Edmund Donovan

Edmund Donovan
Edmund Donovan
Born	August 24, 1990 (age 34)
Education	Boston University (BFA); Yale School of Drama (MFA);
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2013–present

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 received a Drama Desk Award nomination 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]

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.^[6]

Personal life

Donovan lives in New York City. He is in a relationship with actress Juliana Canfield.

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2015	Akron	Christopher
2015	The Inhabitants	Eric
2021	Glob Lessons	Doug
2024	Civil War	Eddie
2024	Your Monster	Jacob
TBA	Echo Valley	Ryan
	Late Fame	Meyers	Filming
	The Vizitant	Jeff Jeckle	Post-production

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
	Betty	Bambi	6 episodes
	Hightown	Kizzle	4 episodes
2021–2023	Gossip Girl	Scott Kovacs	4 episodes
2022 - 2024	Tell Me Lies	Max	7 episodes

Year	Title	Role	Venue	Notes
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

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

^ ^a ^b Sullivan, Lindsey (2021-08-18). "Edmund Donovan Joins Cast of Lynn Nottage's Clyde's on Broadway". Retrieved 2022-05-12.
^ Meyer, Dan (June 13, 2020). "A Strange Loop, The Inheritance, Moulin Rouge! Win Big at 2020 Drama Desk Awards". Playbill. Retrieved 2020-10-04.
^ 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.
^ Murthi, Vikram (2017-02-06). "'Akron' Exclusive Clip: A Midwestern Love Story Between Two Freshman Football Players". IndieWire. Retrieved 2020-10-04.
^ Armstrong, Linda (2022-01-06). "'Clyde's' is a theatrical feast!". Retrieved 2022-05-12.
^ "Yale School of Drama | The Showcase of the Class of 2017 | Edmund Donovan". ysd.yale.edu. Retrieved 2020-10-04.