Tate Donovan

Date of Birth: 25 Sep 1963
Country: USA
Total Credits at Criticker: 54 (Actor), 1 (Director)
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Murder inside the White House! Who did it -- and why? That's what a hardnosed D.C. homicide cop (Snipes) and hair-triggered Secret Service agent (Lane) uncover in this mystery packed with suspects, cover-ups, covert agents, daring action and an overseas crisis that could blow at any instant. (Warner Bros.)
A dark counter-espionage action thriller about power, money, sacrifice and 21st-century breaking and entering.
The real-life conflict between esteemed television newsman Edward R. Murrow and Senator Joseph McCarthy.
Tate Donovan, a geek biochemist with no luck at all with women, is persuaded by his friends to visit a gypsy, Madame Ruth. She gives him "Love Potion No. 8", an elixir which can potentially force anyone of the opposite sex to instantly fall in love with him. He shares the potion with his friend, Diane, and together they embark on a "scientific evaluation" that gets out of hand. (imdb)
Michael Keaton plays Daryl Poynter, a hot shot real estate agent who just happens to have a cocaine and drinking problem... (imdb)
The son of the Greek Gods Zeus and Hera is stripped of his immortality as an infant and must become a true hero in order to reclaim it. (imdb)
The "Memphis Belle" is a World War II bomber, piloted by a young crew on dangerous bombing raids into Europe. The crew only have to make one more bombing raid before they have finished their duty and can go home. (imdb)
The young attendees of a space camp find themselves in space for real when their shuttle is accidently launched into orbit. (imdb)
Jesus & Hutch (2000) - Short Film
Jesus is back. And this time he's fighting crime with his trusted partner, Hutch. (imdb)
A struggling writer (Glover) steals poems written by his mute friend to achieve fame and fortune. (imdb)
Based on the novel of the same name by Edith Wharton, it is about a husband and wife (Ethan and Zeena), who need an extra hand around the house due to Zeena's debilitated body and constant illness. The young woman who joins them is a beautiful, spirited person. She and Ethan fall in love much to the dismay of Zeena. (imdb)
When actress Annabelle Gurwitch was fired from a play by Woody Allen, she wondered how she would cope with being downsized by a cultural icon. Turning to friends in show business, she was assured she was not alone. Featuring interviews with comedians, economists and regular working folks, and drawing on her hugely popular book, "Fired!" is a humorous look at downsizing in America.
Shooter is an edgy, non-stop action thriller about an honorable and brilliant marksman (Wahlberg) who finds himself in an unthinkable situation: framed as a Presidential assassin. Plunged into a shocking vortex of terror and conspiracy, the rogue shooter discovers the race is on to prove his innocence even as he is pursued by every law enforcement agency in the country, as well as a shadowy organization on a relentless manhunt aimed at destroying the secrets he has uncovered. (Paramount Pictures)
For generations of fans worldwide, the name Nancy Drew is synonymous with adventure. This young amateur detective has a mind of her own, a passion for solving mysteries and a reputation foe getting into - and out of - some very scary situations. This summer, Nancy Drew moves to the West Coast and enrolls in Hollywood High, where she is faced with a fresh set of challenges and her most baffling case yet. (Warner Bros.)
A bit of the offbeat tedium that is the life of Monkey Zetterland, an unemployed actor/writer obsessed by the old Red Car commuter trains. We explore Monkey's life through his interactions with family, friends, and neighbors. (imdb)
A young Hutterite boy must marry his late brother's wife who comes from outside the community.
Hercules: Zero to Hero (1999) - Direct-to-Video
It consists of three segments that would later serve as episodes from the television series, branched together by additional original animation. In particular, it shows an adolescent Hercules's enrollment and the beginning of his adventures at the Prometheus Academy, a school for gods and mortals, which Hercules supposedly attended during the time when he was training to be a hero with his mentor, the satyr Philoctetes. (wikipedia)
Henry Petosa and Freddy Ace are twins who were separated being babies, and they do not know each other. Henry was adopted by a honest man, while Freddy becomes a gangster. Henry is very shy and has a lot of mental troubles. The film melts the two stories by a young writer who discovers that they were sons of an european noble and they own a large inheritance (imdb)
A cop is gunned down on Xmas eve. Jerry Beck, the homicide cop given the job of hunting the killer, investigates some leads which bring him into contact with a group of white supremacy extremists. In addition to the racists, Beck also has to contend with an unhelpful FBI agent. (imdb)
After top-rated TV talk show host Bobby Bishop (Vincent Gallo) suffers a meltdown on the air, he leaves his show and heads to New York City to find his ex-girlfriend, Lily (Courteney Cox). But Lily isn't thrilled that Bobby gained fame and fortune without her, and she goes to great lengths to keep him at a distance. Director Justin McCarthy's independent romantic comedy co-stars Jeffrey Tambor and Tate Donovan as Lily's cross-dressing boyfriend.
