Martin Donovan
Date of birth: 1957-08-19
Place of birth: Reseda, California, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: 마틴 도노반, مارتین داناوان
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.
Movie Credits
Insomnia
2002-05-24
Two Los Angeles homicide detectives are dispatched to a northern town where the sun doesn't set to i
Dark Shadows
2005-07-01
The pilot for a proposed remake of the '60s gothic soap opera. It was produced in 2004 for The WB ne
Flirt
1993-09-11
In New York, Bill struggles to decide whether he has a future with Emily, while attempting to restra
Amateur
1994-08-05
A man wakes up in an alley, bleeding and with no memory of who he is. He stumbles into a coffee shop
Onegin
1999-12-22
A virtuous and passionate girl falls in love with a cynical but a dashing aristocrat.
The Book of Life
1998-08-22
New Year's Eve takes on new meaning when the Devil, Jesus Christ, and Christ's assistant Magdalena d
The Visitation
2006-02-28
In Antioch, the former Father Travis Jordan lost his faith on God three years ago when his beloved w
Saved!
2004-06-11
Mary is a good Christian girl who goes to a good Christian high school where she has good Christian
The Quiet
2005-09-12
After her widowed father dies, deaf teenager Dot moves in with her godparents, Olivia and Paul Deer.
Duress
2009-08-20
Haunted with nightmares of his wife's recent suicide and struggling to mend the relationship with hi
The Opposite of Sex
1998-05-22
A 16-year-old girl visits her gay half-brother and ends up seducing his boyfriend, thus wreaking hav
The United States of Leland
2003-05-15
A withdrawn young man, Leland Fitzgerald is imprisoned for the murder of a mentally disabled boy, wh
Wind Chill
2007-05-18
Two college students share a ride home for the holidays. When they break down on a deserted stretch
Trust
1990-09-09
After being thrown away from home, pregnant high school dropout Maria meets Matthew, a highly educat
Silent Hill: Revelation 3D
2012-10-10
Heather Mason and her father have been on the run, always one step ahead of dangerous forces that sh
Unthinkable
2010-05-26
The government gets wind of a plot to destroy America involving a trio of nuclear weapons for which
Living Out Loud
1998-10-30
Judith Moore is suddenly single after discovering her husband of fifteen years, a successful doctor,
Flirt
1995-09-14
The same situation is played out in different cities (New York, Berlin and Tokyo). A lover has to ch
Simple Men
1992-10-14
Two diametrically opposite brothers set off on a journey to reunite with their estranged father but
The Garage
2006-10-12
A mechanic at his father's garage during the late 1970s, Matt dreams about leaving his small town ex
The Haunting in Connecticut
2009-03-27
When the Campbell family moves to upstate Connecticut, they soon learn that their charming Victorian
RFK
2002-08-25
Following the death of his brother John, Robert Kennedy is forced to rise to the challenge of leadin
Hollow Reed
1996-06-24
Following the break-up of his marriage after revealing his homosexuality, GP Martin Wyatt loses cust
Surviving Desire
1992-01-22
Jude, a college professor, is obsessed with Sophie, his student. She, in turn, is intrigued by his s
Quick
1993-08-30
A female assassin named "Quick" is hired to bring in a Mafia accountant, who is under police protect
Day On Fire
2006-05-26
The lives of a Palestinian journalist and a Jewish model become inextricably, and shockingly, intert
Scam
1993-05-22
A female con-artist who sweet-talks wealthy men targeted by her violent boyfriend, then drugs them a
In a Savage Land
1999-10-21
Two anthropologists married to each other go to an island off of Papua New Guinea for field research
Custody of the Heart
2000-08-28
Claire's number one priority is her family. When her husband Dennis loses his stockbroker job, the c
Night Sins
1997-09-20
A female FBI investigator takes over jurisdiction in Dear Lake, a small northern town just as a youn
Heaven
1999-04-29
A struggling architect, being sued for divorce by his wife and struggling with booze and gambling, f
Spanish Fly
1998-09-10
A woman journalist, Zoe, knows better than to go into a story with her mind already made up. But tha
The Sentinel
2006-04-19
Veteran Secret Service agent Pete Garrison investigates a colleague's murder and is subsequently fra
Collaborator
2011-10-08
A playwright whose marriage and career are in a free fall has an explosive run-in with his former ne
Amy & Isabelle
2001-03-04
In 1971, in the small town of Shirley Falls, in Maine, the odd and lonely secretary Isabelle Goodrow
Pipe Dream
2002-10-04
A lonely plumber poses as a movie director to meet women, and the writer whose script he's stolen bu
Shadows & Lies
2010-04-25
The story of William Vincent as he recounts the eccentric and curious path that has brought him, at
The Rook
1994-09-04
Martin Donovan plays John Abbott, a church investigator looking into a murder. The world is similar
Inherent Vice
