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 Jeffrey Donovan: It is so important to me how different I am in the plays I do. I never want people to go, `Oh, that`s him again.` I want them to go, `I loved the guy who played Marco in A View From the Bridge,` then come see this and go, `I loved the guy who played Gene,` and not know it`s the same guy. That`s what I want Jeff: (On whether he likes film, stage or TV work the best.) Stage is my favorite, but I can`t live on wood alone
Jeffrey: Believe it or not, I don`t own a TV. Crazy huh? I`m not a big movie-goer either. I just feel like I`m watching work. I am always outside and couldn`t care less about what`s on TV these days
Jeffrey: The most fun I’ve had on Burn Notice, I think it would have to be working with China Chow and Lucy Lawless
Jeffrey: It’d have to be this. I mean, in Burn Notice I get to play a spy, I get to be funny, I get to have hot chicks all around me. And I get to be really smart, which is a stretch, but I pull it off.
Jeffrey: What would surprise a lot of people about me… I’m a gardener! I have a green thumb. I really like to get into the shrubs, the bushes, and really cultivate.
Donovan:I`ve always wanted to do theater in Chicago. Chicago is a big theater town-and, in some ways, I think this city is savvier and smarter than New York. Sometimes, I think it`s a little too chic to go to theater in New York these days
Donovan: ...there`s no hiding. And if you`re supposed to be funny and you get no laughs-there`s instant feedback for you
I actually do my own renovations. I designed and built a 100-foot split-cedar rail fence to enclose my property. It was one of the hardest things I`ve ever done. Don`t recommend doing it alone. I also built a 100-square-foot back porch. Again, don`t recommend doing it alone.
Trivia
He is 6` 1" (1.85 m
He graduated from New York University`s Graduate Acting Program, where he received an MFA.
As of 2006, Jeffrey lives in Los Angeles
Jeffrey attended UMass Amherst and Bridgewater State College in Massachusetts. When Jeffrey attended college, he drove the campus bus in the mornings to help pay his way.
Jeffrey was on the cover of "Entertainment Weekly" Issue 564 for his part in the movie "Blair Witch 2: Book of Shadows
In Jeffrey`s high school yearbook, he wrote this about what he planned to do after graduating: "Go to college and get a degree in acting, perform in the theater, and make a lot of money.
Jeffrey was the first president of his high school`s drama club
Jeffrey was on his high school`s football and tennis teams
Jeffery Donovan made his film debut in Throwing Down, the grand prize winner at Hampton`s International Film Festival
Jeffery Donovan appeared as Hamlet in the Wang Center`s production on Boston Common in 2005 to rave reviews.
Jeffery Donovan not only starred in, but also produced Searching for Certainty, Mike O`Malley`s play, in Los Angele
In 2003 at the Method Fest, he won best supporting actor for his role in Sam and Joe.
His five favorite musicians are Jet, Incubus, Miles Davis, Radiohead, and Beth Orton.
He says his best present was a BMX bike with killer wheels, when he was 13 years old.
When Jeffrey first came to LA he was stuck up at gun point and robbed in broad daylight.
After graduating Donovan headed to New York with $75 in his pocket and dreams of acting. He entered New York University`s graduate school for actors. Donovan had to compete with a thousand applicants to be admitted to the master`s of fine arts program.
Jeffrey`s mother, Nancy Matthews, and his two brothers brought him up. He has said that the close-knit family were "incredibly poor."
His mother has always been very supportive of his desire to be an actor. She told him "...to follow his dreams and follow his heart and don`t let anybody else disappoint him."
Jeffrey appeared in Amy Freed`s Pulitzer Prize runner-up play Freedomland, which was first shown off Broadway.
Jeffrey performed in The Glory of Living directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman and co-starring Oscar winner Anna Paqui
Opening in Chicago August 2007, Come Early Morning stars Jeffrey Donovan, along with Ashley Judd, and Diane Ladd. It is written and directed by Joey Lauren Adams.
Under the new agreement with his Burn Notice bosses, Donovan will be paid $125,000-$150,000 an episode, a big bump from the $55,000 he used to make.
Donovan has just finished a run at the Royal George Theatre, Chicago, where he appeared in the acclaimed theatrical production Don`t Dress for Dinner.
Jeffrey Donovan lives in Topanga, California, with his girlfriend and their three boys.
Enjoys gardening.
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Graduated from New York University's Graduate Acting Program, where he received an MFA.
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Currently lives in Los Angeles.
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Attended UMass Amherst and Bridgewater State College in Massachusetts.
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