I will hate him forever
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darrinster — 14 years ago(July 22, 2011 01:22 AM)
You might want to watch this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyTmEXSeCFQ
If that don't change your mind, then you obviously can't judge what is acting and what is real life. -
LaraCroftLegacy — 12 years ago(May 24, 2013 11:21 PM)
I say when actors play bad guys or scum bags it more challenging for them and they can pull off so well where you actually hate the character they play
as for Kiefer he be back next year as Jack Bauer in 24 and to this day one of my favorite performance from Kiefer is Freeway lol
D.H.F.F
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maki82 — 14 years ago(March 20, 2012 04:19 PM)
Well, I will say as a fan of Burn Notice, he's a really great actor! That really displays his talents because in any given episode, sometimes he has to pretend to be different people (sometimes in one episode) complete with different mannerisms, attitudes and accents! I have a lot of respect for him as an actor just to see that level of diversity.
I won't lie, as a spy he is a fairly likeable and human character who does his best to help others but sometimes in the process, he has to pretend to be despicable to fool the bad guys. He had one episode where he had to be purposely abusive towards his own mother to get the bad guy! Just ripped my heart out!
So yeah, good acting.
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LadySailor1975 — 13 years ago(July 10, 2012 10:54 AM)
I just saw Changeling
I guess you do not grasp the words "acting" or "make-believe" or "fiction"!
Actors very often portray @$$-holes when they are nice people in real life. Many actors have played racists, but they are
not
racist for real. Many actors have played criminals when they have
clean
records in reality. Straight actors have played gay characters and gay actors have played straight c5b4haracters.
I also saw "Changeling" and thought Donovan did a great job. In that role, he was indeed an @$$-hole and I wanted to strangle him. In "Monk" he was a self-centered pain in the @$$ womanizer/woman-beater/killer. But I am so 1-million-percent sure he is none of these in reality (of course not that last one). In "Law and Order" he was an over-religious fanatic who killed a man that he thought was leading his daughter to hell. I don't know if he is religious or even if he believes in God or if he an atheist. But whichever he is, he played that role very well.
If you cannot distinguish fantasy from reality, don't watch TV or movies.
PS- I watched the blooper reels on the "Burn Notice" DVD's and he seems so sweet! He seems to really be great friends with Gabrielle and Bruce and the others he works with!
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SleuthoundSeburo — 13 years ago(September 10, 2012 05:01 PM)
I knew this topic would be about the Changelinglol I kind of hated JD because of it too. I was a fan of his after seeing him in the Profiler and The Blair Witch sequel. Now I'm a huge fan of his because of Burn Notice.
So I forgave him for that HORRIBLE character in Changeling. Now don't get me wrong, he acted his a.. off in that movie but character was horrible.
Good thing I watched that film while in Rio on vacation with two Brazilian hotties to ease my pain. That was one sad movie.
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CLOEsIMDb — 12 years ago(May 16, 2013 10:53 AM)
LET IT GO, I was unsure about him when I first started watching 'Burn Notice', however, Jeffrey and his character 'Michael' have really grown on me. He is really a fabulous actor and has truly worked hard to get to where he's at.
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spaghetti2520 — 12 years ago(May 24, 2013 05:45 PM)
WOW! You can't tell the difference between an actor and a character? I'm in love/lust with Michael Westen. I'm in love with some of his cover ID's.
I know nothing about Jeffrey Donovan other than I think he's a talented actor. How can you hate him for playing a mean S.O.B of a character.
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oversplayer — 12 years ago(July 23, 2013 11:23 PM)
I have mixed feelings. As an 2000actor, he has his ups and downs. On Burn Notice, which is my favorite series in decades, he does some things well, and others not so well. Particularly when he lapses into accents and dialects, he gets by, but he leaves a lot to be desired. Especially his attempt at an Irish accent. Ugh.
As a human being, however, he seems like an exceptionally good guy. I've seen him interviewed twice, and he seems very down to earth and forthcoming. Gabrielle once told an interviewed that getting married and settling down was the best thing that ever happened to him. (He hadn't become a father yet at that point.) I guess his DUI arrest proves that may have been a bit out of control before he got married, but, with his history (growing up extremely poor and then working his way through college), it's hardly surprising that there would be a great deal of steam there that had to get out.
People who grow up very poor and then become wealthy as adults tend to go to one extreme or the other: either they're impossible to deal with, greedy, selfish, miserly, and unapproachable or they show how appreciative they are for their good fortune because they remember what it was like not to have it.
He definitely comes of as a member of the second category. He acts like he would be very approachable, has self deprecating humor, and seems to be very genuine and forthcoming. What really impressed me was his response when he was asked how he got along with the rest of the cast. After saying that they had all become friends, he immediately launched into compliments for the behind the scenes crew and acknowledged their hard work dealing with heavy equipment outside all day in the Miami heat.
Of course, he's an actor, so it's impossible to know for sure, but he strikes me as the type of guy who would be willing to stop and chat with you for a couple of minutes if you saw him on the street and told him you were a fan.