Acting · Reseda, California, USA · Born August 19, 1957
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.
TVLittle House on the Prairie
2026
as Mr. Ingalls
TVEarth Abides
2024
as Milton
MovieThe Apprentice
2024
as Fred Trump
TVLaw & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent
2024
as Charles Graff
MovieSealed with a List
2023
as Silas Redmond
TVLioness
2023
as Errol Meade
MovieBlackBerry
2023
as Rick Brock
TVArchive 81
2022
as Virgil Davenport
MovieCrisis
2021
as Lawrence Morgan
TVFirefly Lane
2021
as Wilson King
MovieRedemption Day
2021
as Tom Fitzgerald
MoviePercy
2020
as Rick Aarons
MovieTenet
2020
as Fay
TVNancy Drew
2019
as Everett Hudson
MovieWhite Lie
2019
as Doug Arneson
MovieThe Art of Racing in the Rain
2019
as Maxwell
MovieCome to Daddy
2019
as Brian
TVCarter
2018
as Hamilton Gerard
MovieFahrenheit 451
2018
as Commissioner Nyari
MovieIndian Horse
2018
as Jack Lanahan
MovieStatus Update
2018
as Dutch Alden
MovieThe Lost Wife of Robert Durst
2017
as Detective Struk
TVPhilip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
2017
as Odin
MovieRememory
2017
as Gordon Dunn
MovieAftermath
2017
as Robert
TVBig Little Lies
2017
as Martin Howard
MovieAll at Once
2016
as Giovanni Sacco
TVConviction
2016
as President Theodore 'Ted' Morrison
TVLethal Weapon
2016
as Grant Davenport
TVDC's Legends of Tomorrow
2016
as Zaman Druce
MovieAnt-Man
2015
as Mitchell Carson
MovieNed Rifle
2015
as Rev. Daniel Gardner
MovieInherent Vice
2014
as Crocker Fenway
TVThe Lottery
2014
as Darius Hayes
Amnesia: Who Are You?
2014
as Internet Submission 6
MovieSabotage
2014
as Floyd Demel
MovieNurse 3-D
2013
as Larry Cook
TVKing & Maxwell
2013
as Bob Scott
MovieThe Reluctant Fundamentalist
2013
as Ludlow Cooper
TVMotive
2013
as Miles Balfour
MovieSilent Hill: Revelation 3D
2012
as Douglas Cartland
TVThe Firm
2012
as Kevin Stack
TVBoss
2011
as Ezra Stone
MovieCollaborator
2011
as Robert Longfellow
TVHomeland
2011
as Leland Bennett
TVUnforgettable
2011
as William Houston
Years Later: The Unbelievable Truth and Its Consequences
2010
as Himself
TVUnnatural History
2010
as Martin Donovan
MovieUnthinkable
2010
as Jack Saunders
MovieShadows & Lies
2010
as Victor
TVEverything She Ever Wanted
2009
as Charles
MovieDuress
2009
as Richard Barnett
TVThe Listener
2009
as Michael Morrissey
MovieThe Haunting in Connecticut
2009
as Peter Campbell
MovieThe Spirit Box
2009
as Officer Dan Johnson
MovieThe Alphabet Killer
2008
as Jim Walsh
TVFear Itself
2008
as Officer Dan Johnson
MovieRemember Back, Remember When
2008
as Dad
MovieWind Chill
2007
as Highway Patrolman
MovieRight to Die
2007
as Cliff Addison
The Garage
2006
as Adult Matt
MovieDay On Fire
2006
as Walter Evering
MovieThe Sentinel
2006
as William Montrose
MovieThe Visitation
2006
as Travis Jordan
TVMasters of Horror
2005
as Cliff Addison
TVGhost Whisperer
2005
as Tom Gordon
MovieThe Quiet
2005
as Paul Deer
TVWeeds
2005
as Peter Scottson
MovieDark Shadows
2005
as Roger Collins
MovieUpon Reflection: The Making of Trust
2005
as Self
MovieSaved!
2004
as Pastor Skip
MovieThe Pornographer: A Love Story
2004
as Michael
TVTraffic
2004
as Brent Delaney
MovieThe United States of Leland
2003
as Harry Pollard
MovieAgent Cody Banks
2003
as Dr. Connors
MoviePipe Dream
2002
as David Kulovic
MovieRFK
2002
as John F. Kennedy
TVThe Dead Zone
2002
as Malcolm Janus
MovieInsomnia
2002
as Hap Eckhart
TVPasadena
2001
as Will McAllister
MovieAmy & Isabelle
2001
as Peter Robertson
TVCSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
as Howard Delhomme
MovieDesire
2000
as (uncredited)
MovieCustody of the Heart
2000
as Dennis Raphael
TVWonderland
2000
as Neil Harrison
MovieThe Great Gatsby
2000
as Tom Buchanan
MovieOnegin
1999
as Prince Nikitin
MovieIn a Savage Land
1999
as Dr. Phillip Spence
TVLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Dr. Archibald Newlands
MovieThe Hunt for the Unicorn Killer
1999
as Richard DiBenedetto
TVThe Hunt For The Unicorn Killer
1999
as Richard DiBenedetto
MovieHeaven
1999
as Robert Marling
MovieLiving Out Loud
1998
as Robert Nelson
MovieSpanish Fly
1998
as Carl
MovieThe Book of Life
1998
as Jesus Christ
MovieWhen Trumpets Fade
1998
as Captain Pritchett
MovieThe Opposite of Sex
1998
as Bill Truitt
MovieRescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Couples
1998
as Aart Vos
MovieNight Sins
1997
as Paul Garrison
MovieThe Portrait of a Lady
1996
as Ralph Touchett
MovieHollow Reed
1996
as Martyn Wyatt
MovieFlirt
1995
as Walter
MovieNadja
1995
as Jim
The Rook
1994
as John Abbott
MovieAmateur
1994
as Thomas Ludens
MovieFlirt
1993
as Walter
MovieQuick
1993
as Herschel Brewer
MovieScam
1993
as Gordon Wexler
MovieMalcolm X
1992
as FBI Agent
MovieSimple Men
1992
as Martin
MovieSurviving Desire
1992
as Jude
TVLaw & Order
1990
as Robert White
MovieTrust
1990
as Matthew Slaughter
TVLeg Work
1987
MovieHard Choices
1985
as Josh
TVAmerican Playhouse
1982
as Jude
