Tate Donovan - Biography

Last Editor: angel_aliata				Tate Donovan Biography -   Name : Tate Donovan Profession : Actor Birth Details : born September 25, 1963 Birth name : Tate Buckley Donovan Height : 6' (1.83 m) Personal quotes : "When I told everybody I was doing Hercules, they felt really sorry for me. They thought I was so down on my luck that I was having to do extra wo Spouse : Corinne Kingsbury (26 November 2005 - present)

Tate Donovan Trivia -

Was engaged to Sandra Bullock. Dated actress Jennifer Aniston. Dated socialite Plum Sykes. [2000] Dated actress Whitney Allen. [2001] He plays the fiddle. Displayed this skill on the New Tom Green Show He is hoping to become a television director, and is learning how to do it by 'trailing' the directors on his fine night time soap, 'The O.C.' In addition to fiddling, he can sing and play the bodhran (a hand-held Irish drum). He used to play a regular gig with a local band in Los Angeles. Released a CD called "Wake Amusements" with his band 'The Decadents' , Is the youngest of six children in an Irish-Catholic fmily. Attended Dwight-Englewood High School, the same school attended by Brooke Shields, Mira Sorvino and Leslie Gore. Participated in the 2005 ING New York City Marathon - finish time was 3:28:49.

Tate Donovan Detailed Biography -

Tate Donovan (born September 25, 1963) is an American actor. He was born the youngest of seven children in an Irish-Catholic family in Tenafly, New Jersey, although he attended a public high school. He has been appearing on television since his teens. He attended the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, where he met his now long-time friends Grant Heslov and George Clooney. Donovan has been engaged to Sandra Bullock (1994) and to Jennifer Aniston. He has also dated British socialite Plum Sikes (in 2000), actress Whitney Allen (2001), and Lauren Graham of the television series Gilmore Girls. He had a regular gig with a band called The Decadents, with whom he released an album titled "Wake Amusements". He played the priest son of a large Irish Catholic family in the short-lived NBC drama "Trinity" (1998). More recently he has appeared as a guest star in several shows in series such as "The Guardian" (2001), "Mister Sterling" (2003), and, finally, in the series The O.C. (2003), where he currently appears as Jimmy Cooper on the hit FOX show.