26 Facts About Donovan Patton

Donovan Patton was born on March 1,1978 and is an American actor and television host.

Series co-creator Angela Santomero stated that Donovan Patton brought Joe, his character, closer to the preschool viewer, as Joe was more willing to "jump into a problem rather than figuring it out first like Steve".

Donovan Patton has an older brother, Casey, and a younger half-sister, Annabelle.

Donovan Patton graduated from the Interlochen Arts Academy in northwest Michigan in 1996, having transferred there his junior year.

Donovan Patton's first acting roles were in Shakespeare plays such as Much Ado About Nothing and Romeo and Juliet.

Donovan Patton took acting classes in Manhattan while working odd jobs such as a book clerk and a video deliveryman.

At the time, Donovan Patton worked as a waiter and a part-time actor in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York.

Donovan Patton was originally set up for a part in Blair Witch Project 2 at the time, but he considered the role as Joe "a happy accident".

Donovan Patton became a "household name" and has been called "an unqualified star to the 5-and-under set and their parents".

Donovan Patton was subjected to "the same kind of scrutiny" as Burns, who was involved in Patton's selection and helped train him, to earn the role.

Donovan Patton had never seen the show before his audition, but like Burns was the favorite with preschool test audiences.

Donovan Patton liked working on Blue's Clues because, as he stated, "I got to go be a kid for twelve hours a day".

Donovan Patton called the show's crew "a real fun little family" and a "well-oiled machine" by the time he joined the show.

Donovan Patton remained on the show for 50 episodes, until it ended its run in 2006, and appeared in its spin-off, Blue's Room, which premiered in 2004.

Several years later, Donovan Patton said he had not yet grasped the enormity of replacing Burns, even after he became a parent and witnessed the show's effect on his own children.

Donovan Patton admitted that he preferred when his daughter watched the Steve episodes.

In 2012, Donovan Patton appeared in the short films Awake and Pharmboy, the latter of which was directed by his longtime friend Lawrence Feeney.

Donovan Patton had impressed him in an audition for an earlier feature film.

Donovan Patton appeared in the soap opera One Life to Live, in which he played, in a departure of his previous roles, "a very angry man".

Donovan Patton called his career, with its mixture of children's television and darker roles in independent films, "an odd experience" and told a reporter that he had spent half his life at Nickelodeon.

Donovan Patton found working on Team Umizoomi "comforting" because many of the same crew, producers, and creators had worked on Blue's Clues.

Donovan Patton said, about Team Umizoomi, "the work the animators have done on it has been superlative".

Donovan Patton stated that he enjoyed working on Team Umizoomi because it gave him the opportunity to participate in a show from its inception, which he had missed with Blue's Clues.

Donovan Patton said his voice performance of Bot, which he modeled on Brent Spiner's performance as the android Data on Star Trek: The Next Generation and was influenced by Mel Blanc's work in the classic Warner Bros.

Donovan Patton is married to his wife Jackie and has two children.

Donovan Patton is active in several charities in the New York City area, including Literacy Inc.