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Biography

Tate Donovan is an actor and director who was born on September 25, 1963, in Tenafly, New Jersey. While a teenager, Tate made his…more

Born

9/25/1963, Tenafly, New Jersey (USA)

Birth Name

Tate Buckley Donovan

Gender

Male

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Star (9)

Role
- No Ordinary Family
  Mitch McCutcheon
  - S 1: Ep 1 Pilot
    9/28/10
- Damages
  Tom Shayes
  - S 3: Ep 13 The Next One's Gonna Go In Your Throat
    4/19/10
  - S 3: Ep 12 You Were His Little Monkey
    4/12/10
  - S 3: Ep 11 All That Crap About Your Family
    4/5/10
  - S 3: Ep 10 Tell Me I'm Not Racist
    3/29/10
  - S 3: Ep 9 Drive It Through Hardcore
    3/22/10
  - + 33 More Credits
- Silver Bells
  Christy
- The O.C.
  James "Jimmy" Cooper
  - S 3: Ep 4 The Last Waltz
    9/29/05
  - S 3: Ep 3 The End of Innocence
    9/22/05
  - S 3: Ep 2 The Shape of Things to Come
    9/15/05
  - S 2: Ep 7 The Family Ties
    1/6/05
  - S 2: Ep 6 The Chrismukkah That Almost Wasn't
    12/16/04
  - + 29 More Credits
- The O.C.
  James "Jimmy" Cooper (Episode 1-34)
  - S 2: Ep 4 The New Era
    12/2/04
- The O.C.
  James "Jimmy" Cooper [eps 1-34, or guest]
  - S 2: Ep 200 Welcome to The O.C.: A Day in the Life
    9/23/04
  - S 2: Ep 100 The O.C.: Obsess Completely
    9/16/04
- Disney's Hercules
  Hercules
  - S 1: Ep 52 Hercules and the Tiff on Olympus
    3/1/99
  - S 1: Ep 51 Hercules and the Big Show
    2/26/99
  - S 1: Ep 50 Hercules and the Spring of Canathus
    2/24/99
  - S 1: Ep 49 Hercules and the Grim Avenger
    2/22/99
  - S 1: Ep 48 Hercules and the Odyssey Experience
    2/19/99
  - + 59 More Credits
- Trinity
  Kevin McCallister
  - S 1: Ep 6 ...To Forgive, Divine
    12/27/98
  - S 1: Ep 4 In Loco Parentis
    11/6/98
  - S 1: Ep 3 No Secrets
    10/30/98
  - S 1: Ep 2 In a Yellow Wood
    10/23/98
  - S 1: Ep 1 Pilot
    10/16/98
  - + 4 More Credits
- Partners
  Owen
  - S 1: Ep 22 Will You Marry Me?
    4/1/96
  - S 1: Ep 21 You Quit?
    3/18/96
  - S 1: Ep 20 Soup or a Movie?
    3/11/96
  - S 1: Ep 19 Hello? Harmless?
    3/4/96
  - S 1: Ep 18 Can We Keep Her, Dad?
    2/19/96
  - + 17 More Credits
Recurring Role (4)

Role
- The O.C.
  James "Jimmy" Cooper
  - S 4: Ep 7 The Chrismukk-huh?
    12/14/06
  - S 3: Ep 2 The Shape of Things to Come
    9/15/05
- The O.C.
  Jimmy Cooper
  - S 3: Ep 3 The End of Innocence
    9/22/05
  - S 3: Ep 1 The Aftermath
    9/8/05
  - S 2: Ep 24 The Dearly Beloved
    5/19/05
- Mister Sterling
  Barry Reed
- Friends
  Joshua Burgin
  - S 4: Ep 20 The One with All the Wedding Dresses
    4/16/98
  - S 4: Ep 18 The One with Rachel's New Dress
    4/2/98
  - S 4: Ep 16 The One with the Fake Party
    3/19/98
  - S 4: Ep 14 The One with Joey's Dirty Day
    2/5/98
  - S 4: Ep 13 The One with Rachel's Crush
    1/29/98
Guest Star (23)

