Martin Donovan
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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Martin Donovan
Filmography
Movies
Credit | |||||
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83% |
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The Apprentice | Fred Trump (Character) | - | 2024 |
97% |
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BlackBerry | Unknown (Character) | $1.5M | 2023 |
No Score Yet |
|
Sealed With a List | Silas Redmond (Character) | - | 2023 |
66% |
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Crisis | Lawrence Morgan (Character) | $409.4K | 2021 |
14% |
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Redemption Day | Tom Fitzgerald (Character) | - | 2021 |
75% |
|
Percy Vs Goliath | Rick Aarons (Character) | - | 2020 |
70% |
|
Tenet | Fay (Character) | $58.1M | 2020 |
92% |
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White Lie | Doug Arneson (Character) | - | 2019 |
87% |
|
Come to Daddy | Brian (Character) | $61.4K | 2019 |
44% |
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The Art of Racing in the Rain | Maxwell (Character) | $26.4M | 2019 |
31% |
|
Fahrenheit 451 | Command Nyari (Character) | - | 2018 |
80% |
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Indian Horse | Jack Lanahan (Character) | $1.9M | 2017 |
25% |
|
Rememory | Gordon Dunn (Character) | - | 2017 |
40% |
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Aftermath | Robert (Character) | - | 2017 |
No Score Yet |
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All at Once | Giovanni Sacco (Character) | - | 2016 |
78% |
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Ned Rifle | Rev. Daniel Gardner (Character) | - | 2015 |
83% |
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Ant-Man | Mitchell Carson (Character) | $180.2M | 2015 |
21% |
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Sabotage | Floyd Demel (Character) | $10.5M | 2014 |
57% |
|
The Reluctant Fundamentalist | Ludlow Cooper (Character) | $519.5K | 2012 |
8% |
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Silent Hill: Revelation | Douglas Cartland (Character) | $17.5M | 2012 |
73% |
|
Collaborator |
Robert Longfellow (Character), Director, Screenwriter |
- | 2011 |
0% |
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Shadows and Lies | Victor (Character) | - | 2010 |
No Score Yet |
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Unthinkable | Assistant Director Jack Saunders (Character) | - | 2010 |
No Score Yet |
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Duress | Richard Barnett (Character) | - | 2009 |
17% |
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The Haunting in Connecticut | Peter Campbell (Character) | $55.3M | 2009 |
44% |
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Wind Chill | Highway Patrolman (Character) | $20.1K | 2007 |
34% |
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The Sentinel | William Montrose (Character) | $36.3M | 2006 |
No Score Yet |
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The Visitation | Travis Jordan (Character) | - | 2006 |
No Score Yet |
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The Garage | Unknown (Character) | - | 2006 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Day on Fire | Walter Evering (Character) | - | 2006 |
22% |
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The Quiet | Paul Deer (Character) | $381.2K | 2005 |
0% | No Score Yet | At Last | Unknown (Character) | - | 2005 |
No Score Yet |
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The Pornographer: A Love Story | Michael (Character) | - | 2004 |
61% |
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Saved! | Pastor Skip (Character) | $459.4K | 2004 |
34% |
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The United States of Leland | Harry Pollard (Character) | $343.8K | 2003 |
38% |
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Agent Cody Banks | Dr. Connors (Character) | $47.3M | 2003 |
No Score Yet |
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RFK | John F. Kennedy (Character) | - | 2002 |
72% |
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Pipe Dream | David Kulovic (Character) | - | 2002 |
92% |
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Insomnia | Hap Eckhart (Character) | $67.3M | 2002 |
No Score Yet |
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Amy and Isabelle | Peter Robertson (Character) | - | 2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Custody of the Heart | Dennis Raphael (Character) | - | 2000 |
No Score Yet |
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The Great Gatsby | Tom Buchanan (Character) | - | 2000 |
48% |
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Onegin | Prince Nikitin (Character) | $183.8K | 1999 |
No Score Yet |
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In a Savage Land | Dr. Phillip Spence (Character) | - | 1999 |
60% |
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Living Out Loud | Robert Nelson (Character) | $12.9M | 1998 |
89% |
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The Book of Life | Jesus Christ (Character) | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet |
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Spanish Fly | Carl (Character) | $11.1K | 1998 |
No Score Yet |
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When Trumpets Fade | Capt. Roy Pritchett (Character) | - | 1998 |
60% |
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Heaven | Robert Marling (Character) | $2.0K | 1998 |
81% |
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The Opposite of Sex | Bill Truitt (Character) | $6.4M | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rescuers: Stories of Courage -- Two Couples | Aart Vos (Character) | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Night Sins | Paul Garrison (Character) | - | 1997 |
77% |
|
Hollow Reed | Martyn Wyatt (Character) | $265.6K | 1996 |
73% |
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Flirt | Walter (Character) | $271.8K | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Rook | John Abbott (Character) | - | 1994 |
64% |
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Nadja | Jim (Character) | - | 1994 |
79% |
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Amateur | Thomas Ludens (Character) | $36.2K | 1994 |
No Score Yet |
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Scam | Gordon Wexler (Character) | - | 1993 |
No Score Yet |
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Quick | Herschel Brewer (Character) | - | 1993 |
92% |
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Simple Men | Martin (Character) | $141.6K | 1992 |
No Score Yet |
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Surviving Desire | Jude (Character) | - | 1991 |
80% |
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Trust | Matthew Slaughter (Character) | $352.4K | 1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hard Choices | Josh (Character) | - | 1986 |
TV
Credit | ||||
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No Score Yet | 72% | The Dead Zone |
Malcolm Janus (Character), Unknown (Guest Star) |
2005-2007 2022 |
87% | 75% | Archive 81 | Virgil (Character) | 2022 |
89% | 76% | Lethal Weapon | Grant Davenport (Guest Star) | 2017-2018 |
72% | 75% | Electric Dreams | Odin (Character) | 2018 |
78% | 83% | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Captain Logan Carter (Guest Star) | 2018 |
20% | No Score Yet | Conviction | President Theodore 'Ted' Morrison (Guest Star) | 2017 |
89% | 68% | DC's Legends of Tomorrow | Zaman Druce (Guest Star) | 2016 |
30% | 71% | Second Chance | Duke Davis (Guest Star) | 2016 |
No Score Yet | 56% | Unforgettable | William Houston (Guest Star) | 2016 |
53% | 57% | The Lottery | Darius Hayes (Character) | 2014 |
No Score Yet | 83% | Motive | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2014 |
93% | 94% | Hannibal | Crawford's Therapist (Guest Star) | 2014 |
85% | 86% | Homeland | Leland Bennett (Guest Star) | 2013 |
No Score Yet | 86% | Rogue | Campbell (Guest Star) | 2013 |
81% | 94% | Boss | Ezra Stone (Character) | 2011-2012 |
No Score Yet | 89% | The Firm | Kevin Stack (Guest Star) | 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fear Itself | Officer Dan Johnson (Character) | 2009 |
No Score Yet | 87% | Ghost Whisperer | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2007-2008 |
63% | 80% | Masters of Horror | Unknown (Character) | 2007 |
70% | 80% | Weeds | Peter Scottson (Guest Star) | 2005-2006 |
No Score Yet | 83% | Law & Order | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2006 |
No Score Yet | 80% | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Howard Delhomme (Guest Star) | 2003 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Pasadena | Will McAllister (Character) | 2001 |
93% | No Score Yet | Wonderland | Unknown (Character) | 2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Night Sins | Paul Garrison (Character) | 1997 |