Jude (Character) | - | 1991 |
83% | 94% | Trust | Matthew Slaughter (Character) | $352.4K | 1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hard Choices | Josh (Character) | - | 1986 |
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89% | 76% | Lethal Weapon | Grant Davenport (Guest Star) | 2017-2018 |
72% | 76% | Electric Dreams | Odin (Character) | 2018 |
78% | 88% | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Captain Logan Carter (Guest Star) | 2018 |
20% | No Score Yet | Conviction | President Theodore 'Ted' Morrison (Guest Star) | 2017 |
87% | 70% | DC's Legends of Tomorrow | Zaman Druce (Guest Star) | 2016 |
30% | 89% | Second Chance | Duke Davis (Guest Star) | 2016 |
No Score Yet | 70% | Unforgettable | William Houston (Guest Star) | 2016 |
53% | 57% | The Lottery | Darius Hayes (Character) | 2014 |
No Score Yet | 81% | Motive | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2014 |
92% | 94% | Hannibal | Crawford's Therapist (Guest Star) | 2014 |
85% | 85% | Homeland | Leland Bennett (Guest Star) | 2013 |
81% | 93% | Boss | Ezra Stone (Character) | 2011-2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Firm | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ann Rule's Everything She Ever Wanted | Unknown (Character) | 2009 |
No Score Yet | 84% | Ghost Whisperer | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2007-2008 |
63% | 89% | Masters of Horror | Unknown (Character) | 2007 |
70% | 77% | Weeds | Peter Scottson (Guest Star) | 2005-2006 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Law & Order | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2006 |
No Score Yet | 85% | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2003 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Pasadena | Will McAllister (Character) | 2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wonderland | Unknown (Character) | 2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer | Richard DiBenedetto (Character) | 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Night Sins | Paul Garrison (Character) | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | FREE STARZ: Boss | Ezra Stone (Character) |
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