Tate Donovan
Donovan at the Nancy Drew premiere, July 2007
Born	Tate Buckley Donovan September 25, 1963 (1963-09-25) (age 46) New York City, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Actor/Director
Years active	1984–present
Spouse(s)	Corinne Kingsbury (November 26, 2005-2008)

Tate Buckley Donovan (born September 25, 1963) is an American animated voice actor. He is currently starring in the FX drama Damages, as "Tom Shayes."^[1] Prior to this, he was best known for his role as "Jimmy Cooper" in the American teen drama television series The O.C. He has also been the voice of "Hercules," a title character from the 1997 film of the same name, in the animated television series and in the video game Kingdom Hearts II.

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Early life 1.2 Film Career 1.3 Television Career 1.4 Stage Career 1.5 Music Career 1.6 Personal life 2 Filmography 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Biography

[edit] Early life

Donovan, the youngest of seven children, was born in New York City, New York,^[2] the son of Eileen (née McAllister) and J. Timothy Donovan, who was a surgeon.^[2][3] He attended Dwight-Englewood School, in Englewood, New Jersey (graduates of which include Brooke Shields, Anthony Bourdain and Mira Sorvino), before transferring to a public high school, in Tenafly, New Jersey, and has been appearing on television since his teens. He attended the University of Southern California, in Los Angeles, where he met his now long-time friends Grant Heslov and George Clooney. Donovan is of Irish heritage.

[edit] Film Career

His earliest films included as teenage science whiz "Kevin Donaldson," in SpaceCamp (1986), co-starring Lea Thompson and Kate Capshaw; at the other end of the spectrum was the 1988 film, Clean and Sober, in which he played a recovering drug addict, costarring with Michael Keaton and Kathy Baker. A filmography is indicated below which shows a progression of roles.

[edit] Television Career

Donovan played the role of, "Joshua," the boyfriend of Jennifer Aniston's character, "Rachel Green," in a few episodes of Season 4 of the sitcom Friends. He played the priest-son of a large Irish Catholic family in the short-lived NBC drama, Trinity (1998). More recently, he has appeared as a guest star in several series such as, The Guardian (2001), Mister Sterling (2003), Exposed (2003) and in the The O.C. (2003), where he appeared as, "Jimmy Cooper."

[edit] Stage Career

He starred on stage with Glenn Fitzgerald in Kenneth Lonergan's Lobby Hero and with Amy Ryan in the L.A. production of Rabbit Hole. On Broadway, Donovan appeared in the revivial of "Picnic" in 1994; he also appeared opposite actress Dame Judy Dench in "Amy's View" (1999), and in 1994, as Alan Seymour in "Picnic." Off Broadway, Donovan appeared in the 2001 production of Lobby Hero by award-winning playwright and screenwriter Kenneth Lonergan, playing the role of the crooked cop Bill. Donovan has appeared in numerous productions^[4][5] at the Williamstown Theater Festival, including "Once in a Lifetime," "Under the Blue Sky" and "The Glass Menagerie." Donovan has also appeared at the Irish Repertory Theater, in New York City.

[edit] Music Career

He had a regular gig with an traditional-Irish band called, The Descendants, with whom he released an album titled, Wake Amusements. Donovan plays the bodhrán and fiddle.

[edit] Personal life

Donovan was formerly engaged to Sandra Bullock (1994) and to Jennifer Aniston. He also dated British socialite Plum Sykes (in 2000), actress Whitney Allen (2001), Rebecca Miller and Lauren Graham, who was on the television series, Gilmore Girls. He married Corinne Kingsbury in a Catholic ceremony on a Malibu, California beach, in 2005. Kingsbury and Donovan divorced in 2008.^[6]

In 2008, Donovan announced his support for then-presidential hopeful and current-President Barack Obama, in the U.S. presidential election of 2008. Donovan campaigned for Obama.^[7]

Donovan has also volunteered as an actor with the Young Storytellers Program.

[edit] Filmography

• Damages (2007, 2009) TV Series
• Neal Cassady (2007)
• Nancy Drew (2007) as Carson Drew
• Shooter (2007)
• Kingdom Hearts II (2006) (video game)
• Silver Bells (2005)
• Good Night, and Good Luck (2005)
• The Pacifier (2005)
• Exposed (2003/I)
• The O.C. (2003-2004, 2005, 2006, 2007) TV Series
• Mister Sterling (2003) TV Series
• West of Here (2002)
• Get Well Soon (2001)
• Swordfish (2001)
• House of Mouse (2001) TV Series
• Jesus & Hutch (2000)
• Office Party, The (2000)
• G-Men from Hell (2000)
• Outer Limits- Episode: Glitch (2000)
• Drop Back Ten (2000)
• 4 a.m.: Open All Night (1999)
• Hercules: Zero to Hero (1999)
• Thin Pink Line, The (1998)
• Godzilla the series (1998)
• Waiting for Woody (1998)
• October 22 (1998)
• Trinity (1998) TV Series
• Hercules: The Animated Series (1998) TV Series
• Friends (1998)
• Tempting Fate (1998) (TV)
• The Only Thrill (1997)
• Ally McBeal (1997)
• Hercules (1997) (voice of Hercules)
• Murder at 1600 (1997)
• America's Dream (1996) (TV)
• Partners (1995) TV Series
• Holy Matrimony (1994)
• Ethan Frome (1993)
• Love Potion No. 9 (1992)
• Equinox (1992)
• Inside Monkey Zetterland (1992)
• Little Noises (1991)
• Memphis Belle (1990)
• Rising Son (1990/I) (TV)
• Dead Bang (1989)
• Dangerous Curves (1988)
• Vietnam War Story II (1988)
• Clean and Sober (1988)
• Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder (1987) (mini) TV Series
• SpaceCamp (1986)
• Magnum P.I. Episode: Summer School (1986) (TV)
• Case of Deadly Force, A (1986) (TV)
• North Beach and Rawhide (1985) (TV)
• Into Thin Air (1985) (TV)
• Not My Kid (1985) (TV)
• No Small Affair (1984)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Tate Donovan Discusses "Damages"
• Tate Donovan at TV.com
• Tate Donovan at the Internet Movie Database
• http://www.theocshow.com/bios/jimmybio.htm
• Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network (BCAN) Tate Donovan is the spokesperson for BCAN. His father, a urologist, died from bladder cancer and his mother has bladder cancer.