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Donal Logue
Logue in 2014
Born
Donal Francis Logue

(1966-02-27) February 27, 1966 (age 58)
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Citizenship
  • Canada
  • United States
  • Ireland
EducationHarvard University
OccupationActor
Years active1992–present
Known for
Spouse
Kasey Walker
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(divorced)​
Children2

Donal Francis Logue[1] (born February 27, 1966[2]) is a Canadian-American film and television actor. He played the starring role of Sean Finnerty on the sitcom Grounded for Life (2001-05), and Detective Harvey Bullock on the DC Comics adaptation Gotham (2014-19). He is also known for playing flight nurse Chuck Martin on ER (2003-05), Lee Toric on Sons of Anarchy (2012-13), Horik on Vikings (2013-14), and the recurring role of Lt. (later Captain) Declan Murphy on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2014–15).

Logue's film work includes roles in Sneakers (1992), Gettysburg (1993), Little Women (1994), Jerry Maguire (1996), Blade (1998), The Patriot (2000), American Splendor (2003), Zodiac (2007), The Cloverfield Paradox (2018), and Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City (2021). He won the Sundance Film Festival's Special Jury Prize for his performance in The Tao of Steve (2000).

Early life and education

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Donal Francis Logue was born in Ottawa, Ontario,[1] to Irish parents from County Kerry.[3][4] His parents were Carmelite missionaries,[5] and the family moved from Ireland to Canada to Boston and elsewhere before settling in Calexico, California, in the state's Imperial Valley.[6] There and in nearby El Centro, California,[6] Logue grew up with three sisters—Karina, Deirdre and Eileen[1]—and their mother taught at Calexico High School and Vincent Memorial Catholic High School.[6] Logue attended Central Union High School in El Centro, where he became interested in theater. With friend John Everly during what Logue called the "summer during our sophomore year", he created the theater group Imperial Valley Players to perform in the school's auditorium, mounting the theater of the absurd play Picnic on the Battlefield by Fernando Arrabal.[6]

For part of his junior year of high school,[6] Logue attended the Jesuit school St. Ignatius' College in Enfield Town, London, England.[7] In 1983, while a high-school senior, Donal was elected president of the 37th session of the American Legion Boys Nation, representing California and becoming the first non-citizen elected Boys Nation president.[8] He went on to study history at Harvard University, graduating in 1988.[6][9] In the late 1980s, he worked as a road manager for such bands as Bullet LaVolta.[10]

Career

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After a few appearances in made-for-TV films, Logue appeared in the 1992 film Sneakers, playing Dr. Gunter Janek. Of his career start, Logue recalled,

After being accepted to Harvard as an intellectual history major and being convinced to audition for plays by my college roommates, I auditioned for 15 and didn't get called back for a single one. I had been a road manager for punk bands and a stage manager for a traveling theater company, but nothing had materialized. Out of the blue, though, I got a call to audition for the movie Sneakers out in L.A. and I had very little experience. When I was there, auditioning for the role in front of Ben Kingsley and Robert Redford and getting nods of approval, it provided validation to my efforts. That was my first big movie, and I knew that my life would not be dictated by normality.[6]

In 1993, he portrayed Capt. Ellis Spear in Gettysburg, and a movie agent, Judd Bromell, on the Northern Exposure episode "Baby Blues", then later appeared as an FBI agent in The X-Files episode "Squeeze." Logue's character Jimmy The Cab Driver was a staple of MTV promos in the early 1990s. He also appeared in Blade and The Patriot, in 2000. He appeared in two of Edward Burns films: Purple Violets and The Groomsmen.

