Edmund Donovan
EducationYale School of Drama (MFA) Boston University (BFA)

Edmund Donovan is an American theater, film, and television actor.

Donovan won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play, Lucille Lortel Award and Obie Award in 2020 for his role as Joe in Greater Clements by Samuel D. Hunter.[1][2] He was nominated for the same award in 2019 for his role in Lewiston/Clarkston, another play by Hunter.[3] His television credits include Hightown, Betty, High Fidelity, and Orange Is the New Black. He played Christopher in the 2015 film Akron, which won a number of awards at LGBT film festivals in 2015.[4]

In 2021, Donovan played Jason in Second Stage Theatre's production of Lynn Nottage's Clyde's.[1][5]

Donovan graduated from Boston University's College of Fine Arts in 2012 with a BFA in acting. In 2017 he received an MFA from the Yale School of Drama.[6]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2015 Akron Christopher

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2014 Orange Is the New Black Roger Episode: "You Also Have a Pizza"
2014 Unforgettable Derrick Hibbert Episode: "Admissions"
2018 Blue Bloods Evan Walker Episode: "Blackout"
2019 The Blacklist Tobias Carlyle Episode: "The Brockton College Killer (No. 92)"
2020 High Fidelity Blake 5 episodes
2020 Betty Bambi 6 episodes
2020 Hightown Kizzle 4 episodes
2021 Gossip Girl Scott Kovacs 3 episodes
2022 Tell Me Lies Max 3 episodes

Theater

Year Title Role Venue Production Type
2013 The Snow Geese Duncan Gaesling/Arnold Gaesling (understudy) Samuel J. Friedman Theater Broadway
2018 Lewiston/Clarkston Chris Rattlestick Playwrights Theater Off-Broadway
2019–2020 Greater Clements Joe Lincoln Center Theater Off-Broadway
2021–2022 Clyde's Jason Hayes Theatre Broadway

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Work Result
2019 Clive Barnes Award Theater Artist Award Lewiston/Clarkston Won
2019 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Actor in a Play Nominated
2020 Lucille Lortel Award Outstanding Lead Actor in a Play Greater Clements Won
2020 Drama League Award Distinguished Performance Nominated
2020 Outer Critics Circle Award Outstanding Actor in a Play Won
2020 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Actor in a Play Won
2020 Obie Award Performance Won

References

  1. 1 2 Sullivan, Lindsey (2021-08-18). "Edmund Donovan Joins Cast of Lynn Nottage's Clyde's on Broadway". Retrieved 2022-05-12.
  2. ↑ Meyer, Dan (June 13, 2020). "A Strange Loop, The Inheritance, Moulin Rouge! Win Big at 2020 Drama Desk Awards". Playbill. Retrieved 2020-10-04.
  3. ↑ McPhee, Ryan (April 25, 2019). "Nominations for the 2019 Drama Desk Awards Announced; Oklahoma!, Tootsie, Rags Parkland Lead the Pack". Playbill. Retrieved 2020-10-04.
  4. ↑ Murthi, Vikram (2017-02-06). "'Akron' Exclusive Clip: A Midwestern Love Story Between Two Freshman Football Players". IndieWire. Retrieved 2020-10-04.
  5. ↑ Armstrong, Linda (2022-01-06). "'Clyde's' is a theatrical feast!". Retrieved 2022-05-12.
  6. ↑ "Yale School of Drama | The Showcase of the Class of 2017 | Edmund Donovan". ysd.yale.edu. Retrieved 2020-10-04.
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