Early life

Donovan was born in Tenafly, New Jersey, to John Timothy Donovan, a surgeon, and Eileen Frances (née McAllister), both Roman Catholics of Irish descent. 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).

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. 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. However, after only one season, the series was cancelled.

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 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 with Sandra Bullock in 1994 and Jennifer Aniston. He married writer Corinne Kingsbury in a Catholic ceremony on a Malibu, California beach in 2005. However, they were divorced in 2008.

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.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1984	No Small Affair	Bob
1986	SpaceCamp	Kevin Donaldson
1988	Clean and Sober	Donald Towle
1988	Dangerous Curves	Chuck Upton
1989	Dead Bang	John Burns
1990	Memphis Belle	1st Lt. Luke Sinclair
1992	Little Noises	Elliott
1992	Inside Monkey Zetterland	Brent Zetterland	Nominated - Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male
1992	Equinox	Richie Nunn
1992	Love Potion No. 9	Paul Matthews
1993	Ethan Frome	Reverend Smith
1994	Holy Matrimony	Peter
1996	All Dogs Go To Heaven 2	voice of Charlie Barkin as a Guardian Angel
1997	The Only Thrill	Eddie
1997	Murder at 1600	Kyle Neill
1997	Hercules	Hercules (voice)	Also in the video game except for Kingdom Hearts
1998	The Thin Pink Line	Simon
1998	October 22	Peter
1998	Waiting for Woody	David	Short
1999	4 a.m.: Open All Night	Man	Short
1999	Hercules: Zero to Hero	Hercules
2000	Drop Back Ten	Wally Bixer
2000	G-Men from Hell	Mike Mattress
2000	The Office Party	Bill	Short
2000	Jesus & Hutch	Hutch	Short
2001	Swordfish	Senator Reisman's Assistant	Uncredited
2001	Get Well Soon	Mark
2002	West of Here	Dexter Anderson
2003	Exposed	Bob Smith
2005	The Pacifier	Howard Plummer
2005	Good Night, and Good Luck	Jesse Zousmer	Nominated - Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
2006	The Lather Effect	Will
2007	Shooter	Russ Turner
2007	Nancy Drew	Carson Drew
2007	Neal Cassady	Neal Cassady
2008	Tony	Michael	Short
2009	Wild About Harry	Harry
2010	Below the Beltway	Paul Gibson
2012	Argo	Bob Anders	Hollywood Film Festival Award for Best Cast Palm Springs International Film Festival Award for Best Cast Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Nominated - Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast
2014	Sun Belt Express	Allen King
2015	About Ray	Craig	Post-production
2015	Elvis & Nixon	H. R. Haldeman
2016	Manchester by the Sea	Hockey Coach	Filming

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1984	Family Ties	Clancy	Episode: "Best Man"
1985	Not My Kid	Ricky	Movie
1985	Hill Street Blues	Shamrock	Episode: "The Life and Time of Dominic Florio Jr."
1985	Into Thin Air	Brian Walker	Movie
1985	North Beach and Rawhide	Sean Connelly	Movie
1986	Magnum, P.I.	R.J. Masters	Episode: "Summer School"
1986	A Case of Deadly Force	Lawrence O'Donnell Jr.	Movie
1987	Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder	Marc	Miniseries
1990	Rising Son	Des	Movie
1994	Tales from the Crypt	Nelson	Episode: "Operation Friendship"
1994	Philly Heat	Kevin Gaffney
1995-96	Partners	Owen	22 episodes
1996	America's Dream	David	Movie Segment: "Long Black Song"
1997	Homicide: Life on the Street	Greg Kellerman	Episode: "Wu's on First"
1997	Ally McBeal	Ronald Cheanie	3 episodes
1998	Tempting Fate	Dr. Ben Creed	Movie
1998	Friends	Joshua Burgin	5 episodes
1998	Trinity	Kevin McCallister	3 episodes
1998	Godzilla: The Series	Lawrence Cohen (voice)	Episode: "Bird of Paradise"
1998-99	Hercules: The Animated Series	Hercules (voice)	58 episodes
2000	The Outer Limits	Tom Seymour	Episode: "Glitch"
2001	Max Steel	(voice)	Episode: "Spear-Carriers"
2001	House of Mouse	Hercules	Episode: "Jiminy Cricket"
2001	The Legend of Tarzan	(voice)	Episode: Tarzan and the Enemy Within"
2002	The Guardian	Lou Caffey	Episode: "The Innocent"
2003	Mister Sterling	Barry Reed	Movie
2003-06	The O.C.	Jimmy Cooper	39 episodes
2005	Silver Bells	Christy Byrne	Movie
2005	Painkiller Jane	Dr. Graham Knight / Lucas Insley	Movie
2007	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Commander Luke Nelson	Episode: "Rocket Man"
2007-10	Damages	Tom Shayes	36 episodes
2008	The Cleaner	Richard Hoffler	Episode: "Meet the Joneses"
2009	Head Case	Himself	Episode: "Tying the Not"
2010	No Ordinary Family	Mitch McCutcheon	Episode: "Pilot"
2013	Deception	Edward Bowers	11 episodes
2013-14	Hostages	Brian Sanders	15 episodes
2014	24: Live Another Day	Mark Boudreau	12 episodes
2015	Masters of Sex	Graham	Episode: "Undue Influence"

Direct-to-video

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1988	Vietnam War Story II	Unknown	Nominated - CableACE Award for Best Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie
1995	Never Say Goodbye AIDS Benefit by Yoko Ono	Man from Jersey	Short
1999	Hercules: Zero to Hero	Hercules	Voice

Video games

Year	Title	Voice role
1998	Disney's Hades Challenge	Hercules
2005	Kingdom Hearts II	Hercules
2010	Kingdom Hearts Re:coded	Hercules
2013	Disney Magical World	Hercules
2014	Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 Remix	Hercules

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