Martin Donovan
Martin Donovan (lahir 19 Agustus 1957) adalah Aktor Film dan Televisi berkebangsaan Amerika Serikat. Dia telah lama berkolaborasi dengan sutradara Hal Hartley dan tampil di banyak film arahan Hartley antara lain Trust (1990), Surviving Desire (1991), Simple Men (1992), Flirt (1993), Amateur (1994), dan The Book of Life (1998; bermain sebagai Yesus). Donovan juga tampil dalam serial film di televisi kabel arahan Peter Scottson yang ditayangkan dalam acara Showtime berjudul Weeds. Dia memulai debut penyutraraan dan kepenulisannya melalui film Collaborator (2011).
| Martin Donovan | |
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 Donovan attends press interviews at the 19th Annual Hamptons International Film Festival, October 16, 2011 | |
| Lahir | Martin Paul Smith 19 Agustus 1957 Reseda, California, U.S. |
| Pekerjaan | Actor |
| Tahun aktif | 1982–present |
| Suami/istri | Vivian Lanko (m. 1984-present; 2 children) |
Kehidupan awal sunting
Donovan lahir dengan nama Martin Paul Smith di Reseda, California,[1] anak seorang penganut Katolik Roma kelas menengah, Gayne Paul Smith dan Agnes Mary Regan. Dia bersama dengan saudara-saudaranya tumbuh secara Katolik.[2]
Dia menempuh pendidikan di Crespi Carmelite High School kemudian melanjutkan di Pierce College selama dua tahun. Dia juga belajar di American Theater Arts, dipadukan dengan konservatori dan perusahaan teater di Los Angeles, di mana dia tampil melalui naskah drama Richard's Cork Leg karya Brendan Behan dan Private Life of the Master Race karya Bertold Brecht. Pada tahun 1983, dia bersama istrinya, Vivian, pindah ke New York City, menerima pekerjaan sampingan seperti merangkai gorden untuk mencukupi kebutuhan keluarganya. Kemudian dia bergabung di off-off-Broadway Cucaracha Theater di Greenwich Street.[3]
Karier sunting
Donovan telah tampil dalam empat belas episode serial televisi Showtime berjudul Weeds, yang dibintangi oleh Mary-Louise Parker, di mana dia dinominasikan dalam SAG Award melalui kategori Penampil Terpuji oleh An Ensemble di sebuah serial komedi. Dia juga bermain bersama Parker dalam Saved!, Pipe Dream dan The Portrait of A Lady. Dalam The Portrait of A Lady, dia memenangi The National Society of Film Critics' Award untuk kategori Aktor Pendukung Terbaik.
Pada tahun 2009, dia mulai membintngi film menjadi lawan main Virginia Madsen dalam The Haunting in Connecticut. Saat ini, penampilannya masih dapat dilihat di The Sentinel bersama Kiefer Sutherland dan Michael Douglas serta The Quiet dengan Edie Falco. Pada tahun 2007 dia tampil dalam film horor Wind Chill. Penampilan lainnya di antaranya The United States of Leland, The Opposite of Sex, Living Out Loud, In a Savage Land, Hollow Reed, Onegin, and Nadja.[4]
Donovan telah lama menjalin hubungan denga sutradara Hal Hartley, membintangi beberapa film-film antara lainAmateur yang kemudian keduanya terpilih dalam Festival Film Cannes dan New York Film Festivals. Kerja sama dengan Hartley lainnya adalah Simple Men, yang juga terpilih mengikuti perhelatan Festival Film Cannes; Trust, Surviving Desire, Flirt dan The Book of Life, yang dipertunjukan dalam The New York Film Festival. Donovan membintangi Shadows and Lies.[4] Seperti halnya Hal Hartley, Donovan juga telah tampil dalam film yang disutradarai oleh Spike Lee, Christopher Nolan dan Paul Thomas Anderson.