Logue's portrayal as the lead in The Tao of Steve won him a Special Grand Jury Prize for best actor at the 2000 Sundance Film Festival, and was noticed by ER producer John Wells, who cast Logue in several episodes as Chuck Martin, a nurse Dr. Susan Lewis marries one weekend in Las Vegas on a whim, and later has a child with. Concurrent with the run on ER, Logue starred in the critically acclaimed comedy Grounded for Life. In December 2005, Logue had a pilot development deal for a new situation comedy on ABC television, originally titled I Want to Rob Mick Jagger.[11] The pilot was picked up and debuted in the winter of 2006 under the name The Knights of Prosperity. The show disappeared from the ABC lineup in early March 2007.[12]

Logue also appeared in a supporting role in Just Like Heaven (2005). Logue had appeared as Phil Stubbs in the original pilot for the NBC show Ed, but dropped out to star in the sitcom Grounded for Life. The first two and a half seasons of Grounded for Life were telecast on the Fox network; thereafter, the show moved to The WB for the remainder of its run. In 2002 and 2003, Logue appeared on the VH1 I Love... instalments '80s, '70s, and '80s Strikes Back. In 2010, Logue appeared on House, M.D. as millionaire patient Curtis Harry.

Logue also appeared in NBC's The Dennis, in 2005, about a former child prodigy whose parents kick him out of the house and into the real world. It was not picked up, however.[13] Logue co-starred with Nicolas Cage in the film Ghost Rider, the David Fincher film Zodiac, and alongside Mark Wahlberg in the 20th Century Fox film Max Payne. In 2007 he had an uncredited role in "Monk" Season 6 episode "Mr. Monk Is Up All Night" as a grifter Monk meets in a bar. In 2008, Logue appeared in the Jack Kerouac documentary One Fast Move or I'm Gone: Kerouac's Big Sur. Logue starred as Captain Kevin Tidwell in the NBC crime drama Life from 2008 to 2009. On May 4, 2009, NBC announced Life would not be returning for a third season.

Logue starred in FX series Terriers, which ran 13 episodes from September to December 2010. After the show's cancellation, a frustrated Logue briefly left acting for truck-driving, according to his friend and fellow actor W. Earl Brown.[14] Logue starred as the main character in Theory of a Deadman's music video for the song "Lowlife", off their 2011 release The Truth Is....

In late 2012, Logue joined the casts of Sons of Anarchy as renegade ex-U.S. Marshal Lee Toric who is out for revenge for the murder of his sister and Vikings as King Horik. In 2013, he joined the cast of BBC America's show Copper as a returning Union General turned Tammany Hall insider, General Brendan Donovan, and he returned to Sons of Anarchy and Vikings to reprise his roles from the previous seasons. Logue had roles in two 2013: CBGB with Alan Rickman and 9 Full Moons with Amy Seimetz and Bret Roberts.

Between March and May 2014, he appeared in six episodes of the NBC police procedural, crime, legal drama, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Lieutenant Declan Murphy, a former undercover officer appointed as acting commander of the Special Victims Unit.[15] From 2014 to the show's conclusion in 2019, he portrayed Harvey Bullock in the police procedural series Gotham, based on the DC Comics Batman franchise.

In 2015, Logue appeared in Adam Massey's thriller film The Intruders.[16]

In 2021, Logue appeared in the FX series What We Do in the Shadows, portraying a fictionalized version of himself. He is at first mistaken for his Blade character of Quinn but explains that he had chosen to become a vampire after completing the movie Blade, as the vampire lifestyle appealed to him. This universe's rendition of Logue has become a respected member of the Supreme Worldwide Vampiric Council, is actively in touch with the cast members of Grounded for Life, and is an avid painter.

Personal life

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Logue with his children in Ireland in 2007

Logue travels back and forth to Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland, where his mother lives. He holds Canadian, Irish, and American citizenship.[17]

Logue has homes in Los Angeles and in Shady Cove, Oregon, where he cofounded Frison Logue Hardwood.[10] Logue regularly plays for the Los Angeles–based amateur soccer team Hollywood United.[18]

Logue has a Class-A Commercial Drivers License and is licensed to drive tractor-trailers with double or triple trailers, tankers and hazardous materials. He has a hardwood company with one partner called Frison-Logue Hardwood, and a trucking company called Aisling Trucking with two partners based out of Central Point, Oregon, which the three founded in 2012.[10][19][20]

