Biography for
Jeffrey Donovan More at IMDbPro »

Date of Birth

11 May 1968, Amesbury, Massachusetts, USA

Birth Name

Jeffrey T. Donovan

Nickname

Jeff

Height

6' (1.83 m)

Trivia

Currently lives in Los Angeles.

Enjoys gardening and golf.

Graduated from Amesbury High School in Amesbury, Massachusetts. Attended University of Massachusetts-Amherst and Bridgewater State College in Massachusetts. Graduated from New York University's Graduate Acting Program, where he received an MFA.

Has admitted in interviews that he grew up very poor.

Speaks Russian.

Has studied martial arts for over twenty years and has a black belt in karate. Has six years of experience in Brazilian jujitsu, and is a certified SCUBA diver.

Irish-American.

A big fan of the Boston Red Sox.

Personal Quotes

Asked about his martial arts training in a TV Guide interview (8 Aug 2008) he said: I have a black belt in karate and six years of aikido and about a year of Brazilian jujitsu."

My mom raised us three boys by herself on welfare. It's not worse than anybody else's life. We had to make ends meet. My parents were divorced, so my father wasn't really in my life. We grew up like most kids, just wanting things. [on growing up]

I met with Matt Nix. The script was sent to me from USA, they wanted to work with me again. Bonnie Hammer and Jeff Wachtel, they had done "Touching Evil" (2004) with me. So I went and met with Matt and did a couple of scenes for him. He basically said, "You're my guy". And that was it. It wasn't that I was that great, it was my take on the material. I didn't know all my lines, I didn't have everything right. He just saw my angle on it and my angle was: Bring levity to a serious situation and be real serious about something that's real casual [on landing "Burn Notice" (2007)].

I'm not a big movie-goer. I just feel like I'm watching work. I am always outside and couldn't care less about what's on TV these days. (2004)