Donovan Leitch (actor)


Donovan Jerome Leitch 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 a 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.

Career

Leitch appeared in the films ', The In Crowd, ...And God Created Woman, The Blob, Glory, Cutting Class, Gas, Food Lodging, Dark Horse, Jack the Bear, ', I Shot Andy Warhol, One Night Stand and Love Kills. 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. 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 was not a success, and the band fell inactive after Nesmith left the lineup a few years later.

Personal life

Leitch was born in London, England, the son of singer/songwriter Donovan and model Enid Karl. 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. His father is Scottish, and also of part Irish descent. His mother is an American who was raised in the Bronx, New York City, and is Jewish.
He married Scottish model Kirsty Hume on September 23, 1997. 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.
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.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
Filmed 1970
Released 2005
There is an OceanHimself
1984'Dancer
1986The Education of Allison TateMartin Stubbs
1988The In CrowdDel
1988And God Created WomanPeter Moran
1988The BlobPaul Taylor
1989Rock & ReadThe ChaueffeurShort
1989Cutting ClassBrian Woods
1989GloryCapt. Charles Fessenden Morse
1992Gas Food LodgingDarius
1992Dark HorseJ.B. Hadley
1993Jack the BearGrad Student
1994'Troy
1996Bed, Bath and BeyondShort
1996I Shot Andy WarholGerard Malanga
1996The Size of WatermelonsPatrick
1997One Night StandKevin
1997Big City BluesDonovan
1998Love KillsDominique
1999CherryEddie
2000Men Make Women CrazyShort
2008The Dark KnightWard Neeley

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1984AliceDono-D1 episode, Footloose Mel
1985It's Your MoveBoy No. 31 episode, The Dregs of Humanity: Part 1
1988Rockin' the Night AwayTelevision film
198921 Jump StreetMike Pratt1 episode, Mike's P.O.V.
1990Life Goes OnTeddy1 episode, The Banquet Room Renovation
1991CBS Schoolbreak SpecialCharlie Tyler1 episode, But He Loves Me
1991For the Very First TimeTelevision film
1999The '60sNeal ReynoldsTelevision film
2000Sex and the CityBaird Johnson1 episode, Boy, Girl, Boy, Girl...
2002The JobBarry / Crystal1 episode, Parents
2002Girls ClubMichael Harrod9 episodes
2003Birds of PreyMalcolm1 episode, Gladiatrix
2006Grey's AnatomyRick Friart1 episode, Tell Me Sweet Little Lies
2015–16Breaking BandProducer6 episodes