Donovan Leitch

Actor

Popular As Donovan Leitch (actor)

Birthday August 16, 1967

Birth Sign Leo

Birthplace London, England

Age 56 years old

Nationality American

#28825 Most Popular

1967

Donovan Jerome Leitch (born August 16, 1967) 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.

1985

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".

1986

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, Gary Riley and Matt Adler.

The role ultimately went to Alex Winter, who initially read for the part of Ted "Theodore" Logan.

1988

As an actor, he is best known for portraying Paul Taylor in the 1988 remake of The Blob.

1990

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.

1995

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.

Leitch was born in London, the son of singer/songwriter Donovan and model Enid Karl (née Stulberger).

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, of partial Irish descent.

His mother was raised in The Bronx, New York City and is Jewish.

1997

He married Scottish model Kirsty Hume on September 23, 1997.

2004

Their daughter, Violet Jean Leitch, was born March 21, 2004, at home in Los Angeles.

2011

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.

2015

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.