2014-12-12
In Los Angeles at the turn of the 1970s, drug-fueled detective Larry "Doc" Sportello investigates th
Malcolm X
1992-11-18
A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hi
Nurse 3-D
2013-09-28
Abby Russell, a beautiful, dedicated nurse with a sinister side, has a secret life in which she targ
Ned Rifle
2015-04-01
Henry’s and Fay's son Ned sets out to find and kill his father for destroying his mother's life. But
BlackBerry
2023-02-13
Two mismatched entrepreneurs – egghead innovator Mike Lazaridis and cut-throat businessman Jim Balsi
Agent Cody Banks
2003-03-14
Recruited by the U.S. government to be a special agent, nerdy teenager Cody Banks must get closer to
The Apprentice
2024-10-09
A young Donald Trump, eager to make his name as a hungry scion of a wealthy family in 1970s New York
Ant-Man
2015-07-14
Armed with the astonishing ability to shrink in scale but increase in strength, master thief Scott L
The Portrait of a Lady
1996-10-17
Ms. Isabel Archer isn't afraid to challenge societal norms. Impressed by her free spirit, her kindhe
Nadja
1995-09-01
In a contemporary New York City, members of a dysfunctional family of vampires are trying to come to
Hard Choices
1985-01-24
A teenaged boy goes for a ride with his brother and the brother's friends, who proceed to rob a stor
Years Later: The Unbelievable Truth and Its Consequences
2010-11-01
A series of impromptu interviews with Hal Hartley, Adrienne Shelly, and some of Hartley's other most
Upon Reflection: The Making of Trust
2005-01-01
An 18-minute documentary made in 2005 by perennial Hartley actor D.J. Mendel, reunites the director
Right to Die
2007-01-05
When a grisly car accident put his wife into a coma, a man reluctantly pulls the plug only to realiz
When Trumpets Fade
1998-06-27
In WWII Western Germany, Private David Manning reluctantly leaves behind a mortally wounded fellow s
Amnesia: Who Are You?
2014-05-28
Sabotage
2014-03-28
John 'Breacher' Wharton leads an elite DEA task force that takes on the world's deadliest drug carte
Desire
2000-09-10
An affair between a pianist and a teacher begins to disintegrate when girls from her school turn up
Rememory
2017-09-08
The widow of a wise professor stumbles upon one of his inventions that's able to record and play a p
Aftermath
2017-02-28
A fatal plane crash changes the lives of Roman and Jake forever. Roman loses his wife and daughter i
Indian Horse
2018-04-13
Follows the life of Native Canadian Saul Indian Horse as he survives residential school and life amo
The Lost Wife of Robert Durst
2017-11-04
Young and wide-eyed, Kathie falls in love with charming yet quirky real estate scion Robert Durst, o
Status Update
2018-02-09
After being uprooted by his parents' separation and unable to fit into his new hometown, a teenager
The Pornographer: A Love Story
2004-05-02
The relationship between a director and an actress takes a turn when the lines between art and life
All at Once
2016-11-09
A young artist in New York City accepts guardianship of his best friends' daughters after the tragic
Fahrenheit 451
2018-05-12
In an oppressive future, a 'fireman' whose duty is to destroy all books begins to question his task.
The Art of Racing in the Rain
2019-08-08
A family dog – with a near-human soul and a philosopher's mind – evaluates his life through the less
Percy
2020-10-09
Percy Schmeiser, a third-generation farmer, gets sued by a corporate giant for allegedly using their
White Lie
2019-09-07
Katie Arneson is faking cancer. A university dance major, Katie's falsified diagnosis and counterfei
The Great Gatsby
2000-03-29
Stock broker Nick Carraway consents to play Cupid for his rich married cousin Daisy Buchanan and her
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
2013-04-24
In New York, a Pakistani native finds that his American Dream has collapsed in the wake of the 9/11
Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Couples
1998-05-10
Two fact-based tales about citizens who risked everything, including their lives, to save Holocaust
Crisis
2021-02-26
Three stories about the world of opioids collide: a drug trafficker arranges a multi-cartel Fentanyl
Tenet
2020-08-22
Armed with only one word - Tenet - and fighting for the survival of the entire world, the Protagonis
Come to Daddy
2019-04-25
After receiving a cryptic letter from his estranged father, Norval travels to his dad’s oceanfront h
The Alphabet Killer
2008-11-07
Based on the true story of double killings occurring in Rochester, NY during the 80’s and the troubl
Redemption Day
2021-01-08
When his wife is kidnapped by terrorists for ransom, veteran war hero Brad Paxton races against the
The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer
1999-05-09
An account of early 1970s social activist Ira Einhorn, who allegedly murdered his girlfriend and the
Sealed with a List
2023-12-16
Carley is determined to get through her list of abandoned resolutions from last year and enlists the