Acting
Tate Donovan
Born 1963-09-25
Tenafly, New Jersey, USA
Department: Acting
Biography
Tate Buckley Donovan (born September 25, 1963) is an American actor. He is most recently known for his role in the FX drama Damages, as Tom Shayes. He is also known for his role as Jimmy Cooper in the American teen drama television series The O.C., and as the voice of the title character Hercules in Disney's animated feature film of the same name, in the animated television series and in the video game Kingdom Hearts II. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tate Donovan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Prominent works featuring Tate Donovan
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Friends
1994
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Argo
2012
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Hercules
1997
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
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Manchester by the Sea
2016
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Shooter
2007
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Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
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Rocketman
2019
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The Pacifier
2005
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Hawaii Five-0
2010
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (127 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Crime 101 | Monroe | Movie | 2026 |
 | Rhythm Is a Dancer | Gregory | Movie | 2025 |
 | Steady | Kasey | Movie | 2024 |
 | Paradise | Calvin Whitney | Movie | 2024 |
 | The Holdovers | Stanley Clotfelter | Movie | 2023 |
 | Ghosted | Dad | Movie | 2023 |
 | Respect | John Hammond | Movie | 2021 |
 | Worth | Lee Quinn | Movie | 2021 |
 | When New York Was One: The Yankees, the Mets & The 2000 Subway Series | Narrator | Movie | 2020 |
 | Expedition Everest | Narrator | Movie | 2020 |
 | Tuscaloosa | Dr. Mitchell | Movie | 2020 |
 | The Nomads | Mark Nolin | Movie | 2019 |
 | Rocketman | Doug Weston | Movie | 2019 |
 | Love You to Death | Travis Stoller | Movie | 2019 |
 | The Upside | Carter Locke | Movie | 2019 |
 | FBI | Jake Reed | TV Series | 2018 |
 | Grace | Charlie Elliston | Movie | 2018 |
 | Blood Fest | Dr. Conway | Movie | 2018 |
 | For the Love of George | Alvin | Movie | 2018 |
 | Blame | Robert | Movie | 2018 |
 | It Happened in L.A. | Tom | Movie | 2017 |
 | The Only Living Boy in New York | George | Movie | 2017 |
 | Crowbar Smile | Dad | Movie | 2017 |
 | Manchester by the Sea | Hockey Coach | Movie | 2016 |
 | 3 Generations | Craig | Movie | 2016 |
 | MacGyver | Oversight | TV Series | 2016 |
 | Elvis & Nixon | H.R. Haldeman | Movie | 2016 |
 | America’s Game & The Iran Hostage Crisis | Director | Movie | 2015 |
 | Sun Belt Express | Allen King | Movie | 2015 |
 | Bloodline | Director | TV Series | 2015 |
 | The Man in the High Castle | George Dixon | TV Series | 2015 |
 | Madam Secretary | Director | TV Series | 2014 |
 | The Mysteries of Laura | Detective Malcolm Harris | TV Series | 2014 |
 | Red Oaks | Martin van Diem | TV Series | 2014 |
 | Masters of Sex | Graham Pennington | TV Series | 2013 |
 | Hostages | Brian Sanders | TV Series | 2013 |
 | Arthur & Johnnie | Director | Movie | 2013 |
 | The Fosters | Director | TV Series | 2013 |
 | Deception | Edward Bowers | TV Series | 2013 |
 | Argo | Bob Anders | Movie | 2012 |
 | Elementary | Wilson Trager | TV Series | 2012 |
 | Hawaii Five-0 | Director | TV Series | 2010 |
 | The Good Guys | Director | TV Series | 2010 |
 | Below the Beltway | Paul Gibson | Movie | 2010 |
 | Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen | Self - Guest | TV Series | 2009 |
 | Wild About Harry | Harry | Movie | 2009 |
 | Glee | Director | TV Series | 2009 |
 | Gossip Girl | Director | TV Series | 2007 |
 | Damages | Tom Shayes | TV Series | 2007 |
| Damages | Director | TV Series | 2007 |
 | Nancy Drew | Carson Drew | Movie | 2007 |
 | Fired! | Self | Movie | 2007 |
 | Head Case | Self | TV Series | 2007 |
