Donovan Leitch (actor)

{{Infobox person

| name = Donovan Leitch

| image = Donovan Leitch Jr adjusted.jpg

| caption = Leitch at Hollywood Life Magazine's 7th Annual Breakthrough Awards on December 9, 2007

| birth_name = Donovan Jerome Leitch

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1967|8|16}}

| birth_place = London, England

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| nationality = {{hlist|British|American}}

| spouse = {{plainlist|

{{marriage|Kirsty Hume
|1997|2014|end=divorced}}
{{marriage|Libby Mintz
|2015|}}

}}

| children = 2

| website =

| relatives = Ione Skye (sister)

}}

Donovan Jerome LeitchBirths, Marriages & Deaths Index of England & Wales, 1916–2005. at ancestry.com (born August 16, 1967) is an English-born American actor and singer.{{cite web | url = http://www.allmusic.com/artist/donovan-leitch-jr-mn0001816146/credits | title= Donovan Leitch Jr.| publisher=AllMusic | access-date= November 30, 2014}} He is the son of the singer-songwriter Donovan and the brother of actress Ione Skye. He was a member of the hard rock band Camp Freddy, was a founding member of neo-glam group Nancy Boy along with Jason Nesmith, the son of Michael Nesmith of The Monkees. As an actor, he is best known for portraying Paul Taylor in the 1988 remake of The Blob.

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 1986, he auditioned for the role of "Bill S. Preston Esquire" in Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure being one of the final picks along with Keanu Reeves,Reeves originally read for the role of Bill but was switched to Ted during subsequent auditions. Gary Riley and Matt Adler. The role ultimately went to Alex Winter, who initially read for the part of Ted "Theodore" Logan.

In the early 1990s, Leitch formed Nancy Boy, an alternative rock band with glam rock and Britpop influences.{{cite web|title=Nancy Boy |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/nancy-boy-mn0000308599/biography|website=AllMusic |access-date=May 2, 2018}} 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. Although their second album was issued on major label Elektra Records, it failed to meet expectatios, and the band fell inactive after Nesmith left the lineup a few years later.

Personal life

Leitch was born in London, the son of singer/songwriter Donovan and model Enid Karl (née Stulberger).{{IMDb name|6230258|Donovan Leitch}}{{cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/29/Ione-Skye.html |title=Ione Skye Biography (1970?–) |publisher=Film Reference |date=September 4, 1970 |access-date=November 21, 2013}} 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.{{cite web|first=Trip |last=Gabriel |date=July 3, 1994 |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E01E0DD103CF930A35754C0A962958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=3 |title=Donovan Leitch: He's It! He's Hot! He's ... Who? |work=The New York Times |access-date=November 21, 2013}} His father is Scottish, of partial Irish descent.{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/how-donovan-and-coco-his-granddaughter-caught-their-wind-35583500.html|title=How Donovan and Coco, his granddaughter, caught their wind|website=Independent.ie|date=April 3, 2017 |access-date=July 27, 2020}} His mother was raised in The Bronx, New York City and is Jewish.{{cite interview|interviewer=Ione Skye|work=The Howard Stern Show|date=May 9, 1999|title=Ione Skye Interview}}{{Cite web|last=Bloom|first=Nate|title=Jewish Stars 12/16 |publisher=Cleveland Jewish News|date=December 15, 2011|url=https://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/archives/jewish-stars/article_7be302da-267e-11e1-b2fe-001871e3ce6c.html|quote=Donovan's former wife is an American Jew, and their daughter, actress Ione Skye ("Say Anything"), 41, was once Beastie Boy Adam Horovitz's wife.}}

He married Scottish model Kirsty Hume on September 23, 1997.{{cite news |url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20125587,00.html |date=June 22, 1998 |work =People | volume=49 |issue= 24 | title=Model Marriages|access-date=November 30, 2014}} Their daughter, Violet Jean Leitch, was born March 21, 2004, at home in Los Angeles.

