Donal Logue
- Actor
- Producer
- Director
Donal Logue's versatility and talent makes him one of the most well
respected and beloved actors today. Born in Ottawa, Canada, Logue moved
all over the United States, from the Boston area as an infant to
various towns on the Mexican border. He returned to Boston to attend
Harvard University, where he majored in Intellectual History and
discovered his love for the performing arts. While in college, he
appeared in over thirty plays, worked for two summers in the American
Repertory Theatre's Harvard/Radcliffe Summer Stock Company, and spent a
short time doing theatre in England. After graduating, Logue joined the
Cornerstone Theatre Company which developed community theatre in rural
parts of the United States. From then on Logue dedicated himself to
pursuing his passion for acting. In his 20 plus years in the industry,
Logue has starred in films such as, The Tao of Steve, the story of a
larger-than-life, philosophizing lothario, which debuted at the
Sundance Film Festival, and won him a Special Jury Prize for
Outstanding Performance. His other film credits include Sneakers,
Gettysburg, Blade, Runaway Bride, Reindeer Games, The Million Dollar
Hotel, Comic Book Villains with Michael Rapaport, Confidence, Just Like
Heaven, and The Groomsmen with Ed Burns. Recently, Donal co-starred in
Max Payne with Mark Wahlberg, as well as Charlie St. Cloud with Zac
Ephron. He also appeared in Zodiac, directed by David Fincher, based on
the Robert Graysmith books about the notorious Zodiac serial killer.
Following the US release of Zodiac, he co-starred in Mark Steven
Johnson's Ghost Rider with Nicolas Cage and Eva Mendes. Logue made his
directorial debut with the independent film Tennis, Anyone?, which
appeared at the US Comedy Arts Festival. He wrote, starred, and
directed the film about two Hollywood has-beens who try and find
meaning in their lives through a series of celebrity tennis
tournaments. In television, Logue joined the cast of the NBC series
"LIFE" about a former police officer who returns to the force after
having been wrongly imprisoned for years. In 2007, he headlined the
critically lauded ABC comedy "The Knights of Prosperity" in which a
group of blue collar guys band together to plan a heist of Mick
Jagger's New York City apartment. Prior to "The Knights of Prosperity"
Logue starred in the Carsey-Warner produced show, "Grounded for Life"
which aired for five seasons. He was also featured in a recurring role
on "ER" as Sherry Stringfield's love interest. In 2010, Logue finished
a critically acclaimed season on "Terriers," a television series
created by Ted Griffin and Shawn Ryan for FX. He begins production on
the Marc Cherry pilot "Hallelujah" for ABC in March of 2011. Logue
lives in Los Angeles and has two children.