Jeffrey Donovan is an American actor, producer and director. He began his career with small roles in television series and not very popular films. The work on the "Black Label" project helped him become famous.
Jeffrey T. Donovan was born in 1968. His birthday: May 11. The boy never knew his father. He lived with his mother and two brothers. Jeffrey's hometown is Amesbury, located in Massachusetts, USA.
Jeffrey Donovan Biography Facts
Jeffrey grew up in a very poor family. With his mother and brothers, he repeatedly moved from place to place, and the money donated to charity helped the family more or less survive. Due to the very difficult financial situation, Jeffrey could not afford to visit any paid sections or studios.
During his childhood, Donovan was interested in both art and sports. He chose an acting career for himself, but did not give up martial arts. In total, the artist has been training for more than twenty years, in adolescence 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 drama classes, and a little later became a member of the drama club.
After completing his basic education, Donovan passed the exams and was admitted to the Bridgewater Institute. However, after a couple of years he changed his place of study - he transferred to the university in Amhester. Geoffrey studied theatrical direction, graduated from the walls of a higher educational institution with a bachelor's degree in theater arts.
Donovan then 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 Tisch School of the Arts. Donovan successfully graduated from this higher acting school with a master's degree.
Jeffrey Donovan began building a professional acting career in the late 1990s.
Acting way
Donovan's filmography is very rich. On account of his more than forty different projects in film and television. In addition, Jeffrey managed to try himself as a director and producer.
He took the director's chair when he began work on the television series "Black Mark", 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 that Donovan directed was the television film Black Mark: The Fall of Sam Ax. The picture was released in 2011 and, like the series, had high ratings.
In the mentioned projects, the artist also acted as a producer.
Jeffrey got his debut film role when he passed the casting for the film "Inside Out". However, he got a secondary role. And after the release of the picture, Donovan for some time was content with only background roles, mainly working in television series. He starred in projects such as Law & Order, Millennium, Slaughter Department, Pretender, Spin City, Another World. At the same time, the actor's filmography was replenished with small roles in television series that are little known outside America.
Some success came to Jeffrey Donovan when he was cast on the cast of the horror film Blair Witch 2: Book of Shadows. The motion picture was released in 2000. This was followed by numerous shootings in various television projects: "Touch of Evil", "Enemies", "Limit", "Detective Monk".
Become famous Donovan helped work on the television series "Black Mark". 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 into 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 Forsing. Premieres of such full-length films with Jeffrey Donovan as "Villains" and "Handsome, Bad, Ugly" are scheduled for 2019.
Love, family and personal life
In the summer of 2012, Jeffrey Donovan became the husband of a fashion model named Michelle Woods. At the end of the same year, the couple had a child - a girl named Claire.
