Tate Donovan Bio - Tate Donovan Biography

Tate Donovan: Biography

In 2003, Tate read the book The Teammates by David Halbertstam for its audio release.(edit)
Tate's father, a urologist, died from bladder cancer. Since his death, Tate has been an active supporter and spokesperson of BCAN (Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network).(edit)
Tate voiced Hercules in the video game Kingdom Hearts II. He took over Sean Astin who voiced Hercules in the original game.(edit)
Tate once was romantically involved with Jennifer Aniston, and, coincidentally, her character Rachel Greene on the show Friends.(edit)
Tate's wife, then his fiance, ran the last two miles of the New York Marathon with Tate. She was wearing a silk shirt and flats.(edit)
Before his races, Tate eats McCann's Irish oatmeal with banana slices.(edit)
Tate enjoys drinking Guinness.(edit)
Tate owns an Airedale/Terrier/Lab mix named Buddy. He enjoys running with his dog.(edit)
Tate has worked with the Roundabout and Manhattan Theater Companies both on and off Broadway.(edit)
Tate starred alongside Judi Trench in Amy's View and in Lobby Hero, both Broadway productions.(edit)
Tate Donovan attended USC.(edit)
Tate used to sing and play the bodhran (an Irish hand-held drum) for a local band in L.A.(edit)
Tate enjoys fiddling with The McGuffins, a traditional Irish band. He has also performed on The New Tom Green Show(edit)
Tate is good friends with George Clooney.(edit)
Tate attended Dwight-Englewood High School, along with Brooke Shields, Lesley Gore, and Mira Sorvino.(edit)
Tate is the youngest of six children.(edit)
Tate starred in the 1992 movie Love Potion #9 with Sandra Bullock.(edit)
He has been romantically connected to Plum Sykes and Whitney Allen.(edit)
He has been engaged to both Sandra Bullock and Jennifer Aniston.(edit)
He is an Irish Catholic.(edit)
A year after he left the show (as a permanent cast member), Donovan directed an episode of The OC (The Game Plan).(edit)
Participated in the 2005 ING New York City Marathon - finish time was 3:28:49. He placed 2,646th out of 37,000.(edit)
He released a CD called "Wake Amusements" with his band ''The Decadents''(edit)
He would like to become a television director.(edit)
His height is 6' (1.83 m).(edit)
Tate has dated Lauren Graham, from the show, Gilmore Girls.(edit)
Tate married Corinne Kingsbury in Malibu on November 26, 2005. (edit)

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.(edit)
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.(edit)
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.(edit)
Tate: (About the music he listens to while running)
It's been funny since I've been training for the marathon I don't want to go fast, I just want to go long and slow. I've been listening to a lot of classical piano music oddly enough. I listen to Coldplay and Van Morrison. You know what I really love? I listen to a lot of African music. I just pretend I'm one of these great Kenyan runners and I'm just grooving to these great traditional African songs.(edit)
Tate: A career in showbiz is like a distance run. You have to have patience and pace yourself.(edit)
Tate: Why do I run? It's the best form of exercise. It's totally the core of being in shape. I really feel so good--anytime after the first mile. You start fantasying. You start thinking about things. You start mulling over problems you have. It's a wonderful meditation of sorts.(edit)
Tate Donovan: (on his film �Love Potion Number Nine�) It's a movie about that one true love everyone is supposed to have. But I don't know if I believe in that.(edit)
Tate Donovan: When I told everybody I was doing Hercules, they felt really sorry for me. They thought I was so down on my luck that I was having to do extra work on the TV series Hercules(edit)