1. Jeffrey Donovan was born on May 11,1968 and is an American actor.
19 Facts About Jeffrey Donovan
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Jeffrey Donovan has played Michael Westen in the television series Burn Notice, and appeared in films such as Hitch, Believe in Me, Changeling, and Come Early Morning.
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Jeffrey Donovan played Robert F Kennedy in Clint Eastwood's J Edgar and his brother John F Kennedy in Rob Reiner's LBJ.
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Jeffrey Donovan had a recurring role in the second season of the TV series Fargo.
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Jeffrey Donovan left the show before the 23rd season due to creative differences.
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Jeffrey Donovan's mother raised her sons alone on welfare after their father abandoned the family.
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At Amesbury High School, Jeffrey Donovan was mentored by a teacher 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.
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Jeffrey Donovan attended Bridgewater State College before transferring to the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in drama.
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Jeffrey Donovan went on to earn his Master of Fine Arts from New York University's Graduate Acting Program at the Tisch School of the Arts.
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Jeffrey Donovan played the recurring role of William Ivers in Crossing Jordan.
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From 2007 to 2013, Jeffrey Donovan starred in Burn Notice, as Michael Westen, a spy who was burned, for reasons unknown to him, and marooned in Miami, Florida.
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Jeffrey Donovan made his directorial debut with the series' episode, "Made Man" which first aired on June 17,2010.
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Jeffrey Donovan 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.
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In 2015, Jeffrey Donovan had a recurring role on Fargo as North Dakota mobster Dodd Gerhardt.
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Jeffrey Donovan has 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 as Seth.
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In 2009, Jeffrey Donovan returned to Amesbury High School 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.
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For many years, Jeffrey Donovan has actively supported Life Rolls On, a foundation empowering people with spinal cord injuries.
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Jeffrey Donovan was named Grand Marshal of the 22nd annual AIDS Walk Miami held on April 17,2010.
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In September 2009, while helping Michael Bolton at the 17th Annual Benefit Concert for Women and Children at Risk in Stamford, Connecticut, Jeffrey Donovan auctioned off a "Burn Notice walk-on part" plus a kiss.