Martin Donovan

Martin Donovan was most recently seen opposite Mary Louise Parker in Pipe Dream. He will next be seen in The United States of Leland with Kevin Spacey, Lena Olin and Don Cheadle, and in United Artists’ Saved opposite Macaulay Culkin, Mandy Moore, Jena Malone and Mary-Louise Parker.

Martin’s feature credits include Jane Campion’s The Portrait of A Lady as Nicole Kidman’s doomed cousin and admirer and won the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor. Along with Lisa Kudrow and Christina Ricci he starred in The Opposite of Sex, written and directed by Don Roos. He also played a role in screenwriter Richard LaGravanese’s directorial debut, Living Out Loud, opposite Holly Hunter.Donovan’s other credits include In A Savage Land; Onegin with Ralph Fiennes; Heaven; the critically-acclaimed Hollow Reed; and Nadja.

Donovan has enjoyed a long association with celebrated director Hal Hartley, starring in several of his films, including Amateur, a film selected for both the Cannes and New York Film Festivals. Other Hartley collaborations include Simple Men (also an official Cannes selection), Trust, Surviving Desire, Flirt, and The Book of Life, in which he played Jesus Christ.

Donovan also appeared in the telefilm RFK and the Fox series Pasadena. His other television credits include the highest-rated telefilm of the fall 2000 season, Amy and Isabelle; The Great Gatsby; and HBO’s harrowing World War II drama When Trumpets Fade. Donovan made his television series debut in the critically-acclaimed drama series Wonderland.