Martin Donovan
Martin Donovan ( born August 19, 1957 in Reseda, Los Angeles, California as Martin Smith ) is an American actor, film producer and screenwriter
Life and career
After visiting the Pierce College in Los Angeles Donovan studied acting at the American Theatre Arts and worked as a stage actor on the stages of Los Angeles and - later - New York. He left in 1983 in New York, where he belonged until 1994 to the ensemble of the Cucaracha Theatre and appeared in a variety of their productions.
In 1982, he was with a supporting role in the mini-series King 's Crossing his debut as a television actor. In the indie drama Hard Arrows - Straight to the heart of 1985 Donovan was under the director Rick King made his screen debut - 1993 Donovan worked for the action thriller Quick - The bounty hunter again with King.
Larger became famous for Donovan but his collaboration with the director Hal Hartley, with whom he is very close friend. Starting with Trust - Blind Faith Donovan worked until 1998 eight times with Hartley together and took it for the most part the main role.
For his portrayal of suffering from tuberculosis Englishman Ralph Touchett in Jane Campion's film drama Portrait of a Lady, he was awarded in 1997 by the National Society of Film Critics for Best Supporting Actor.
Donovan came in the aftermath also often as a supporting actor in appearance, including as Detective Hap Eckhart in Christopher Nolan's thriller Insomnia - Sleepless from 2001 and as Pastor Skip to Saved! - The High School Missionaries ( 2004).
In 2005 he took over the role of Peter in the television series Weeds Scottson for a season. This earned him a nomination for a Screen Actors Guild Award for best ensemble a Comedy Series.
Donovan is married since 1984 with fellow actress Vivian Lanko, who had a cameo appearance in Hartley film Simple Men. Together they have two sons.