Role
- TMZ
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 261 Episode #4.261
    7/6/11
  - S 2: Ep 13 Episode #2.013
    9/22/08
- The Cleaner
  Richard Hoffler
  - S 1: Ep 3 Meet the Joneses
    7/29/08
- The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet
  Guest Star
  - S 2: Ep 6 Morning Show With Mike and Juliet
    9/18/07
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent
  Commander Luke Nelson
  - S 6: Ep 19 Rocket Man
    5/1/07
- Painkiller Jane
  Dr. Graham Knight/Lucas Insley
  - S 1: Ep 0 Painkiller Jane
    12/10/05
- Hallmark Hall Of Fame
  Christy Byrne
  - S 55: Ep 1 Silver Bells
    11/27/05
- Unscripted
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 9 Unscripted 09
    2/20/05
- The Tony Danza Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 13 Episode 13
    9/29/04
- The O.C.
  Jimmy Cooper
- Mister Sterling
  Barry Reed
  - S 1: Ep 6 Nothing Personal
    2/21/03
  - S 1: Ep 4 Technical Corrections
    1/31/03
- The Guardian
  Lou Caffe
  - S 2: Ep 7 The Innocent
    11/12/02
- The Legend of Tarzan
  Gobu
  - S 1: Ep 9 Enemy Within
    9/12/01
- Disney's House of Mouse
  voice of Hercules
  - S 1: Ep 8 Jiminy Cricket
    3/10/01
- The Outer Limits
  Tom Seymour
  - S 6: Ep 12 Glitch
    5/5/00
- Godzilla: The Series
  voice of Lawrence Cohen
  - S 1: Ep 10 Bird of Paradise
    12/5/98
- The Rosie O'Donnell Show
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 28 Show #459
    10/14/98
- Ally McBeal
  Ronald Cheanie
  - S 1: Ep 4 The Affair
    9/29/97
  - S 1: Ep 3 The Kiss
    9/22/97
  - S 1: Ep 2 Compromising Positions
    9/15/97
- Homicide: Life on the Street
  Greg Kellerman
  - S 5: Ep 15 Wu's on First?
    2/7/97
- Tales from the Crypt
  Nelson
  - S 6: Ep 4 Operation Friendship
    11/9/94
- Magnum, P.I.
  R.J. Masters
  - S 6: Ep 13 Summer School
    1/9/86
- Hill Street Blues
  Dean Johnson/Shamrock
  - S 5: Ep 19 The Life and Time of Dominic Florio Jr.
    3/21/85
- Family Ties
  Clancy
  - S 3: Ep 8 Best Man
    11/15/84
- Ally
  Ronald Cheanie
  - S 1: Ep 13 The Affair
Director (8)

Role
- Glee
  Director
  - S 3: Ep 22 Goodbye
    5/22/12
  - S 3: Ep 7 I Kissed a Girl
    11/29/11
  - S 2: Ep 12 Silly Love Songs
    2/8/11
- Gossip Girl
  Director
  - S 5: Ep 4 Memoirs of an Invisible Dan
    10/17/11
  - S 4: Ep 10 Gaslit
    11/29/10
- The Good Guys
  Director
  - S 1: Ep 14 Old Dogs
    10/22/10
- Weeds
  Director
  - S 6: Ep 3 A Yippity Sippity
    8/30/10
- Damages
  Director
  - S 3: Ep 9 Drive It Through Hardcore
    3/22/10
  - S 2: Ep 10 Uh Oh, Out Come the Skeletons
    3/11/09
  - S 2: Ep 5 I Agree, It Wasn't Funny
    2/4/09
- Nip/Tuck
  Director
  - S 6: Ep 13 Joel Seabrook
    1/20/10
  - S 6: Ep 10 Wesley Clovis
    12/16/09
- Medium
  Director
  - S 6: Ep 3 Pain Killer
    10/9/09
- The O.C.
  Director
  - S 3: Ep 8 The Game Plan
    12/1/05

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By Tim Surette, May 14, 2012

We've got the official first-look promos for new dramas Revolution and Chicago Fire and new comedies Go On, Animal Practice, The New Normal, and Guys With Kids. read more
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By TV.com Staff, Dec 23, 2010

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- Tate campaigned for Barack Obama in his bid to win the Presidency. He traveled across the country speaking at universities and campaign rallies. He also helped at phone banks, making calls to voters to promote Obama.
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- Tate admits to getting starstruck around politicians.
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- Tate listens to National Public Radio (NPR) regularly.
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- Tate: I was really inspired by people who ran with blind runners. Man that's something I'd like to do. I feel like I did my marathon for myself, but I would like to maybe do that (run with a blind person) the next time around. Not worry about time and my performance and just do it for someone else.
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- Tate: (about what motivates him to run) Being able to have dessert basically. That and those moments of endorphin release when you can pretend that you're a Kenyan winning the 10,000 meter at the Olympics.
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- Tate: My favorite part of running is finding a great little patch of nature to run through, a little bit of forest or the beach. Nothing's better than a forest run as far as I'm concerned. You just feel at once totally alive and ancient. Human beings have been doing this for four million years. It feels great.
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