Donovan Leitch (actor)
Donovan Leitch | |
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Leitch at Hollywood Life Magazine's 7th Annual Breakthrough Awards on 9 December 2007 | |
Born |
Donovan Jerome Leitch 16 August 1967 London, England |
Nationality | British, American |
Spouse(s) |
Kirsty Hume (m. 23 September 1997) Libby Mintz (m. 3 October 2015) |
Children |
daughter; Violet Jean Leitch, (b. 21 March 2004) son; Donovan Evers Leitch, (b. 14 April 2015) |
Donovan Jerome Leitch Jr[1] (born 16 August 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 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]
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 the early 1990s, Leitch formed Nancy Boy, an alternative rock band with glam rock and Britpop influences.[4] 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.[4] 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.[4]
Personal life
Leitch was born in London, England, the son of singer/songwriter Donovan and model Enid Karl (née Stulberger).[5][6] 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]
He married Scottish model Kirsty Hume on September 23, 1997.[7] Their daughter, Violet Jean Leitch, was born March 21, 2004 at home in Los Angeles.[5][8] Leitch and Hume separated in 2011,[9] and Hume filed for divorce in summer 2014.[8][10]
Leitch proposed to actress Libby Mintz two months after Hume filed for divorce.[8] 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.[11][9][8]
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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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 | |
1994 | Cityscrapes: Los Angeles | Troy | |
1996 | 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 | |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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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 |
References
- ↑ Births, Marriages & Deaths Index of England & Wales, 1916–2005.; at ancestry.com
- ↑ "Donovan Leitch Jr". AllMusic. Retrieved November 30, 2014.
- 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.
- 1 2 3 "Nancy Boy". AllMusic. Retrieved May 2, 2018.
- 1 2 Donovan Leitch on IMDb
- ↑ "Ione Skye Biography (1970?–)". Filmreference.com. September 4, 1970. Retrieved November 21, 2013.
- ↑ "Model Marriages". People. 49 (24). June 22, 1998. Retrieved November 30, 2014.
- 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.
- 1 2 Zhao, Helen (April 24, 2015). "'We are completely in love with our baby boy!' Gwyneth Paltrow's ex Donovan Leitch and his new wife welcome a son". The Daily Mail. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
- ↑ Marquina, Sierra (November 28, 2014). "Donovan Leitch's Fiancee Libby Mintz Is Pregnant! Couple Expecting First Child Together". Us Magazine. Retrieved November 30, 2014.
- ↑ "Donovan Leitch and Libby Mintz Welcome Son Donovan Evers". People. April 23, 2015. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
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