Edmund Donovan (born August 24, 1990) is an American

theater Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors to present experiences of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage. The performers may communi ...

, film, and television actor. Donovan won the

Drama Desk Award The Drama Desk Awards are among the most esteemed honors in New York theater, recognizing outstanding achievements across Broadway, Off-Broadway, and Off-Off-Broadway productions within the same categories. The awards are considered a signific ...

for Outstanding Actor in a Play,

Lucille Lortel Award The Lucille Lortel Awards recognize excellence in New York Off-Broadway theatre. The Awards are named for Lucille Lortel, an actress and theater producer, and have been awarded since 1986. They are produced by the League of Off-Broadway Theatres ...

, and

Obie Award The Obie Awards or Off-Broadway Theater Awards are annual awards given since 1956 by ''The Village Voice'' newspaper to theater artists and groups involved in off-Broadway and off-off-Broadway productions in New York City. Starting just after th ...

in 2020 for his role as Joe in ''Greater Clements'' by

Samuel D. Hunter Samuel D. Hunter (born 1981) is an American playwright living in New York City. Hunter was born in Pullman, Washington and raised in Moscow, Idaho. He is best known for plays ''A Bright New Boise'', which won the 2011 Obie Award for playwriting, ...

. He received a Drama Desk Award nomination in 2019 for his role in ''Lewiston/Clarkston'', another play by Hunter. His television credits include '' Hightown'', ''

Betty Betty or Bettie is a name, a common diminutive for the names Bethany and Elizabeth. In Latin America, it is also a common diminutive for the given name Beatriz, the Spanish and Portuguese form of the Latin name Beatrix and the English name Beatric ...

'', ''

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'', and ''

Orange Is the New Black ''Orange Is the New Black'' (sometimes abbreviated to ''OITNB'') is an American comedy-drama television series created by Jenji Kohan for Netflix. The series is based on Piper Kerman's memoir '' Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Pr ...

.'' He played Christopher in the 2015 film ''

Akron Akron () is a city in Summit County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. It is the fifth-most populous city in Ohio, with a population of 190,469 at the 2020 census. The Akron metropolitan area, covering Summit and Portage counties, had ...

'', which won a number of awards at LGBT film festivals in 2015. In 2021, Donovan played Jason in

Second Stage Theatre Second Stage Theater is a non-profit theater company that presents work by living American writers both on and off Broadway. It is based in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, and is affiliated with the League of Resident Theatres. Founded in 1979 ...

's production of

Lynn Nottage Lynn Nottage (born November 2, 1964) is an American playwright whose work often focuses on the experience of working-class people, particularly working-class people who are black. She has received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama twice: in 2009 for he ...

's '' Clyde's''. He 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 The David Geffen School of Drama at Yale University is a graduate professional school of Yale University, located in New Haven, Connecticut. Founded in 1924 as the Department of Drama in the School of Fine Arts, the school provides training in ...

Personal life

Donovan lives in

New York City New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States, located at the southern tip of New York State on one of the world's largest natural harbors. The city comprises five boroughs, each coextensive w ...

. He is in a relationship with actress

Juliana Canfield Juliana Canfield is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Jess Jordan on the HBO series ''Succession'' (2018–2023). She is also known for portraying Beth DeVille on the post-apocalyptic drama series '' Y: The Last Man'' (202 ...

Works and credits

Film

Television

Theater

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Donovan, Edmund 1990 births Living people American male television actors American male stage actors American male film actors Obie Award recipients Drama Desk Award winners Boston University College of Fine Arts alumni David Geffen School of Drama at Yale University alumni 21st-century American male actors