 | Shooter | Russ Turner | Movie | 2007 |
 | The Lather Effect | Will | Movie | 2006 |
 | Painkiller Jane | Dr. Graham Knight / Lucas Insley | Movie | 2005 |
 | Silver Bells | Christy Byrne | Movie | 2005 |
 | Good Night, and Good Luck. | Jesse Zousmer | Movie | 2005 |
 | Weeds | Director | TV Series | 2005 |
 | Disney Heroes Volume 1 | Hercules / Additional Voices (voice) | Movie | 2005 |
 | The Pacifier | Howard Plummer | Movie | 2005 |
 | Medium | Director | TV Series | 2005 |
| The Tony Danza Show | Self | TV Series | 2004 | |
 | Exposed | Bob Smith | Movie | 2003 |
 | The O.C. | Jimmy Cooper | TV Series | 2003 |
| The O.C. | Director | TV Series | 2003 |
 | Nip/Tuck | Director | TV Series | 2003 |
 | Celebrities Uncensored | Self | TV Series | 2003 |
 | Mister Sterling | Barry Reed | TV Series | 2003 |
 | West of Here | Dexter Anderson | Movie | 2002 |
 | Get Well Soon | Mark | Movie | 2001 |
 | 24 | Mark Boudreau | TV Series | 2001 |
 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Luke Nelson | TV Series | 2001 |
 | The Guardian | Lou Caffey | TV Series | 2001 |
 | The Legend of Tarzan | Gobu (voice) | TV Series | 2001 |
 | Disney's House of Mouse | Hercules (voice) | TV Series | 2001 |
 | G-Men from Hell | Mike Mattress | Movie | 2000 |
 | The Making of Hercules | Self | Movie | 2000 |
 | Drop Back Ten | Wally Bixer | Movie | 2000 |
 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Eli Colton | TV Series | 1999 |
 | Hercules: Zero to Hero | Hercules (voice) (archive sound) | Movie | 1999 |
 | October 22 | Peter | Movie | 1998 |
 | Trinity | Kevin McCallister | TV Series | 1998 |
 | The Thin Pink Line | Simon | Movie | 1998 |
 | Hercules | Hercules (voice) | TV Series | 1998 |
 | Tempting Fate | Dr. Ben Creed | Movie | 1998 |
 | Waiting for Woody Allen | David | Movie | 1998 |
 | Ally McBeal | Ronald Cheanie | TV Series | 1997 |
 | Hercules | Hercules (voice) | Movie | 1997 |
 | Murder at 1600 | Kyle Neil | Movie | 1997 |
 | The Only Thrill | Eddie | Movie | 1997 |
 | America's Dream | David (segment "Long Black Song") | Movie | 1996 |
 | Partners | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1995 |
 | The Outer Limits | Tom Seymour | TV Series | 1995 |
 | Friends | Joshua Burgin | TV Series | 1994 |
 | Holy Matrimony | Peter | Movie | 1994 |
 | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Self - Guest | TV Series | 1993 |
 | Ethan Frome | Reverend Smith | Movie | 1993 |
 | Homicide: Life on the Street | Greg Kellerman | TV Series | 1993 |
 | Love Potion No. 9 | Paul Matthews | Movie | 1992 |
 | Equinox | Richie Nunn | Movie | 1992 |
 | Inside Monkey Zetterland | Brent Zetterland | Movie | 1992 |
 | Little Noises | Elliott Ardsley | Movie | 1992 |
 | Memphis Belle | Luke Sinclair | Movie | 1990 |
 | The Word | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1990 |
 | Rising Son | Des | Movie | 1990 |
 | Tales from the Crypt | Nelson | TV Series | 1989 |
 | Dead Bang | John Burns | Movie | 1989 |
 | Dangerous Curves | Chuck Upton | Movie | 1988 |
 | Clean and Sober | Donald Towle | Movie | 1988 |
 | Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder | Marc | TV Series | 1987 |
 | SpaceCamp | Kevin | Movie | 1986 |
 | A Case of Deadly Force | Lawrence O'Donnell Jr. | Movie | 1986 |
 | North Beach and Rawhide | Sean Connelly | Movie | 1985 |
 | Into Thin Air | Brian Walker | Movie | 1985 |
 | Not My Kid | Ricky | Movie | 1985 |
 | Screen Two | Reverend Smith | TV Series | 1985 |
 | No Small Affair | Bob | Movie | 1984 |
 | Family Ties | Clancy | TV Series | 1982 |
 | American Playhouse | Reverend Smith | TV Series | 1982 |
 | Hill Street Blues | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1981 |
 | Magnum, P.I. | R.J. Masters | TV Series | 1980 |
 | Tony Awards | Self - Presenter | TV Series | 1956 |
 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Christy Byrne | TV Series | 1951 |
 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Audience Member (uncredited) | TV Series | 1944 |
| Golden Globe Awards | Self | TV Series | 1944 |
 | Bonding | James | Movie | — |