Logue was formerly married[18] or in a long-term committed relationship with Kasey Walker,[1] also known as Kasey Smith.[21] They have a son named Finn,[22][5] and a transgender daughter, Jade.[23] On June 27, 2017, Logue posted a tweet saying Jade had gone missing; he later deleted it[24][25][26] and launched a wider public appeal for help after contacting police and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.[25][27][28] By July 8, over a week later, Jade had been found in North Carolina and was returned home safely.[29]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1991 Medusa: Dare to be Truthful Shane Pencil
1992 Sneakers Dr. Gunter Janek
1993 Gettysburg Capt. Ellis Spear
1994 Disclosure Chance Geer
Little Women Jacob Mayer
1995 Baja Alex
Miami Rhapsody Derek
3 Ninjas Knuckle Up Jimmy
1996 Winterlude Chris Hampson Short film
The Grave Cletus
Eye for an Eye Tony
Diabolique Video Photographer #1
Dear God Webster
Jerry Maguire Rick, Junior Agent
1997 The Size of Watermelons Gnome
Metro Earl
Glam Tom Stone
Men with Guns Goldman Also co-executive producer
First Love, Last Rites Red
1998 Blade Quinn
A Bright Shining Lie Steven Burnett
The Thin Red Line Marl Uncredited
1999 Runaway Bride Father Brian Norris
The Big Tease Eamonn
2000 The Tao of Steve Dex
The Million Dollar Hotel Charley Best
Reindeer Games Pug
Steal This Movie Stew Albert
Takedown Alex Lowe
The Opportunists Pat Duffy
The Patriot Dan Scott
2001 The Château Sonny
2002 Comic Book Villains Raymond McGillicudy Also co-producer
2003 Confidence Officer Lloyd Whitworth
American Splendor Stage Actor Harvey
Two Days Ray O'Connor
2005 Tennis, Anyone...? Danny Macklin Also director, producer, and writer
Just Like Heaven Jack Houriskey
2006 Jack's Law Buzz Uncredited
The Groomsmen Jimbo
The Reef Troy (voice) English-language dub
Citizen Duane Uncle Bingo
Almost Heaven Mark Brady
The Ex Don Wollebin
2007 The Good Life Daryll
Ghost Rider Mack
Zodiac Ken Narlow
Purple Violets Chazz Coleman
2008 No Place Like Home Uncle Eddie Short film
Max Payne Alex Balder
2009 The Lodger Joe Bunting
2010 Charlie St. Cloud Tink Weatherbee
2011 Shark Night 3D Sheriff Greg Sabin
Oliver Sherman Franklin Page
2012 The Reef 2: High Tide Troy / Thornton (voices) English-language dub
Kill for Me Garret Jones
Silent Night Santa Jim Epstein
2013 CBGB Merv Ferguson
2015 The Intruders Jerry Halshford
2018 The Cloverfield Paradox Mark Stambler [30][31]
2021 Sometime Other Than Now Sam
All My Puny Sorrows Jake Von Riesen
Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City Chief Brian Irons
2023 Door Mouse Eddie

