Donal Logue

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Donal Logue
Logue with his children in Ireland
Born	February 27, 1966 (1966-02-27) (age 42) Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Donal Francis Logue (born February 27, 1966^[1][2]) is a Canadian actor.

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Early life 1.2 Career 2 Filmography 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Biography

[edit] Early life

Logue was born in Ottawa, Ontario. His father, Michael J. Logue, was once a Carmelite^[3] Catholic missionary in Africa where he met Donal's mother, Elizabeth, where they eventually got married and had four children. He has three sisters: Karina, an actress, his twin sister Deirdre (who is not in show business), and Eileen, an education consultant. His father is the president of Aisling Industries, which make microchips to cellphone companies (such as Telcel USAcell, Pegaso, and Nokia) and rents his plot from Nuevo Centro Industrial y Comercial S.A. de C.V., in the famous building of Cervecería de Mexicali, Maltera.

Logue lived most of his childhood and teen years in El Centro, California where he attended Central Union High School, although for his junior year, he attended St Ignatius' College Enfield, Middlesex, England. After high school, Logue studied History at Harvard University. His mother was a teacher at Calexico High School in Calexico, California during the 1980s and 1990's.^{[citation needed]} He travels back and forth to Killarney, Co. Kerry, Ireland, where his mother lives, and holds both Irish and Canadian citizenship.^[4]

[edit] Career

Aside from a few TV movies, Logue's first film appearance was playing Dr. Gunter Janek in the 1992 film Sneakers. Soon afterwards he appeared as a rival FBI agent to Fox Mulder in the early X-Files episode "Squeeze." Logue's character Jimmy the cab driver was a staple of MTV promos in the early 90s. With more than 40 other movies to his credit, some of his more significant appearances include the 1998 film Blade (as the vampire "Quinn"), and The Patriot with Mel Gibson, in 2000.

Logue's career advanced to the next level when he was cast as the overweight-but-nevertheless-charismatic central character in The Tao of Steve. Logue's eminently competent portrayal of the lead in that film was noticed by ER producer John Wells. Humbled somewhat by Wells' interest, Logue agreed to appear in a bit part as "Chuck Brown", an individual Susan Lewis marries one weekend in Las Vegas on a whim. Logue was thereafter scheduled to appear in three episodes at the conclusion of season 9 and returned in season 10, in three more episodes. Then, in December 2005, Logue had what turned out to be a somewhat dubious association with a pilot development deal for a new situation comedy on ABC television, originally titled I Want to Rob Mick Jagger.^[5] 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 of 2007.^[6]

Logue also appeared as Mark Ruffalo's character's psychiatrist best friend in Just Like Heaven (2005). Logue had appeared as "Phil Stubbs" in the original pilot for the NBC show Ed but was cast as the father on the television series Grounded for Life, and made the choice to drop out. The first two-and-a-half seasons were telecast on the Fox network, though thereafter the show moved to The WB for the remainder of its run. In 2002 and 2003, Logue appeared on the VH1 series I Love the '80s, I Love the '70s, and I Love the '80s Strikes Back.

Logue was 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, however, picked up.^[7] Most recently, Logue co-starred with Nicolas Cage in the movie Ghost Rider, and the David Fincher film, Zodiac.

He was also part of the 2007 revival of Kids in the Hall.^[8]

[edit] Filmography

• Max Payne - Alex Balder (2008)
• Purple Violets - Chazz Coleman (2007)
• Zodiac - Ken Narlow (2007)
• Ghost Rider - Mack (2007)
• The Ex - Don Wollebin (2007)
• The Good Life - Daryll (2007)
• Almost Heaven - Mark Brady (2006)
• Citizen Duane - Bingo (2006)
• Shark Bait - Troy (voice) (2006)
• The Groomsmen - Jimbo (2006)
• Jack's Law - Buzz (uncredited) (2006)
• Just Like Heaven - Jack Houriskey (2005)
• Tennis, Anyone...? - Danny Macklin, Producer, Director, Writer (2005)
• Two Days - Ray O' Connor (2003)
• American Splendor - Stage Actor Harvey (2003)
• Confidence - Officer Lloyd Whitworth (2003)
• Comic Book Villains - Raymond McGillicudy, Co-producer (2002) *The Château - Sonny (2001)
• Glam - Tom Stone (2001)
• The Patriot - Dan Scott (2000)
• The Opportunists - Pat Duffy (2000)
• Takedown - Alex Lowe (2000)
• Steal This Movie - Stew Albert (2000)
• Reindeer Games - Pug (2000)
• The Million Dollar Hotel - Charley Best (2000)
• The Tao of Steve - Dex (2000)
• The Big Tease - Eamonn (1999)
• Runaway Bride - Priest Brian Norris (1999)
• The Thin Red Line - Marl (uncredited) (1998)
• Blade - Quinn (1998)
• First Love, Last Rites - Red (1997)
• Men with Guns - Goldman, Co-executive Producer (1997)
• Metro - Earl (1997)
• Jerry Maguire - Rick, Junior Agent (1996)
• Dear God - Webster (1996)
• Diabolique - Video Photographer #1 (1996)
• Eye for an Eye - Tony (1996)
• The Grave - Cletus (1996)
• The Size of Watermelons - Gnome (1996)
• Winterlude - Chris Hampson (1996)
• Miami Rhapsody - Derek (1995)
• Baja - Alex (1995)
• Little Women - Jacob Mayer (1994)
• Disclosure - Chance Geer (1994)
• The Crew - Bill Pierce (1994)
• And the Band Played On - Bobbi Campbell (1993)
• Gettysburg - Capt. Ellis Spear (1993)
• Sneakers - Dr. Gunter Janek (1992)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Donal Logue at the Internet Movie Database
• The Nutty Irishman: A Donal Logue Resource
• T.V. Guide interview
• Film Threat interview
• Donal Logue's Domain
• Filmmaker magazine interview