Tate Donovan Biography
Summary
"Tate Buckley Donovan" (born September 25, 1963) is an American film and television actor and director. He is best known for his role as Jimmy Cooper in the American teen drama television series The O.C. He has also been the voice of the Hercules, a title character from the 1997 film of the same name, the animated television series, and in the video game Kingdom Hearts 2 (in the first Kingdom Hearts game, he was voiced by actor Sean Astin).
Biography
Early life
Donovan, the youngest of seven children, was born in New York City, New York, the son of Eileen (née McAllister) and J. Timothy Donovan, who was a surgeon. He attended a public high school in Tenafly New Jersey and has been appearing on television since his teens. He attended the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, where he met his now long-time friends Grant Heslov and George Clooney. He is of Irish heritage.
Career
Donovan played the role of Joshua, the boyfriend of Jennifer Aniston's character, Rachel Green, in a few episodes of season 4 of the sitcom "Friends". He played the priest son of a large Irish Catholic family in the short-lived NBC drama "Trinity" (1998). More recently he has appeared as a guest star in several series such as "The Guardian" (2001), "Mister Sterling" (2003), "Exposed" (2003), and in the "The O.C." (2003), where he appeared as Jimmy Cooper. He starred on stage with Glenn Fitzgerald in Kenneth Lonergan's "Lobby Hero" and with Amy Ryan in the L.A. production of "Rabbit Hole".
He had a regular gig with an Irish traditional band called The Descendants, with whom he released an album titled "Wake Amusements". He is currently starring in the FX drama "Damages" as Tom Shayes, a partner at the firm of Glenn Close's character, Patty Hewes.
Personal life
Donovan was formerly engaged to Sandra Bullock (1994) and to Jennifer Aniston. He also dated British socialite Plum Sykes (in 2000), actress Whitney Allen (2001), and Lauren Graham of the television series "Gilmore Girls". He married Corinne Kingsbury in a Catholic ceremony on a Malibu, California beach in 2005. It was reported that Kingsbury and Donovan have separated in 2008.
In 2008, Donovan announced his support for presidential hopeful Barack Obama in the 2008 presidential U.S. elections. Donovan has also been campaigning for the Democratic presidential candidate.
Donovan has also volunteered as an actor with the Young Storytellers Program.
Filmography
"Damages" (2007) TV Series
"Neal Cassady" (2007)
"Nancy Drew" (2007) as Carson Drew
"Shooter" (2007)
"Kingdom Hearts II" (2006) (video game)
"Silver Bells" (2005)
"Good Night, and Good Luck" (2005)
"The Pacifier" (2005)
"Exposed" (2003/I)
"The O.C." (2003-2004, 2005, 2006, 2007) TV Series
"Mister Sterling" (2003) TV Series
"West of Here" (2002)
"Get Well Soon" (2001)
"Swordfish" (2001)
"House of Mouse" (2001) TV Series
"Jesus & Hutch" (2000)
"Office Party, The" (2000)
"G-Men from Hell" (2000)
"Outer Limits-Episode:Glitch" (2000)
"Drop Back Ten" (2000)
"4 a.m.: Open All Night" (1999)
"Hercules: Zero to Hero" (1999)
"Thin Pink Line, The" (1998)
"Godzilla the series" (1998)
"Waiting for Woody" (1998)
"October 22" (1998)
"Trinity" (1998) TV Series
"Hercules: The Animated Series"(1998) TV Series
"Friends" (1998)
"Tempting Fate" (1998) (TV)
"The Only Thrill" (1997)
"Ally McBeal" (1997)
"Hercules" (1997) (voice of Hercules)
"Murder at 1600" (1997)
"America's Dream" (1996) (TV)
"Partners" (1995) TV Series
"Holy Matrimony" (1994)
"Ethan Frome" (1993)
"Love Potion No. 9" (1992)
"Equinox" (1992)
"Inside Monkey Zetterland" (1992)
"Little Noises" (1991)
"Memphis Belle" (1990)
"Rising Son" (1990/I) (TV)
"Dead Bang" (1989)
"Dangerous Curves" (1988)
"Vietnam War Story II" (1988)
"Clean and Sober" (1988)
"Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder" (1987) (mini) TV Series
"SpaceCamp" (1986)
"Magnum P.I. Episode: Summer School" (1986) (TV)
"Case of Deadly Force, A" (1986) (TV)
"North Beach and Rawhide" (1985) (TV)
"Into Thin Air" (1985) (TV)
"Not My Kid" (1985) (TV)
"No Small Affair" (1984)
External links
http://www.theocshow.com/bios/jimmybio.htm
(Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network (BCAN)) Tate Donovan is the spokesperson for BCAN. His father, a urologist, died from bladder cancer and his mother has bladder cancer.
Credit
This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article about Tate Donovan.
