Jeffrey Donovan: Oh, see now that’s really tough. Who has been your favorite villain on the show? And I’ve never received better feedback from fans about that’s their cover ID I’ve ever played.īut it was the scariest one because I thought it was so different from anything I’d ever done not only on the show but as – just as an actor. And the – one of the most difficult ones was this kind of character I did about – I think it was Season 3, where I basically played the devil and I think this name was (Louis) – almost like (Louis Cifer) as in Lucifer.Īnd he was a cross between the devil and Clint Eastwood and I played him – I mean I just went out on a limb and played him. I mean just like a writer might have a certain style that they write in and they’re comfortable and then someone says okay, I want you to do a short story form. Jeffrey Donovan: You know, the hardest ones were always the ones that I hadn’t ever done before. What’s been the hardest cover ID you’ve had to do from an acting standpoint? You know, if I had to do an accent or some kind of character it was always fun to kind of make that up with the writer at the time.Īnd then over the years they kind of evolved into sometimes some wacky guys and sometimes some pretty sadistic guys. And some of the things that were asked of me were great. So we thought it’d be fun if that certain cover ID just like spies had to do, were taken on. One of the fun things that we didn’t actually realize when we first the show was that even though I’m a Burn spy and I’m trying to get back in, the kind of fun of the show is always to help the person that no one else can help and only Michael’s skills can solve his problem. It’s obviously got to be really fun to get to play so many different characters. He’s classically trained, been on Broadway and recently starred in Don’t Dress for Dinner at the Royal George Theatre in Chicago.ĭuring a recent Q & A, he talked about how much fun it is to play the different “cover” characters on the show and which one has been the hardest, the chemistry he has with the Burn Notice cast, his responsibilities as a producer and his advice to actors.īurn Notice airs on Thursdays at 10/9c on USA Edgar, as Robert Kennedy opposite Leonardo DiCaprio and Naomi Watts and Changeling with Angelina Jolie and John Malkovich. Donovan appeared in two Clint Eastwood films’s J. Already renewed for Season 7, the show is at its half-way point for Season 6 and each episode is getting more tense and darker as it winds its way to the finale.ĭonovan has become a huge name since starring on the show but the guy has chops you might not know about, appearing in some major films, theater and starting his career with an assortment of TV roles. Jeffrey Donovan stars as Michael Westen on USA’s hit show, Burn Notice.
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