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Donovan Leitch is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter and Producer British born on 16 august 1967 at London (United-kingdom)

Donovan Leitch

Donovan Leitch
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Birth name Donovan Jerome Leitch
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 16 august 1967 (57 years) at London (United-kingdom)

Donovan Jerome Leitch (born 16 August 1967) is an English-born actor, former model and documentary maker. He was member of the band Camp Freddy, and was a founding member of neo-glam group Nancy Boy along with Jason Nesmith (son of The Monkees' Michael Nesmith).

Biography

Leitch was born in England, the son of Enid Karl, a model, and singer/songwriter Donovan. He is the brother of actress Ione Skye. After Leitch's parents separated when he was three, he was raised by his mother in the Hollywood Hills of California.

He married Scottish model Kirsty Hume on September 23, 1997. She filed for divorce in summer 2014.

Usually with

Marc Levin
Marc Levin
(2 films)
Mike Figgis
Mike Figgis
(1 films)
Robert Downey Jr.
Robert Downey Jr.
(3 films)
Donovan
Donovan
(4 films)
Mario Van Peebles
Mario Van Peebles
(1 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Donovan Leitch (15 films)

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Actor

Love Kills
Love Kills (1999)
, 1h31
Directed by Mario Van Peebles
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Romance
Actors Mario Van Peebles, Lesley Ann Warren, Donovan Leitch, Loretta Devine, Louise Fletcher, Daniel Baldwin
Roles Dominique
Rating38% 1.9404351.9404351.9404351.9404351.940435
A masseur gets mixed up in the family plots at the mansion of a recently deceased Beverly Hills millionaire.
One Night Stand
One Night Stand (1997)
, 1h42
Directed by Mike Figgis
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Erotic, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about sexuality, HIV/AIDS in film
Actors Wesley Snipes, Nastassja Kinski, Kyle MacLachlan, Ming-Na Wen, Robert Downey Jr., Marcus T. Paulk
Roles Kevin
Rating58% 2.948182.948182.948182.948182.94818
The film is narrated by Max Carlyle (Wesley Snipes). Max lives in Los Angeles, where he has a successful career directing television commercials and is happily married to Mimi (Ming-Na), with whom he has two children. While visiting New York City, Max meets Karen (Nastassja Kinski) by chance after missing a flight; circumstances keep bringing them together over the course of the evening, and they end up spending the night together. When he returns home, Max seems distant and unhappy, though Mimi can't tell why and Max won't say. A year later, Max and Mimi fly to New York to visit his close friend Charlie (Robert Downey, Jr.), who is near death from AIDS. Max meets Charlie's brother Vernon (Kyle MacLachlan) and is introduced to his new wife—Karen. Facing Karen sends Max into an emotional tailspin, and he realizes that he must tell Mimi the truth about his indiscretion.
I Shot Andy Warhol
I Shot Andy Warhol (1996)
, 1h43
Directed by Mary Harron
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Crime
Themes Films about writers, Feminist films, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, Political films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Lili Taylor, Jared Harris, Stephen Dorff, Martha Plimpton, Lothaire Bluteau, Anna Thomson
Roles Gerard Malanga
Rating65% 3.2972753.2972753.2972753.2972753.297275
The film opens with a flashforward to moments after the shooting. This is quickly followed by a scene with Valerie Solanas (Lili Taylor) in custody for the shooting of Andy Warhol (Jared Harris). The film then takes us back to a time when Valerie is living in New York making a living as a sex worker. A series of further flashbacks point to her difficult childhood, and success in studying psychology at college. Here, Valerie discovers that she is a lesbian, that she can write, and that she has a distinctive view of the world. This leads her to New York City and its downtown underworld. Through her friend Stevie (Martha Plimpton), she meets Candy Darling (Stephen Dorff), who in turn introduces her to Andy Warhol.
Gas Food Lodging
Gas Food Lodging (1992)
, 1h41
Directed by Allison Anders
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Feminist films, Political films
Actors Brooke Adams, Ione Skye, Fairuza Balk, James Brolin, Robert Knepper, J Mascis
Roles Darius
Rating65% 3.2972853.2972853.2972853.2972853.297285
Nora, (Brooke Adams) a waitress with two teenage daughters, struggles to raise them in a trailer park as a single parent after her husband abandons the family. After repeatedly skipping school to go on dates, Trudi (Ione Skye) quits school and gets a job as a waitress alongside her mother. Meanwhile, young Shade (Fairuza Balk) spends most of her time watching the movies of Mexican film star Elvia Rivero (Nina Belanger) and dreams of finding a new boyfriend for her mother.
Glory
Glory (1990)
, 2h2
Directed by Edward Zwick
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Historical, Western
Themes Films about slavery, Films about racism, Political films, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors Matthew Broderick, Denzel Washington, Cary Elwes, Morgan Freeman, Andre Braugher, Cliff De Young
Roles Capt. Charles Fessenden Morse
Rating77% 3.8982653.8982653.8982653.8982653.898265
During the American Civil War, Captain Robert Shaw is injured in the Battle of Antietam and sent home to Boston on medical leave. He visits his family there, where he meets the abolitionist Frederick Douglass, a former slave. Shaw is offered a promotion to the rank of Colonel to command the first all-black regiment in the Union Army, the 54th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. He accepts and asks his childhood friend, 2nd Lieutenant Cabot Forbes, to serve as his second in command, with the rank of major. Their first volunteer is another friend, Thomas Searles, a bookish free African American. Other recruits soon follow, including gravedigger John Rawlins, timid freeman Jupiter Sharts and Silas Trip, an escaped slave who does not trust Shaw. Trip instantly clashes with Searles and Rawlins must keep the peace.
Dark Horse
Dark Horse (1990)