Donovan mengawali debutnya sebagai aktor televisi di serial melalui film arahan Peter Berg berjudul Wonderland.[4]
Penyutradaraan/kepenulisan sunting
Tahun 2010, Donovan menulis, menyutradarai, dan membintangi film Collaborator.[4]
Kehidupan pribadi sunting
Donovan menikah dengan aktris Vivian Lanko pada tahun 1984; mereka memiliki dua putera. Mereka tinggal di New York City untuk beberapa tahun, sebelum akhirnya pindah di Vancouver Kanada.[3]
Filmografi sunting
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Hard Choices | Josh | |
| 1987 | At Mother's Request | Detective Rogen | TV movie |
| 1990 | Trust | Matthew Slaughter | |
| 1991 | Surviving Desire | Jude | |
| 1992 | Malcolm X | FBI Agent | a.k.a. X (USA: poster title) |
| Simple Men | Martin | a.k.a. Uomini semplici (Italy) | |
| 1993 | Quick | Herschel Brewer | a.k.a. Crossfire (UK: video box title) |
| Scam | Gordon Wexler | TV movie | |
| South Beach | Spencer Robinson | TV series: episode #1.7 "School for Scandal" | |
| The Adventures of Pete & Pete | TV series: episodes "Apocalypse Pete" and "Space, Geeks, and Johnny Unitas" | ||
| 1994 | The Rook | John Abbott | |
| Nadja | Jim | ||
| Amateur | Thomas Ludens | ||
| 1995 | Flirt | Walter | |
| 1996 | The Portrait of A Lady | Ralph Touchett | National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated—New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor(2nd place) |
| Hollow Reed | Martyn Wyatt | ||
| 1997 | Night Sins | Paul Garrison | TV movie |
| 1998 | Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Couples | Aart Vos | TV movie: segment "Aart and Johtje Vos" |
| When Trumpets Fade | Capt. Roy Pritchett | ||
| The Opposite of Sex | Bill Truitt | ||
| Heaven | Robert Marling | ||
| Living Out Loud | Robert Nelson | ||
| The Book of Life | Jesus Christ | ||
| Spanish Fly | Carl | ||
| 1999 | In a Savage Land | Dr. Phillip Spence | |
| The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer | Richard DiBenedetto | TV movie | |
| Onegin | Prince Nikitin | ||
| 2000 | Desire | ||
| The Great Gatsby | Tom Buchanan | TV movie | |
| Custody of the Heart | Dennis Raphael | TV movie | |
| Wonderland | Dr. Neil Harrison | 8 episodes | |
| 2001 | Amy and Isabelle | Peter Robertson | TV movie |
| Pasadena | Will McAllister | 13 episodes | |
| 2002 | |||
| Insomnia | Detective Hap Eckhart | ||
| Pipe Dream | David Kulovic | ||
| RFK | John F. Kennedy | TV movie | |
| 2003 | The United States of Leland | Harry Pollard | |
| Agent Cody Banks | Dr. Connors | ||
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Dr. Archibald Newlands | TV series: episode "Serendipity" | |
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Howard Delhomme | TV series: episode "After the Show" | |
| 2004 | The Pornographer: A Love Story | ||
| Saved! | Pastor Skip | ||
| Traffic | Brent Delaney | TV mini-series | |
| Dark Shadows | Roger Collins | TV series: episode "Pilot" | |
| White Like Me | Gus | ||
| 2005 | At Last | Mark Singleton | |
| The Quiet | Paul Deer | ||
| Weeds | Peter Scottson | 14 episodes Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series (2005) | |
| 2006 | The Visitation | Travis Jordan | |
| The Garage | Adult Matt | ||
| The Sentinel | William Montrose | ||
| Day on Fire | Walter Evering | ||
| Law & Order | Robert White | TV series: episode "Cost of Capital" | |
| 2007 | The Dead Zone | Malcolm Janus | 6 episodes |
| Masters of Horror | Cliff Addison | TV series: episode "Right to Die" | |
| Wind Chill | Highway Patrolman | ||
| Ghost Whisperer | Tom Gordon | 4 episodes | |
| 2008 | The Alphabet Killer | Jim Walsh | |
| 2009 | The Haunting in Connecticut | Peter Campbell | |
| Duress | Richard Barnet | ||
| 2010 | Unnatural History | Bryan Bartlett | |
| Shadows and Lies | Victor | ||
| Unthinkable | Jack Saunders | ||
| 2011 | Collaborator | Robert Longfellow | Written and Directed by Martin Donovan |
| Boss | Ezra Stone | 10 episodes | |
| 2012 | Silent Hill: Revelation 3D | Douglas Cartland | |
| The Firm | Kevin Stack | recurring role | |
| The Reluctant Fundamentalist | Ludlow Cooper | ||
| 2013 | Rogue | Richard Campbell | TV series |
| Homeland | Leland Bennett | 3 episodes | |
| 2014 | Ned Rifle | Rev. Daniel Gardner | |
| Inherent Vice | Crocker Fenway | ||
| 2015 | Ant-Man | Mitchell Carson | |
| 2016 | Legends of Tomorrow | Zaman Druce | Recurring Role; 4 Episodes |
| 2017 | Rememory | Gordon Dunn |
Referensi sunting
- ^ "Martin Donovan profile at". Filmreference.com. 1957-08-19. Diakses tanggal 2013-06-20.
- ^ "'Opposite' attracts low-key indie star" Diarsipkan 2020-05-11 di Wayback Machine., New York Post; accessed May 6, 2014.
- ^ a b "For an Art-House Regular, a Wider World". The New York Times. Diakses tanggal May 6, 2014.
- ^ a b c d Martin Donovan di IMDb (dalam bahasa Inggris)