Martin Donovan (born August 19, 1957) is an American film, stage and television actor. He has had a long collaboration with director
Hal Hartley and appeared in many of Hartley's films, such as
Trust (1990),
Surviving Desire (1991),
Simple Men (1992),
Flirt (1993),
Amateur (1994), and
The Book of Life (1998; in which he played Jesus). Donovan also played Peter Scottson on
Showtime's cable series
Weeds. He made his writing/directorial debut with the film
Collaborator (2011).