{"id":7,"date":"2008-11-17T11:27:34","date_gmt":"2008-11-17T18:27:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.martindonovan.org\/?page_id=7"},"modified":"2008-11-19T06:41:19","modified_gmt":"2008-11-19T13:41:19","slug":"biography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.martindonovan.org\/?page_id=7","title":{"rendered":"Biography"},"content":{"rendered":"

Date of Birth:<\/strong> August 19, 1957
\nPlace of Birth:<\/strong> Reseda, California
\nHeight:<\/strong> 6’1″
\nRelations:<\/strong> Wife: Vivian Lanko; 2 sons<\/p>\n

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Martin recently appeared in season two of the critically acclaimed Showtime television series Weeds <\/em><\/strong> playing Mary-Louise Parker\u2019s love interest for which he was nominated for a SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by An Ensemble in a Comedy Series<\/strong>.\u00a0 This continues a string of collaborations with Ms. Parker including MGM\u2019s Saved!,<\/em><\/strong> <\/em> the romantic comedy Pipe Dream<\/em><\/strong> and Jane Campion\u2019s The Portrait of A Lady<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

This year he will be seen opposite Virginia Madsen in A Haunting in Connecticut. <\/em><\/strong>Recently he was seen in The Sentinel<\/em><\/strong> with Keifer Sutherland and Michael Douglas <\/em><\/strong> as well as the unsettling family drama The Quiet<\/em><\/strong> with Edie Falco. 2007 also included the suspense horror film Wind Chill<\/em><\/strong> with Emily Blunt and Ashton Holmes.<\/p>\n

Other recent film appearances are in the Matthew Ryan Hope-directed <\/em> The United States of Leland<\/em><\/strong> with Ryan Gosling and Don Cheadle.\u00a0 Martin also starred opposite Al Pacino in director Chris Nolan\u2019s Insomnia<\/em> <\/strong>for Warner Bros. <\/em> as well as MGM\u2019s Agent Cody Banks<\/em><\/strong>.\u00a0 Other film credits include the critically acclaimed <\/em> The Opposite of Sex<\/em>, <\/strong> as well as <\/strong> Living Out Loud<\/em><\/strong>, In a Savage Land<\/em><\/strong>, Onegin<\/em><\/strong>, Heaven<\/em><\/strong>, Hollow Reed<\/em><\/strong>, and Nadja<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In The Portrait of A Lady<\/em><\/strong> Martin played Nicole Kidman\u2019s doomed cousin and admirer for which he won the National Society of Film Critic\u2019s Award<\/strong> for best supporting actor.<\/p>\n

Donovan has enjoyed a long association with celebrated director Hal Hartley, starring in several of his films including Amateur<\/em><\/strong> which was selected for both the Cannes and New York Film Festivals.\u00a0 Other Hartley collaborations are Simple Men<\/em><\/strong>, which was also an official Cannes selection; Trust<\/em>, Surviving Desire<\/em>, Flirt<\/em><\/strong> and The Book of Life<\/em><\/strong>, which was shown at the New York Film Festival.<\/p>\n

Martin\u2019s most recent TV credits include starring in the Masters of Horror<\/em><\/strong>: Right to Life <\/em><\/strong>for Showtime; <\/em><\/strong> the FX telefilm RFK<\/em> <\/strong>and the Fox series Pasadena<\/em><\/strong>.\u00a0 Other television credits are Amy and Isabelle<\/em><\/strong>, The Great Gatsby<\/em><\/strong>, and HBO\u2019s harrowing World War II drama <\/em> When Trumpets Fade<\/em><\/strong>.\u00a0 Donovan made his television series regular d\u00e9but in Peter Berg\u2019s critically acclaimed drama series Wonderland<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

There are a few other biographies available.<\/p>\n