![]() ![]() In September 2009, while helping Michael Bolton at the 17th Annual Benefit Concert for Women and Children at Risk in Stamford, Connecticut, Donovan auctioned off a “Burn Notice walk-on-part” plus a kiss. He also supports his friends’ charity events. Donovan was named Grand Marshal of the 22nd annual AIDS Walk Miami held on April 17, 2010. On Octohe served as one of the chairmen for the 6th Annual LRO annual fundraiser called Night by the Ocean at the Kodak Theatre. The first $10,000 award was given out to a senior that June.ĭonovan has actively supported Life Rolls On (LRO), a foundation empowering people with spinal cord injuries. Jeffrey Donovan returned to Amesbury High School in 2009 where he took part in a career day mentorship program with other successful professionals and presented the school with a $100,000 arts scholarship program. On July 3, 2010, he once again threw the ceremonial first pitch at Fenway Park, this time at a game between the Red Sox and the Baltimore Orioles. On July 3, 2009, Jeffrey Donovan, a Boston Red Sox baseball fan since childhood, threw the ceremonial first pitch at the game between the Red Sox and the Seattle Mariners at Fenway Park. Donovan has also performed in the radio dramas On the Waterfront (once again as Terry Malloy), Frozen, and Grapes of Wrath. In 2021, he was cast as a series regular detective for the 21st season of Law & Order.ĭonovan has also performed on stage in various productions, including Hamlet as the title character, A View from the Bridge as Marco, An Inspector Calls, and Off-Broadway in Things You Shouldn’t Say Past Midnight as Gene, The Glory of Living as Clint, regionally in Toys in the Attic as Julian Berniers, On the Waterfront as Terry Malloy, Oedipus as Teiresias and Freedomland (play) as Seth.įrom October 2008 until spring 2009, Jeffrey Donovan starred in the farce Don’t Dress for Dinner in Chicago. On January 30, 2018, Shut Eye was canceled after two seasons. In 2016, he began starring as Tarot-reading con artist Charlie Haverford in Shut Eye on Hulu. In 2015, Jeffrey Donovan had a recurring role on Fargo as North Dakota mobster Dodd Gerhardt. The series lasted for seven seasons, received positive reviews from both fans and critics, and was nominated for four Primetime Emmy Awards. Donovan also directed a prequel film starring co-star Bruce Campbell, titled Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe, which first aired on USA Network on April 17, 2011. ![]() The show follows Westen as he attempts to find out why he was burned and regain his job as a covert intelligence agent, in addition to bringing justice to the people of Miami.ĭonovan made his directorial debut with the series’ episode, “Made Man” which first aired on June 17, 2010. In 2004, he had his first leading role in the American remake of the British television series Touching Evil with Vera Farmiga on the USA Network.įrom 2007 to 2013, Donovan starred in Burn Notice, as Michael Westen, a spy who was burned, seemingly by the CIA or Homeland Security, for reasons unknown to him, and marooned in Miami, Florida. Sloan.ĭonovan also played the recurring role of William Ivers in Crossing Jordan. In the short-lived TV series Threshold, Donovan played the antihero Dr. Jeffrey Donovan has guest-starred in several television shows, including CSI: Miami, Spin City, Monk, Millennium, Witchblade, The Pretender, Homicide: Life on the Street and Law & Order. He went on to earn his Master of Fine Arts from New York University’s Graduate Acting Program at the Tisch School of the Arts. He was a commercial bus driver at UMass Transit Service while attending college, where he operated passenger buses as part of the PVTA. He attended Bridgewater State College before transferring to the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in drama. They moved several times before settling in Amesbury, Massachusetts.ĭonovan was mentored by a teacher at Amesbury High School who helped him start a drama club and find a private scholarship, enabling him to participate in a summer program that helped him start his acting career. Donovan’s mother raised her sons alone on welfare after their father abandoned the family. He is the middle of three boys to Nancy Matthews (1946-2010) his older brother was Michael Donovan (c 1965-2010) and his younger brother is Sean (born 1970). Jeffrey Thomas Donovan was born on (age 54 years) in Amesbury, Massachusetts, United States. ![]()
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