Tate Donovan

Tate Donovan
Donovan at the Nancy Drew premiere in June 2007
Born	Tate Buckley Donovan (1963-09-25) September 25, 1963 Tenafly, New Jersey, United States
Nationality	American
Occupation	Actor, Director
Years active	1984–present
Spouse(s)	Corinne Kingsbury (2005–2008; divorced)
Parent(s)	John Timothy Donovan Eileen Frances

Tate Buckley Donovan (born September 25, 1963) is an American actor and director, known for portraying Tom Shayes in Damages,^[1] Jimmy Cooper in The O.C.,^[2] and the voice of the title character in the 1997 Disney animated film Hercules, the animated television series of the same name and in a few Kingdom Hearts video games.

He also had supporting roles in films, such as Good Night, and Good Luck and Argo. Donovan also played Brian Sanders in Hostages and White House Chief of Staff Mark Boudreau in 24: Live Another Day. He has been a guest star in a number of television series.

Early life

Donovan was born in Tenafly, New Jersey,^[3] to John Timothy Donovan, a surgeon,^[4][5][6] and Eileen Frances (née McAllister), both Roman Catholics of Irish descent.^[7][8] Donovan is the youngest of seven children. He attended Dwight-Englewood School in Englewood, New Jersey, before transferring to Tenafly High School and attending the University of Southern California. He appeared on television since his teenage years.

Career

Film

Donovan's earliest film roles included Kevin Donaldson in SpaceCamp (1986), a recovering drug addict in Clean and Sober (1988), 1st Lieutenant Luke Sinclair in Memphis Belle (1990) and Paul Matthews in Love Potion No. 9 (1992). Later, he played Bob Anders, one of the key supporting roles in Argo (2012).^[9]

Television

Donovan portrayed Joshua, the boyfriend of Rachel Green, on several episodes of Season 4 of Friends. He later portrayed the priest-son of a large Catholic family in Trinity (1998). He has appeared as a guest star in several television series, such as Magnum, P.I. (1986), The Guardian (2001), Mister Sterling (2003), Exposed (2003), and The O.C. (2003), where he appeared as Jimmy Cooper. From 2007-10, he portrayed Tom Shayes on Damages.^[9] In 2005, Donovan began directing episodic television when he directed an episode of The O.C.. In 2007 he guest starred on a season 6 episode of Law and Order: Criminal Intent. In 2009, he directed an episode of the sixth season of Medium. He also directed two episodes of Damages in its third season and an episode of Nip/Tuck in its sixth season. In 2010, Donovan directed the third episode in the sixth season of Weeds, the tenth episode in the fourth season of Gossip Girl,the fourth episode of fifth season, and one episode of Damages from the third season. In 2011, Donovan directed the Valentine's Day-themed episode of Glee and the episode "I Kissed a Girl" in the third season. In March 2010, he joined the cast of No Ordinary Family.^[10] However, after only one season, the series was cancelled.^[11] Recently, Donovan guest appeared in the series, "Red Oaks".

Stage

Donovan starred on stage with Amy Ryan in the Los Angeles production of Rabbit Hole. On Broadway, he played Alan Seymour in the revival of Picnic in 1994 and with Judi Dench in Amy's View (1999). Off Broadway, Donovan appeared with Glenn Fitzgerald in the 2001 production of Lobby Hero by Kenneth Lonergan, playing the role of the crooked cop Bill. Donovan has appeared in numerous productions^[12][13] at the Williamstown Theater Festival, including Once in a Lifetime, Under the Blue Sky, and The Glass Menagerie. He has also appeared at the Irish Repertory Theater in New York City. In 2011, he starred with Frances McDormand in the world premiere of David Lindsay-Abaire's play Good People at the Manhattan Theatre Club.

Music

Donovan had a regular gig with traditional Irish band the Descendants, with whom he released an album titled Wake Amusements. He plays the bodhrán and fiddle.

Other work

As of May 2011, Donovan voices radio and video advertising for PNC Financial Services and volunteers with the Young Storytellers Program.

Personal life

Donovan was formerly in relationships^[14] with Sandra Bullock in 1994 and Jennifer Aniston in 1997. He was engaged to both Sandra and Jennifer. He later married writer Corinne Kingsbury in a Catholic ceremony on a Malibu, California beach in 2005. However, they were divorced in 2008.^[15]

Political activism

In 2008, Donovan announced his support and campaigned for Barack Obama in the U.S. presidential election of 2008. Donovan supported Obama for re-election in the 2012 presidential election.^[16]

Filmography

References

External links

• Tate Donovan at the Internet Movie Database
• Tate Donovan Discusses "Damages"