Leitch and Hume separated in 2011, and Hume filed for divorce in summer 2014.{{cite news|url=http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/donovan-leitchs-fiancee-libby-mintz-is-pregnant-20142811| work =Us Magazine | title=Donovan Leitch's Fiancee Libby Mintz Is Pregnant! Couple Expecting First Child Together| date=November 28, 2014|first=Sierra |last=Marquina|access-date=November 30, 2014 }}

Leitch proposed to actress Libby Mintz two months after Hume filed for divorce. 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.{{cite web |url=http://celebritybabies.people.com/2015/04/23/donovan-leitch-libby-mintz-welcome-son-donovan-evers/ |date=April 23, 2015 |work=People |access-date=July 25, 2018 |title=Donovan Leitch and Libby Mintz Welcome Son Donovan Evers |archive-date=May 26, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150526202323/http://celebritybabies.people.com/2015/04/23/donovan-leitch-libby-mintz-welcome-son-donovan-evers/ |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/donovan-leitch-libby-mintz-married-photos-2015410/ |first=Kathy |last=Campbell |title=Donovan Leitch and Libby Mintz Are Married: See the Photos |work=Us Magazine |date=October 4, 2015 |access-date=July 25, 2018}}

Filmography

=Film=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
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 \|
rowspan="3"\| 1988 \| The In Crowd \| Del \|
And God Created Woman \| Peter Moran \|
The Blob \| Paul Taylor \|
rowspan="3"\| 1989 \| Rock & Read \| The Chaueffeur \| Short
Cutting Class \| Brian Woods \|
Glory \| Capt. Charles Fessenden Morse \|
rowspan="2"\| 1992 \| Gas Food Lodging \| Darius \|
Dark Horse \| J.B. Hadley \|
1993 \| Jack the Bear \| Grad Student \|
rowspan="4"\| 1996 \| Cityscrapes: Los Angeles \| Troy \|
Bed, Bath and Beyond \| \| Short
I Shot Andy Warhol \| Gerard Malanga \|
The Size of Watermelons \| Patrick \|
rowspan="2"\| 1997 \| One Night Stand \| Kevin \|
Big City Blues \| Donovan \|
1998 \| Love Kills \| Dominique \|
1999 \| Cherry \| Eddie \|
2000 \| Men Make Women Crazy \| \| Short
2008 \|The Dark Knight \|Ward Neeley \|Uncredited
2021 \|Habit \|News Anchor \|

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

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

rowspan="3"| 1988

| The In Crowd

| Del

And God Created Woman

| Peter Moran

The Blob

| Paul Taylor

rowspan="3"| 1989

| Rock & Read

| The Chaueffeur

| Short

Cutting Class

| Brian Woods

Glory

| Capt. Charles Fessenden Morse

rowspan="2"| 1992

| Gas Food Lodging

| Darius

Dark Horse

| J.B. Hadley

1993

| Jack the Bear

| Grad Student

rowspan="4"| 1996

| Cityscrapes: Los Angeles

| Troy

Bed, Bath and Beyond

| Short

I Shot Andy Warhol

| Gerard Malanga

The Size of Watermelons

| Patrick

rowspan="2"| 1997

| One Night Stand

| Kevin

Big City Blues

| Donovan

1998

| Love Kills

| Dominique

1999

| Cherry

| Eddie

2000

| Men Make Women Crazy

| Short

2008

|The Dark Knight

|Ward Neeley

|Uncredited

2021

|Habit

|News Anchor

=Television=

class="wikitable sortable"

!Year

!Title

!Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

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

rowspan="2"| 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...

rowspan="2"| 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

Nancy Boy discography

=Albums=

Promosexual (Equator, 1995)
Nancy Boy (Sire Records 1996)

=Singles=

"Johnny Chrome and Silver" (Equator, 1994)
"Are "Friends" Electric?" (Equator, 1995)
"Deep Sleep Motel" (Sire Records 1996){{cite web | url=https://www.discogs.com/master/237066-Nancy-Boy-Nancy-Boy | title=Nancy Boy - Nancy Boy | website=Discogs }}