Martin Donovan
Acting
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.
Born: August 19, 1957
Place of Birth: Reseda, California, USA
Known For
Wonderland
Focuses on the daily life in a mental institution, from the perspectives of both the doctors and patients.
Dark Shadows
The pilot for a proposed remake of the '60s gothic soap opera. It was produced in 2004 for The WB network, but was not picked up and has never aired on television. The pilot instead premiered in 2005 at the Dark Shadows Festival in Los Angeles and has screened at various such festivals in the years since.
The Art of Racing in the Rain
A family dog – with a near-human soul and a philosopher's mind – evaluates his life through the lessons learned by his human owner, a race-car driver.
Ghost Whisperer
Newlywed Melinda Gordon tries to help the dead communicate with loved ones, but sometimes the messages she receives are intense and confusing. Most of Melinda's efforts involve resolving conflicts that are preventing the spirits from passing over.
Lioness
Cruz Manuelos, a rough-around-the-edges but passionate young Marine, is recruited to join the CIA's Lioness Engagement Team to help bring down a terrorist organization from within. Joe, the station chief of the Lioness program, is tasked with training, managing and leading her female undercover operatives.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.
Nancy Drew
Nancy Drew makes plans to leave her hometown for college, but finds herself drawn into a supernatural murder mystery instead.
Firefly Lane
For decades, childhood best friends Kate and Tully have weathered life's storms together -- until a betrayal threatens to break them apart for good.
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
A Las Vegas team of forensic investigators are trained to solve criminal cases by scouring the crime scene, collecting irrefutable evidence and finding the missing pieces that solve the mystery.
Filmography
as Milton
as Fred Trump
as Silas Redmond
as Errol Meade
as Rick Brock
as Virgil Davenport
as Lawrence Morgan
as Wilson King
as Tom Fitzgerald
as Rick Aarons
as Fay
as Everett Hudson
as Doug Arneson
as Maxwell
as Brian
as Hamilton Gerard
as Commissioner Nyari
as Jack Lanahan
as Dutch Alden
as Detective Struk
as Gordon Dunn
as Robert
as Giovanni Sacco
as President Theodore 'Ted' Morrison
as Grant Davenport
as Zaman Druce
as Mitchell Carson
as Rev. Daniel Gardner
as Crocker Fenway
as Darius Hayes
as Floyd Demel
as Larry Cook
as Ludlow Cooper
as Miles Balfour
as Douglas Cartland
as Kevin Stack
as Ezra Stone
as Robert Longfellow
as Leland Bennett
as William Houston
as Martin Donovan
as Jack Saunders
as Victor
as Charles
as Richard Barnett
as Michael Morrissey
as Peter Campbell
as Jim Walsh
as Officer Dan Johnson
as Highway Patrolman
as Cliff Addison
as Walter Evering
as William Montrose
as Travis Jordan
as Cliff Addison
as Tom Gordon
as Paul Deer
as Peter Scottson
as Lieutenant Peter Scottson
as Roger Collins
as Pastor Skip
as Michael
as Brent Delaney
as Harry Pollard
as Dr. Connors
as David Kulovic
as John F. Kennedy
as Malcolm Janus
as Hap Eckhart
as Will McAllister
as Peter Robertson
as Howard Delhomme
as (uncredited)
as Dennis Raphael
as Neil Harrison
as Tom Buchanan
as Prince Nikitin
as Dr. Phillip Spence
as Dr. Archibald Newlands
as Logan Carter
as Richard DiBenedetto
as Richard DiBenedetto
as Robert Marling
as Robert Nelson
as Carl
as Jesus Christ
as Captain Pritchett
as Bill Truitt
as Aart Vos
as Paul Garrison
as Ralph Touchett
as Martyn Wyatt
as Walter
as Jim
as Thomas Ludens
as Walter
as Herschel Brewer
as Gordon Wexler
as FBI Agent
as Martin
as Jude
as Robert White
as Matthew Slaughter
as Josh