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1993 Almost Home Tommy Tom Episode: "Hot Ticket"
The X-Files Agent Tom Colton Episode: "Squeeze"
Northern Exposure Judd Bromell Episode: "Baby Blues"
And the Band Played On Bobbi Campbell Television film
1995 Medicine Ball Dr. Danny Macklin 9 episodes
1996 Public Morals Ken Schuler 13 episodes
1998 A Bright Shining Lie Steven Burnett Television film
Felicity Eddie Episode: "Friends"
1999 The Practice Dickie Flood 5 episodes
2001–05 Grounded for Life Sean Finnerty 91 episodes
2003–05 ER Chuck Martin 11 episodes
2007 The Knights of Prosperity Eugene Gurkin 13 episodes
Monk Gully Episode: "Mr. Monk Is Up All Night"
2008–09 Life Captain Kevin Tidwell 11 episodes
2010 Terriers Hank Dolworth 13 episodes
2011 House Cyrus Harry Episode: "Changes"
2012 Royal Pains Ernie McGillicuddy 2 episodes
2012–13 Sons of Anarchy Lee Toric 7 episodes
2013 Copper General Brendan Donovan 12 episodes
2013–14 Vikings King Horik 12 episodes
2014–15, 2022 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Lt./Capt. Declan Murphy Recurring, seasons 15–17, 23[32]
2014–19 Gotham Harvey Bullock 97 episodes
2019 Stumptown Private Detective Artie Banks 2 episodes
2020 The Unicorn Denny Episode: "The Client"
Dummy Dan Harmon 10 episodes
2021 Departure Sheriff McCullogh 6 episodes
What We Do in the Shadows Donal Logue 2 episodes
2022–23 The Equalizer Colton Fisk 2 episodes
2023 Sisters Jimmy 2 episodes
TBA Duster Sergeant Groomes Upcoming series

Awards and nominations

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Award Year Category Work Result
Ashland Independent Film Festival 2005 Best Actor Tennis, Anyone...? Won
Canadian Screen Award 2013 Best Actor in a Television Film or Miniseries Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town Nominated
Sundance Film Festival 2000 Special Jury Prize (for Outstanding Performance) The Tao of Steve Won

