Martin Donovan

Biography

Martin Donovan (born August 19, 1957) is an American stage and film actor. He has had a long collaboration with the director Hal Hartley, appearing in many of his films, including Trust (1990), Surviving Desire (1991), Simple Men (1992), Flirt (1993), Amateur (1994), and The Book of Life (1998) (in which he played Jesus). He is best known as Peter Scottson, the DEA agent on Showtime's Weeds. He made his Writing and Directorial debut in 2011 with the film Collaborator, which he stars in with David Morse.

Known For

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

Homeland

Ghost Whisperer

Lioness

DC's Legends of Tomorrow

All Movies (79)

• The Apprentice2024 · as Fred Trump
• Sealed with a List2023 · as Silas Redmond
• BlackBerry2023 · as Rick Brock
• Crisis2021 · as Lawrence Morgan
• Redemption Day2021 · as Tom Fitzgerald
• Percy2020 · as Rick Aarons
• Tenet2020 · as Fay
• White Lie2019 · as Doug Arneson
• The Art of Racing in the Rain2019 · as Maxwell
• Come to Daddy2019 · as Brian
• Fahrenheit 4512018 · as Commissioner Nyari
• Indian Horse2018 · as Jack Lanahan
• Status Update2018 · as Dutch Alden
• The Lost Wife of Robert Durst2017 · as Detective Struk
• Rememory2017 · as Gordon Dunn
• Aftermath2017 · as Robert
• All at Once2016 · as Giovanni Sacco
• Ant-Man2015 · as Mitchell Carson
• Ned Rifle2015 · as Rev. Daniel Gardner
• Inherent Vice2014 · as Crocker Fenway
• Amnesia: Who Are You?2014 · as Internet Submission 6
• Sabotage2014 · as Floyd Demel
• Nurse 3-D2013 · as Larry Cook
• The Reluctant Fundamentalist2013 · as Ludlow Cooper
• Silent Hill: Revelation 3D2012 · as Douglas Cartland
• Collaborator2011 · as Robert Longfellow
• Years Later: The Unbelievable Truth and Its Consequences2010 · as Himself
• Unthinkable2010 · as Jack Saunders
• Shadows & Lies2010 · as Victor
• Duress2009 · as Richard Barnett
• The Haunting in Connecticut2009 · as Peter Campbell
• Fear Itself: The Spirit Box2009 · as Officer Dan Johnson
• The Alphabet Killer2008 · as Jim Walsh
• Remember Back, Remember When2008 · as Dad
• Wind Chill2007 · as Highway Patrolman
• Right to Die2007 · as Cliff Addison
• The Garage2006 · as Adult Matt
• Day On Fire2006 · as Walter Evering
• The Sentinel2006 · as William Montrose
• The Visitation2006 · as Travis Jordan
• The Quiet2005 · as Paul Deer
• Dark Shadows2005 · as Roger Collins
• Upon Reflection: The Making of Trust2005 · as Self
• Saved!2004 · as Pastor Skip
• The Pornographer: A Love Story2004 · as Michael
• The United States of Leland2003 · as Harry Pollard
• Agent Cody Banks2003 · as Dr. Connors
• Pipe Dream2002 · as David Kulovic
• RFK2002 · as John F. Kennedy
• Insomnia2002 · as Hap Eckhart
• Amy & Isabelle2001 · as Peter Robertson
• Desire2000 · as (uncredited)
• Custody of the Heart2000 · as Dennis Raphael
• The Great Gatsby2000 · as Tom Buchanan
• Onegin1999 · as Prince Nikitin
• In a Savage Land1999 · as Dr. Phillip Spence
• The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer1999 · as Richard DiBenedetto
• Heaven1999 · as Robert Marling
• Living Out Loud1998 · as Robert Nelson
• Spanish Fly1998 · as Carl
• The Book of Life1998 · as Jesus Christ
• When Trumpets Fade1998 · as Captain Pritchett
• The Opposite of Sex1998 · as Bill Truitt
• Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Couples1998 · as Aart Vos
• Night Sins1997 · as Paul Garrison
• The Portrait of a Lady1996 · as Ralph Touchett
• Hollow Reed1996 · as Martyn Wyatt
• Flirt1995 · as Walter
• Nadja1995 · as Jim
• The Rook1994 · as John Abbott
• Amateur1994 · as Thomas Ludens
• Flirt1993 · as Walter
• Quick1993 · as Herschel Brewer
• Scam1993 · as Gordon Wexler
• Malcolm X1992 · as FBI Agent
• Simple Men1992 · as Martin
• Surviving Desire1992 · as Jude
• Trust1990 · as Matthew Slaughter
• Hard Choices1985 · as Josh

All TV Shows (37)

• Earth Abides2024 · as Milton
• Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent2024 · as Charles Graff
• Lioness2023 · as Errol Meade
• Archive 812022 · as Virgil Davenport
• Firefly Lane2021 · as Wilson King
• Nancy Drew2019 · as Everett Hudson
• Carter2018 · as Hamilton Gerard
• Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams2017 · as Odin
• Big Little Lies2017 · as Martin Howard
• Conviction2016 · as President Theodore 'Ted' Morrison
• Lethal Weapon2016 · as Grant Davenport
• DC's Legends of Tomorrow2016 · as Zaman Druce
• The Lottery2014 · as Darius Hayes
• King & Maxwell2013 · as Bob Scott
• Motive2013 · as Miles Balfour
• The Firm2012 · as Kevin Stack
• Boss2011 · as Ezra Stone
• Homeland2011 · as Leland Bennett
• Unforgettable2011 · as William Houston
• Unnatural History2010 · as Martin Donovan
• Everything She Ever Wanted2009 · as Charles
• The Listener2009 · as Michael Morrissey
• Fear Itself2008 · as Officer Dan Johnson
• Masters of Horror2005 · as Cliff Addison
• Ghost Whisperer2005 · as Tom Gordon
• Weeds2005 · as Peter Scottson
• Weeds2005 · as Lieutenant Peter Scottson
• Traffic2004 · as Brent Delaney
• The Dead Zone2002 · as Malcolm Janus
• Pasadena2001 · as Will McAllister
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation2000 · as Howard Delhomme
• Wonderland2000 · as Neil Harrison
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999 · as Dr. Archibald Newlands
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999 · as Logan Carter
• The Hunt For The Unicorn Killer1999 · as Richard DiBenedetto
• Law & Order1990 · as Robert White
• Leg Work1987