Two G-Men, returning from hell, must perform good deeds to save themselves from a doomed fate. (imdb)
Silver Bells (2005) - TV Movie
Manhattanite Catherine O'Mara (Heche) bonds with a young man who has run away from his father. When the father returns to New York a year later to sell his Christmas trees, he and Catherine cross paths. (imdb)
In this offbeat drama, a group of people who have nothing in common are having breakfast at the same diner, with Denise the waitress (Amanda Plummer) serving them coffee. As we view the unrelated strands of their lives, the patrons are suddenly and dramatically brought together when a lunatic with a gun opens fire on the diner, as a SWAT team attempts to bring him down and restore order while protecting the lives of the people inside. (allmovie.com)
The story of what happened to Neal Cassady after Jack Kerouac's "On The Road" came out. Deals primarily with Neal's relationship to his fictional alter-ego, Dean Moriarty. (imdb)
Painkiller Jane (2005) - TV Movie
Jane, a young soldier, is exposed to a biochemical weapon that endows her with self-healing powers. She uses her abilities to fight crime while eluding the military. (imdb)
Cape Cod, 1973. The story of teenager Madeline, who wants nothing more than to fit in after moving to a new town. That turns out to be more difficult than she thinks when she discovers her father's got a boyfriend. (imdb)
Two college student decide to go spend some quality time at a beauty pageant with the help of their Porsche. (imdb)
On the eve of selling her mother's house, a thirty-something housewife wakes up to a hangover surrounded by her best friends from high school, who were used to partying in the house in an earlier era, and stirring memories of old teenage games and truths revealed about loves lost. (imdb)
Into Thin Air (1985) - TV Movie
Ellen Burstyn stars as the Canadian mother of a college student who vanishes mysteriously while driving back to school in the states. After having no luck from the police, she hires a private detective (Robert Prosky) to help her. (imdb)
Hostages (2013) - TV Series
A premiere surgeon is blackmailed in a plot to assassinate the president after her family is taken hostage by a rogue federal agent.
24: Live Another Day (2014) - TV Mini-Series
Jack Bauer comes out of hiding in London to head off a massive terrorist attack while being hunted down by American forces dispatched by President James Heller. (imdb)
Damages (2007) - TV Series
A law school graduate becomes the protégée of a successful high-stakes litigator. (imdb)
The O.C. (2003) - TV Series
A troubled youth becomes embroiled in the lives of a close-knit group of people in the wealthy, upper-class neighborhood of Newport Beach, Orange County, California. (imdb)
An uncle is forced to take care of his teenage nephew after the boy's father dies. (imdb)
The untold true story behind the meeting between the King of Rock 'n Roll and President Nixon, resulting in this revealing, yet humorous moment immortalized in the most requested photograph in the National Archives. (imdb)
Teenager Ray (formerly Ramona) (Fanning) realizes and pursues his true identity as male and his mother Maggie (Watts), lesbian grandmother Dolly (Sarandon) and absent father Craig (Donovan) must learn to accept him for who he is. (Wikipedia)
A comedic look at the relationship between a wealthy paraplegic and an unemployed man with a criminal record who's hired to help him. (imdb)
Adrift in New York City, a recent college graduate's life is upended by his father's mistress.
In this classically styled comedy of manners set in Los Angeles, sophisticated thirtysomethings try to determine whether ideal happiness exists in coupledom or if the perfectly suited couple is actually just an urban myth. (imdb)
A drama teacher's taboo relationship with an unstable student strikes a nerve in her jealous classmate, sparking a vengeful chain of events within their suburban high school that draws parallels to 'The Crucible'. (imdb)
A jilted wife leaves her cheating husband in England and sets off to L.A. hoping to meet who she believes is the perfect man - George Clooney. (imdb)
Fans flock to a festival celebrating the most iconic horror movies, only to discover that the charismatic showman behind the event has a diabolical agenda. As festival attendees start dying off, three teenagers - more schooled in horror-film cliches than practical knowledge about neutralizing psycho killers - must band together and battle through various madmen and monstrosities to survive. (imdb)
A musical fantasy about the fantastical human story of Elton John's breakthrough years.
Nutcracker: Money, Madness, & Murder (1987) - TV Mini-Series
A 3-part miniseries based on the true story of Frances Schreuder (Lee Remick), who convinced her son to murder her millionaire father.
Charlie Ellison is a once famous writer suffering from writers block With the book advance spent, his agent and best friend Bernie sends him Dawn, a belligerent young woman in order to inspire and check on him - but she has her own ideas. (imdb)
An attorney in Washington D.C. battles against cynicism, bureaucracy and politics to help the victims of 9/11. (imdb)
Amidst the chaos of massive budget cuts and school closures, a newly appointed teacher introduces men's rugby to an inner-city North Philadelphia high school.
Following the rise of Aretha Franklin's career from a child singing in her father's church's choir to her international superstardom, RESPECT is the remarkable true story of the music icon's journey to find her voice.
MacGyver (2016) - TV Series
- MacGyver + MacGyver (2018)
- Improvise (2018)
- Guts + Fuel + Hope (2018)
- Dia de Muertos + Sicarios + Family (2018)
- Seeds + Permafrost + Feather (2019)
- Murdoc + Helman + Hit (2019)
- No-Go + High-Voltage + Rescue (2019)
- Treason + Heartbreak + Gum (2019)
- Mason + Cable + Choices (2019)
- Mac + Desi + Riley + Aubrey (2020)
- Father + Son + Father + Matriarch (2020)
- Code + Artemis + Nuclear + N3mesis (2020)
Cole falls head over heels for enigmatic Sadie, but then makes the shocking discovery that she's a secret agent. Before they can decide on a second date, Cole and Sadie are swept away on an international adventure to save the world (imdb.com).
Nobody likes teacher Paul Hunham (Giamatti) -- not his students, not his fellow faculty, not the headmaster, who all find his pomposity and rigidity exasperating. With no family and nowhere to go over Christmas holiday in 1970, Paul remains at school to supervise students unable to journey home.
Deception (2013) - TV Series
A female detective returns undercover to the wealthy family she grew up in--as the maid's daughter, to solve the murder of the notorious heiress who was once her closest friend. (imdb)
Ella has a reputation for two things: being a rebellious punk and the fastest gun around. When corrupt officials try to cover up her father's murder, she cuts a swath through the weird anachronistic underbelly of her small island town. (imdb)