Directed by David Hemmings
Origin USA
Actors Ed Begley Jr., Mimi Rogers, Catherine Disher, Ari Meyers, Leon Pownall, Donovan Leitch
Rating70% 3.5439253.5439253.5439253.5439253.543925
The plot focuses on new-girl-in-town Allison Mills, a teenager who recently lost her mother. When she hangs out with the wrong crowd, she gets into trouble and is sentenced to community service at a local stable. There she comes to love spending time with the animals until an automobile accident cripples her and her favorite horse Jet. The wheelchair-bound girl learns to overcome her handicap through the indomitable spirit of the steed, who overcomes the odds and runs again.
Cutting Class
Cutting Class (1989)
, 1h31
Directed by Rospo Pallenberg
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Horror comedy, Horror, Crime, Slasher
Themes Serial killer films, Comedy horror films
Actors Brad Pitt, Roddy McDowall, Jill Schoelen, Donovan Leitch, Martin Mull, Nancy Fish
Roles Brian Woods
Rating45% 2.256082.256082.256082.256082.25608
The plot revolves around the return of Brian Woods (Leitch), a "problem teen." He has just been released from a mental hospital; he was admitted after the suspicious death of his father, who crashed and died while driving a car with cut brakes. He falls in love with classmate Paula Carson (Jill Schoelen), but the local basketball star Dwight Ingalls (Brad Pitt) is already Paula's boyfriend. Meanwhile, the lecherous school principal also seeks Paula's affections. Then horrible murders start happening with no one certain of the identity of the culprit. The main suspects are Dwight, whose control of his anger has never been perfect; Woods, who may not have been fully cured at the sanitarium; and the principal, who seems to stop at nothing in his attempts to bed Paula.
The Blob
The Blob (1988)
, 1h30
Directed by Chuck Russell
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Horror
Themes Films about extraterrestrial life, Alien invasions in films
Actors Kevin Dillon, Shawnee Smith, Donovan, Donovan Leitch, Jeffrey DeMunn, Candy Clark
Roles Paul Taylor
Rating67% 3.3508453.3508453.3508453.3508453.350845
A meteorite crashes near Arborville, California. An elderly transient discovers, within the sphere, a massive slime mold-like substance (the Blob) that attaches itself to his hand. Three high school students, Brian, Meg and Paul, take him to a hospital. After Brian leaves, Paul witnesses the lower half of the transient melting from exposure to the Blob. As he calls for help, the Blob drops on top of him. Meg arrives to see Paul being devoured by the growing Blob. While she tries to free him, his arm dissolves off, Meg is thrown against a wall and knocked unconscious, and the Blob oozes out of the hospital.
And God Created Woman
And God Created Woman (1988)
, 1h38
Directed by Roger Vadim
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Musical films
Actors Rebecca De Mornay, Vincent Spano, Frank Langella, Donovan Leitch, Judith Chapman, Gary Goetzman
Roles Peter Moran
Rating44% 2.205322.205322.205322.205322.20532
Robin Shea (Rebecca De Mornay) is a convict in a New Mexico prison. She manages to escape, but mistakenly hitches a ride in the limo of James Tiernan (Frank Langella), a politician who was visiting the prison as part of his campaign for governor. He returns her to the prison in secret. While changing back into prison clothes, Robin meets Billy Moran (Vincent Spano) a carpenter and handyman who is doing work in the compound under supervision that is supposed to keep him isolated from the female inmates. Billy helps Robin temporarily hide from the guards, and they have sex.
The In Crowd
The In Crowd (1988)
, 1h35
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Actors Donovan Leitch, Joe Pantoliano, Jennifer Runyon, Scott Plank, Sean Sullivan, Charlotte d'Amboise
Roles Del
Rating62% 3.1473753.1473753.1473753.1473753.147375
In 1960's Philadelphia, Perry Parker (Joe Pantoliano) is a local dance-show host who aspires to rival Dick Clark. Del Green (Donovan Leitch) is an honors student who dreams about dancing with Vicky (Jennifer Runyon), the show's most popular dancer who attends a parochial school. However Vicky is in love with her dancing partner Dugan (Scott Plank).

Director

Last Party 2000
Last Party 2000 (2001)
, 2h17
Directed by Donovan Leitch
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Documentary films about historical events, Documentary films about politics, Political films
Actors Philip Seymour Hoffman, Tim Robbins, Susan Sarandon, Michael Moore, Bill Maher, Rosie O'Donnell
Rating64% 3.2439753.2439753.2439753.2439753.243975
This documentary follows Philip Seymour Hoffman as a concerned citizen on an uncensored journey of the state of American democracy. The film examines how the American political process addresses, and often fails to address, the country's most pressing issues. The film answers the question, is there a difference between Republicans and Democrats?

Scriptwriter