Donovan Leitch
Leitch at Hollywood Life Magazine's 7th Annual Breakthrough Awards on 9 December 2007
Born
Donovan Jerome Leitch

(1967-08-16) August 16, 1967
London, England
NationalityBritish, American
Spouses
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(m. 1997; div. 2014)​
    Libby Mintz
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    (m. 2015)​
    Children2
    RelativesIone Skye (sister)

    Donovan Jerome Leitch[1] (born August 16, 1967)[2] is an English-born American actor, singer and former model. He is the son of the singer-songwriter Donovan and the brother of actress Ione Skye. He was a member of the hard rock band Camp Freddy, and was a founding member of neo-glam group Nancy Boy along with Jason Nesmith, the son of Michael Nesmith of The Monkees.[3] As an actor, he is best known for portraying Paul Taylor in the 1988 remake of The Blob.

    Career

    Leitch appeared in the films Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo (1985), The In Crowd (1988), ...And God Created Woman (1988), The Blob (1988), Glory (1989, portraying Charles Fessenden Morse), Cutting Class (1989), Gas, Food Lodging (1992), Dark Horse (1992), Jack the Bear (1993), Cityscrapes: Los Angeles (1994), I Shot Andy Warhol (1996), One Night Stand (1997) and Love Kills (1998). Leitch was featured as the villain of the week, Malcolm Lagg, an underground fight club coordinator for metahumans in the Birds of Prey episode "Gladiatrix".

    In 1986, he auditioned for the role of "Bill S. Preston Esquire" in Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure being one of the final picks along with Keanu Reeves,[4] Gary Riley and Matt Adler. The role ultimately went to Alex Winter, who initially read for the part of Ted "Theodore" Logan.

    In the early 1990s, Leitch formed Nancy Boy, an alternative rock band with glam rock and Britpop influences.[5] The band also featured guitarist Jason Nesmith, son of Michael Nesmith of The Monkees. The band released two albums, Promosexual in 1995 and Nancy Boy in 1996.[5] Although their second album was issued on major label Elektra Records, it was not a success, and the band fell inactive after Nesmith left the lineup a few years later.[5]

    Personal life

    Leitch was born in London, the son of singer/songwriter Donovan and model Enid Karl (née Stulberger).[6][7] He is the brother of actress Ione Skye. His parents separated when he was three and he was raised by his mother in the Hollywood Hills of California.[3] His father is Scottish, of partial Irish descent.[8] His mother was raised in The Bronx, New York City and is Jewish.[9][10]

    He married Scottish model Kirsty Hume on September 23, 1997.[11] Their daughter, Violet Jean Leitch, was born March 21, 2004, at home in Los Angeles.[6][12] Leitch and Hume separated in 2011, and Hume filed for divorce in summer 2014.[12][13]

    Leitch proposed to actress Libby Mintz two months after Hume filed for divorce.[12] He and Mintz had a son, Donovan Evers Leitch, on April 14, 2015, and were married in a ceremony in Los Angeles on October 3, 2015.[14][12]

    Filmography

    Film

    Year Title Role Notes
    Filmed 1970
    Released 2005    		 There is an Ocean Himself (at age 3)
    1984 Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo Dancer
    1986 The Education of Allison Tate Martin Stubbs
    1988 The In Crowd Del
    And God Created Woman Peter Moran
    The Blob Paul Taylor
    1989 Rock & Read The Chaueffeur Short
    Cutting Class Brian Woods
    Glory Capt. Charles Fessenden Morse
    1992 Gas Food Lodging Darius
    Dark Horse J.B. Hadley
    1993 Jack the Bear Grad Student
    1996 Cityscrapes: Los Angeles Troy
    Bed, Bath and Beyond Short
    I Shot Andy Warhol Gerard Malanga
    The Size of Watermelons Patrick
    1997 One Night Stand Kevin
    Big City Blues Donovan
    1998 Love Kills Dominique
    1999 Cherry Eddie
    2000 Men Make Women Crazy Short
    2008 The Dark Knight Ward Neeley Uncredited
    2021 Habit News Anchor

    Television

    Year Title Role Notes
    1984 Alice Dono-D 1 episode, Footloose Mel
    1985 It's Your Move Boy No. 3 1 episode, The Dregs of Humanity: Part 1
    1988 Rockin' the Night Away Television film
    1989 21 Jump Street Mike Pratt 1 episode, Mike's P.O.V.
    1990 Life Goes On Teddy 1 episode, The Banquet Room Renovation
    1991 CBS Schoolbreak Special Charlie Tyler 1 episode, But He Loves Me
    For the Very First Time Television film
    1999 The '60s Neal Reynolds Television film
    2000 Sex and the City Baird Johnson 1 episode, Boy, Girl, Boy, Girl...
    2002 The Job Barry / Crystal 1 episode, Parents
    Girls Club Michael Harrod 9 episodes
    2003 Birds of Prey Malcolm 1 episode, Gladiatrix
    2006 Grey's Anatomy Rick Friart 1 episode, Tell Me Sweet Little Lies
    2015–16 Breaking Band Producer 6 episodes

    Nancy Boy discography

    Albums

    Singles

    References

    1. ↑ Births, Marriages & Deaths Index of England & Wales, 1916–2005.; at ancestry.com
    2. ↑ "Donovan Leitch Jr". AllMusic. Retrieved November 30, 2014.
    3. 1 2 Gabriel, Trip (July 3, 1994). "Donovan Leitch: He's It! He's Hot! He's ... Who?". The New York Times. Retrieved November 21, 2013.
    4. ↑ Reeves originally read for the role of Bill but was switched to Ted during subsequent auditions.
    5. 1 2 3 "Nancy Boy". AllMusic. Retrieved May 2, 2018.
    6. 1 2 Donovan Leitch at IMDb
    7. ↑ "Ione Skye Biography (1970?–)". Film Reference. September 4, 1970. Retrieved November 21, 2013.
    8. ↑ "How Donovan and Coco, his granddaughter, caught their wind". Independent.ie. Retrieved July 27, 2020.
    9. ↑ "Ione Skye Interview". The Howard Stern Show (Interview). Interviewed by Ione Skye. May 9, 1999.
    10. ↑ Bloom, Nate (December 15, 2011). "Jewish Stars 12/16". Cleveland Jewish News. Donovan's former wife is an American Jew, and their daughter, actress Ione Skye ("Say Anything"), 41, was once Beastie Boy Adam Horovitz's wife.
    11. ↑ "Model Marriages". People. Vol. 49, no. 24. June 22, 1998. Retrieved November 30, 2014.
    12. 1 2 3 4 Campbell, Kathy (October 4, 2015). "Donovan Leitch and Libby Mintz Are Married: See the Photos". Us Magazine. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
    13. ↑ Marquina, Sierra (November 28, 2014). "Donovan Leitch's Fiancee Libby Mintz Is Pregnant! Couple Expecting First Child Together". Us Magazine. Retrieved November 30, 2014.
    14. ↑ "Donovan Leitch and Libby Mintz Welcome Son Donovan Evers". People. April 23, 2015. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
    15. ↑ "Nancy Boy - Nancy Boy". Discogs.
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