Jeffrey Donovan is an American actor, producer and director. He began his career with small roles in television series and in not very popular films. Work on the Black Label project helped him become famous.
Jeffrey T. Donovan was born in 1968. His birthday: May 11th. The boy of his father never knew. He lived with his mother and two brothers. Jeffrey's hometown is Amesbury, located in Massachusetts, USA.
Facts from Jeffrey Donovan's Biography
Geoffrey grew up in a very poor family. With his mother and brothers, he repeatedly moved from place to place, and the money given to charity helped the family to survive more or less. Due to the very difficult financial situation, Jeffrey could not afford to attend any paid sections or studios.
In his childhood, Donovan was interested in both art and sports. He chose an acting career for himself, but did not give up practicing martial arts. In total, the artist has been training for more than twenty years, while in his teens he became the owner of a black belt in karate.
The boy began to develop his acting talent at school. At that time, he attended free classes on stage skills, and a little later became a member of the drama circle.
After receiving a basic education, Donovan passed the exams and was enrolled in the Bridgewater Institute. However, after a couple of years, he changed his place of study - transferred to the university in Amhester. He studied in the theater, graduated from the walls of a higher educational institution with a bachelor's degree in theater art.
Then Donovan worked as a bus driver for several years. He wanted to save money to continue his education. As a result, Jeffrey moved to New York and entered the Tish School of Art. Donovan successfully graduated from this higher education institution with a master's degree.
Jeffrey Donovan began building a professional acting career in the late 1990s.
Acting way
The filmography of Donovan is very rich. He has accounted for more than forty different projects in film and television. In addition, Jeffrey managed to try himself in the role of director and producer.
He took the director's chair when he started work on the television series Black Label, which started at the box office in 2007. It should be noted that this show had a lot of positive feedback and high ratings. It was produced until the end of 2013. The second project, in which Donovan directed, was the television movie Black Mark: The Fall of Sam Ax. The picture was released in 2011, it, like the series, had high ratings.
In these projects, the artist also acted as a producer.
Jeffrey received his debut role in the movie when he auditioned for the film Inside Out. However, he got a minor role. And after the release of the picture, Donovan was content with only background roles for some time, mainly working in television series. He starred in such projects as Law and Order, Millennium, Slaughter Department, Pretender, Spin City, Another World. At the same time, the filmography of the artist was replenished with small roles in television series, which are little known outside of America.
Some success came to Jeffrey Donovan when he was enrolled in the cast of the horror film “The Blair Witch 2: Book of Shadows”. The film was released in 2000. This was followed by numerous filming in various television projects: “Touch of Evil”, “Enemies”, “Limit”, “Detective Monk”.
Donovan became famous for his work on the television series Black Label. In this project, he played the role of a character named Michael Westen. In 2008, the actor starred in the film "Substitution." And then he replenished his filmography with such film projects as "Extinction", "Killer", "Shot in the Void". In 2015, Jeffrey appeared on the television series Fargo.
In 2018, the movie “Killer 2: Against All” was released, in which Donovan played the role of a character named Steve Forcing. The premieres of such feature films with Jeffrey Donovan as Villains and Handsome, Bad, Evil are scheduled for 2019.
