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Tate Donovan (born September 25, 1963) is an American actor. He was born the youngest of seven children in an Irish-Catholic family in Tenafly, New Jersey, where he attended a public high school.

Youth

He has been appearing on television since his teens. He attended the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, where he met his now long-time friends Grant Heslov and George Clooney.

Love Life

Donovan was formerly engaged to Sandra Bullock (1994) and to Jennifer Aniston. He also dated British socialite, Plum Sykes (in 2000), actress Whitney Allen (2001), and Lauren Graham of the television series Gilmore Girls. However, he married Corinne Kingsbury in a Catholic ceremony on a Malibu, California beach in 2005.

The Descendants

He had a regular gig with an Irish traditional band called The Descendants, with whom he released an album titled "Wake Amusements."

Acting roles

Donovan played the priest son of a large Irish Catholic family in the short-lived NBC drama Trinity (1998). More recently he has appeared as a guest star in several series such as The Guardian (2001), Mister Sterling (2003), and in the The O.C. (2003), where he appeared as Jimmy Cooper.

He has also been the voice of Hercules, titular character of the movie with the same name, the animated TV show, and in the video game Kingdom Hearts II (Sean Astin did the voice of Hercules in the first Kingdom Hearts).

Donovan has volunteered as an actor with the Young Storytellers Program.

Filmography

• Kingdom Hearts II (2006) (video game) (voice)
• Silver Bells (2005)
• Good Night, and Good Luck (2005)
• The Pacifier (2005)
• Exposed (2003/I)
• The O.C. (2003) TV Series
• Mister Sterling (2003) TV Series
• West of Here (2002)
• Get Well Soon (2001)
• Swordfish (2001) (uncredited)
• House of Mouse (2001) TV Series (voice)
• Jesus & Hutch (2000)
• Office Party, The (2000)
• G-Men from Hell (2000)
• Drop Back Ten (2000)
• 4 a.m.: Open All Night (1999)
• Hercules: Zero to Hero (1999) (voice)
• Thin Pink Line, The (1998)
• Waiting for Woody (1998)
• October 22 (1998)
• Trinity (1998) TV Series
• Hercules: The Animated Series(1998) TV Series (voice)
• Friends (1998)
• Tempting Fate (1998) (TV)
• Disney Sing-Along-Songs: Zero to Hero (1997)
• Hercules (1997/II) (VG) (voice)
• The Only Thrill (1997)
• Ally McBeal (1997)
• Hercules (1997) (voice)
• Murder at 1600 (1997)
• America's Dream (1996) (TV)
• Partners (1995) TV Series
• Holy Matrimony (1994)
• Ethan Frome (1993)
• Love Potion No. 9 (1992)
• Equinox (1992)
• Inside Monkey Zetterland (1992)
• Little Noises (1991)
• Memphis Belle (1990)
• Rising Son (1990/I) (TV)
• Dead Bang (1989)
• Dangerous Curves (1988)
• Vietnam War Story II (1988)
• Clean and Sober (1988)
• Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder (1987) (mini) TV Series
• SpaceCamp (1986)
• Case of Deadly Force, A (1986) (TV)
• North Beach and Rawhide (1985) (TV)
• Into Thin Air (1985) (TV)
• Not My Kid (1985) (TV)
• No Small Affair (1984)

External links

• http://www.tvtome.com/tvtome/servlet/PersonDetail/personid-12206
• http://www.theocshow.com/bios/jimmybio.htm
• Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network (BCAN) Tate Donovan is the spokesperson for BCAN. His father, a urologist, died from bladder cancer and his mother has bladder cancer.

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