Published works

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  • Trejo, Danny; Logue, Donal (2021). Trejo: My Life of Crime, Redemption, and Hollywood. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-1982150822.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Donal Logue Biography". TV Guide. Archived from the original on 15 September 2015. Retrieved 3 July 2017. Kasey Walker — Ex-significant Other
  2. ^ "When was Donal Logue (actor) born?". Old Farmer's Almanac. Archived from the original on 27 October 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  3. ^ Stone, Sally (21 November 2001). "A conversation With Donal Logue". The Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. King Features Syndicate. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2020. I was born in Canada. But my parents, who were originally from County Kerry in Ireland, moved to the United States, where I grew up.
  4. ^ Logue, Donal [@donallogue] (7 November 2016). "Sorry Ann Coulter" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 28 December 2017. Retrieved 11 July 2017 – via Twitter. "Even people like me, w/4 grandparents and 2 parents from Ireland, born in Canada myself, get to vote. Because I'm American."
  5. ^ a b "Donal Logue Biography (1965?-)". Film Reference. Archived from the original on 16 June 2017. Retrieved 27 June 2017. Donal Francis Logue; born February 27, 1965 (some sources cite 1966)
  6. ^ a b c d e f g Rigney, Ryan (30 December 2018). "Donal Logue: Actor talks about growing up in the Valley and doing 'your own stuff'". Imperial Valley Press. El Centro, California. Archived from the original on 25 July 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2020. ...by the time my family first moved to the Andrade Apartments in Calexico, we had already lived in Canada, Ireland, Boston and a variety of other places.
  7. ^ "St. Ignatius' College Celebrates 125th Anniversary". Jesuits in Britain. Archived from the original on 25 July 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
  8. ^ Romey, Andy (17 July 2014). "Hollywood actor recalls 'that one summer' at Boys Nation". The American Legion. Archived from the original on 18 December 2019.
  9. ^ de Carvalho, Simon (25 October 2010). "Big Dawg: Donal Logue '88 talks about 'Terriers'". Harvard University. Archived from the original on 10 April 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
  10. ^ a b c Owen, Rob (22 June 2013). "'Copper,' 'Sons,' 'Vikings' keep actor Donal Logue busy, away from his Oregon home". The Oregonian. Portland, Oregon. p. C1. Archived from the original on 3 August 2017. Retrieved 27 June 2013.
  11. ^ The Futon Critic Staff (7 February 2005). "Breaking News – Development Update: December 2–7". Los Angeles: TheFutonCritic.com. Archived from the original on 30 April 2023. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  12. ^ Kimball, Trevor (5 March 2007). "The Knights of Prosperity: ABC Pulls the Sitcom". TVSseriesFinale.com. Archived from the original on 30 April 2023. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  13. ^ The Futon Critic Staff (4 April 2005). "Breaking News – Development Update: April 4". Los Angeles: TheFutonCritic.com. Archived from the original on 30 April 2023. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  14. ^ Brown, W. Earl [@WEarlBrown] (16 January 2019). "The abrupt TERRIERS cancellation made Donal quit show biz and start driving a truck" (Tweet). Retrieved 17 January 2019 – via Twitter. "Seriously. He and I did a biker pilot for HBO that was extraordinary, but for a myriad of reasons they didn't pick it up. Then he did TERRIERS - a great show...."
  15. ^ Swift, Andy (9 April 2014). "Law & Order: SVU Post Mortem: EP Talks William's Dark Twist and Olivia's Hopeful Future". TV Line. Archived from the original on 23 June 2017. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
  16. ^ Barton, Steve (6 January 2015). "The Intruders to Bust in This February". dreadcentral.com. Archived from the original on 9 January 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
  17. ^ Donal Logue – Northern Stars Archived March 10, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  18. ^ a b Rowles, Dustin (10 December 2013). "10 Things You Probably Didn't Know About The Awesome Donal Logue". Uproxx.com. Archived from the original on 14 October 2015. Retrieved 15 February 2015.[better source needed]
  19. ^ "Frison-Logue Hardwood - Home". Facebook. Archived from the original on 30 April 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  20. ^ Logue, Donal (4 June 2012). "How and why we started our trucking company". YouTube video. Archived from the original on 5 June 2012. Retrieved 27 June 2013.
  21. ^ Heller, Corinne (2 July 2017). "Donal Logue's Child Is Still Missing After Almost a Week: 'We Want You Home Jade'". E! News. Archived from the original on 2 July 2017. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  22. ^ "Donal Logue Biography". Yahoo! Movies. Archived from the original on 16 October 2008.
  23. ^ "Transgender Daughter Of 'Gotham' Actor Reported Missing In NYC". New York City: WCBS-TV. 28 June 2017. Archived from the original on 26 March 2019. Retrieved 29 June 2017. Arlo Logue, 16, is transgender and goes by Jade.
  24. ^ Logue, Donal [@donallogue] (27 June 2017). "Missing- yesterday at 2PM Barclays Center/Fort Greene Brooklyn" (Tweet). Retrieved 27 June 2017 – via Twitter.
  25. ^ a b Dillon, Nancy; Tracy, Thomas (28 June 2017). "'Gotham' star Donal Logue's 16-year-old daughter vanishes in Brooklyn". Daily News. New York City. Archived from the original on 29 June 2017. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  26. ^ Hill, Libby (28 June 2017). "'Gotham' star Donal Logue tweets, then deletes, alert for his missing child". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 3 July 2017. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  27. ^ Logue, Donal [@donallogue] (2 July 2017). "Just a note about Jade" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 3 July 2017. Retrieved 3 July 2017 – via Twitter.
  28. ^ "Jade Logue". National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Archived from the original on 3 July 2017. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  29. ^ McKenzie, Joi-Marie; Messer, Lesley (8 July 2017). "'Gotham' actor Donal Logue's daughter is 'safely back home,' rep says". ABC News. Archived from the original on 8 July 2017. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
  30. ^ "Viral goodies arrive for Cloverfield 3 as it looks like Cloverfield 4 is already finished!". www.followingthenerd.com. 30 January 2018. Archived from the original on 5 February 2018. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  31. ^ "'Cloverfield 3': Site viral alerta sobre perigoso experimento secreto no filme - CinePOP Cinema". 29 January 2018. Archived from the original on 12 February 2019. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  32. ^ Roots, Kimberly (29 November 2021). "Law & Order: SVU's Donal Logue to Return in Season 23 — Find Out Who Else Is Coming Back to the Squad". TVLine. Archived from the original on 29 November 2021. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
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