Edmund Donovan

August 24, 1990 · Wellesley, Massachusetts, USA

Edmund Donovan (born August 24, 1990) is an American theatre, film, and television actor.

Donovan won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play, the Lucille Lortel Award, and the Obie Award in 2020 for his role as Joe in Greater Clements by Samuel D. Hunter. He received a Drama Desk Award nomination in 2019 for his role in Lewiston/Clarkston, another play by Hunter. His television credits include Hightown, Betty, High Fidelity, and Orange Is the New Black. He played Christopher in the 2015 film Akron, which won numerous awards at LGBT film festivals that year. In 2021, Donovan played Jason in Second Stage Theatre's production of Lynn Nottage's Clyde's.

Notable work

6.8
Civil War (2024)
as Eddie
7.6
The Blacklist (2013)
as Tobias Carlyle
7.7
Orange Is the New Black (2013)
as Roger
6.5
Echo Valley (2025)
as Ryan
7.2
Unforgettable (2011)
as Derrick Hibbert
7.3
Gossip Girl (2021)
as Scott Kovacs

Often works with

Uzo Aduba
2 titles together
Orange Is the New Black, Clyde's
Thomas Doherty
2 titles together
Gossip Girl, High Fidelity

Full filmography · 17

The Nightingale
cast
2027
Late Fame
as Meyers
2026
Forge
as Holden Beaumont
2026
Echo Valley
as Ryan
20256.5
Your Monster
as Jacob
20246.6
Civil War
as Eddie
20246.8
Clyde's
as Jason
2021
Glob Lessons
as Doug
2021
The Inhabitants
as Eric
20153.8
Akron
as Christopher Welling
20157.2