Martin Donovan (born Martin Paul Smith; August 19, 1957) is an
American actor. He has had a long collaboration with director Hal
Hartley, appearing in many of his films, such as Trust (1990),
Surviving Desire (1991), Simple Men (1992), Flirt (1993), Amateur
(1994), and The Book of Life (1998), starring as Jesus Christ in the
latter. Donovan also played Peter Scottson on Showtime's cable series
Weeds. He made his writing/directorial debut with the film
Collaborator (2011).Donovan was born Martin Paul Smith in Reseda,
California, to Roman Catholic middle-class parents, Agnes Mary (Regan)
and Gayne Paul Smith. He and his three siblings were raised
Catholic.He graduated from Crespi Carmelite High School and attended
Pierce College for two years. He attended American Theater Arts, a
combined conservatory and theater company in Los Angeles, where he
appeared in the plays Richard's Cork Leg by Brendan Behan and Private
Life of the Master Race by Bertold Brecht. In 1983, he and his wife,
Vivian, moved to New York City, where he took odd jobs like installing
drapery to support his family. He joined the off-off-Broadway
Cucaracha Theater on Greenwich Street.Donovan has appeared in fourteen
episodes of the Showtime television series Weeds, which stars
Mary-Louise Parker, for which he was nominated for a SAG Award for
Outstanding Performance by An Ensemble in a Comedy Series. He has also
acted with Parker in Saved!, Pipe Dream and The Portrait of a Lady.
For the latter film, he won the National Society of Film Critics'
Award for best supporting actor.
American actor. He has had a long collaboration with director Hal
Hartley, appearing in many of his films, such as Trust (1990),
Surviving Desire (1991), Simple Men (1992), Flirt (1993), Amateur
(1994), and The Book of Life (1998), starring as Jesus Christ in the
latter. Donovan also played Peter Scottson on Showtime's cable series
Weeds. He made his writing/directorial debut with the film
Collaborator (2011).Donovan was born Martin Paul Smith in Reseda,
California, to Roman Catholic middle-class parents, Agnes Mary (Regan)
and Gayne Paul Smith. He and his three siblings were raised
Catholic.He graduated from Crespi Carmelite High School and attended
Pierce College for two years. He attended American Theater Arts, a
combined conservatory and theater company in Los Angeles, where he
appeared in the plays Richard's Cork Leg by Brendan Behan and Private
Life of the Master Race by Bertold Brecht. In 1983, he and his wife,
Vivian, moved to New York City, where he took odd jobs like installing
drapery to support his family. He joined the off-off-Broadway
Cucaracha Theater on Greenwich Street.Donovan has appeared in fourteen
episodes of the Showtime television series Weeds, which stars
Mary-Louise Parker, for which he was nominated for a SAG Award for
Outstanding Performance by An Ensemble in a Comedy Series. He has also
acted with Parker in Saved!, Pipe Dream and The Portrait of a Lady.
For the latter film, he won the National Society of Film Critics'
Award for best supporting actor.
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