Jeffrey T. Donovan Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Jeffrey Donovan (born May 11, 1968) is an American television, film and stage actor. He played the lead character Michael Westen on the long-running American cable television series Burn Notice. Notable starring roles in film include: Hitch, Believe in Me, Changeling, and Come Early Morning. He portrayed Robert F. Kennedy in Clint Eastwood's J. Edgar (2011).
Sicario, Changeling, Extinction, J. Edgar, Hitch, Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2, Come Early Morning, Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe, Believe in Me, Sleepers, When Trumpets Fade, LBJ, Bait, Witness to the Mob, Critical Choices, Hindsight, Purpose, Soldado, Touching Evil, Final Draft
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)
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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)].
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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]
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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."
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His uncle, Don Matthews, worked as a coach in the CFL (Canadian Football League). Don was the brother of Jeffrey's mother, Nancy Matthews.
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In Amesbury, Massachusetts receiving an award at his former high school, Amesbury High. [May 2009]
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Jeffrey and his wife, Michelle Woods, became the parents of their first child, a daughter [December 18, 2012].
He has Irish, Scottish, and French-Canadian ancestry. His maternal grandparents were born in Canada; his grandfather was from Prince Edward Island, and his grandmother was from Tracadie, New Brunswick.
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Has studied martial arts for over twenty years and has a black belt in Shotokan karate. Has six years of experience in Brazilian jujitsu and Aikido, and is a certified SCUBA diver.
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Has admitted in interviews that he grew up very poor.
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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.