Jeffrey’s Television Roles
2007-? Burn Notice
Character: Michael Weston
Original Airdate: June 28, 2007
Synopsis: When spies get fired, they don’t get a letter from human resources, they get a “burn notice.” Thus begins a new action & suspense original series from USA Network. “Burn Notice” stars Jeffrey Donovan (“Touching Evil,” “Hitch”) as Michael Westen, a spy who has been given a burn notice — he’s been fired from his job and has to investigate who did it to him and why. Series also stars Gabrielle Anwar (“The Tudors,” “Scent of A Woman”) as ex-lover and IRA spy Fiona, Bruce Campbell (“Evil Dead,” Army of Darkness”) as Michael’s only friend and former spy himself, Sam, and Sharon Gless (“Queer as Folk,” “Cagney & Lacey”) as Madeline, Michael’s hypochondriac mother. Stuck in his hometown of Miami, a place he never wanted to return to, Michael Westen is now cut loose. With a Burn Notice attached to his name, he has no idea what or who triggered his demise; with his ex-girlfriend and his old partner, Michael is determined to find out the reason for his sudden termination. Unable to utilize his normal contacts and needing to stay under the spy network radar, he puts his Special Ops training to use to help those who the police can’t or won’t, in order to fund his ongoing personal investigation.
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2007 Crossing Jordan (season 6)
Character: William Ivers
Original Airdate: 2007
Synopsis: Dr. Jordan Cavanaugh is a forensic pathologist who lost her job with the Boston medical examiner’s office because her passion for solving homicides frequently extended beyond the autopsy table. Years later, an old ally rescues Jordan from court-ordered anger management training in Los Angeles and rehires her to her former job in Boston. Jordan is still feisty and mercurial and a pain in the butt, but management tolerates her because she is good at her job. She and her father, a disgraced former Boston police detective, often solve crimes together by using a role-playing game they’ve played since Jordan’s childhood. It goes: “You be the killer, and I’ll be the victim and we’ll figure out how this happened.” The driving force in Jordan’s life and career is the crime she took the longest time to solve — her mother’s murder. (Jeffrey appeared in the season six episodes Dead Again, Isolation, Hubris, Mr. Little and Mr. Big and Shattered.)
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2006 Monk (4×14: Mr. Monk and the Astronaut)
Character: Steve Wagner
Original Airdate: March 3, 2006
Synopsis: Civilian test pilot Steve Wagner is a national hero, but not everyone admires …him. His old flame, Joanne Raphelson, is about to publish a tell-all book that details the abuse she endured during their relationship. Wagner can’t let Joanne’s story get out, so he pays her a visit. He makes her one of his signature drinks, a “Spacewalk,” and adds a little something extra: a powerful dose of barbiturates. When her housekeeper arrives the following week, she finds Joanne hanging from the ceiling with a noose around her neck. Captain Stottlemeyer, Lieutenant Disher, Monk and Natalie go to Joanne’s house to investigate. It appears to be suicide, but the captain and Monk spot some clues that point to murder.
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2005 CSI Miami (episode 3×16: Nothing to Lose)
Character: Todd Kendrick
Original Airdate: February 22, 2005
Synopsis: Dr. Evidence leads the CSIs to believe that someone started a massive fire in the Everglades in order to cover up a murder. Local prisoners are brought in as free manpower to help fight the wild fire in the Everglades. However, when a serial killer escapes the scene, Horatio must track him down before he strikes again. Meanwhile, the body of a local college student is found shot to death and the fire has destroyed the crime scene and the evidence. However, when the team uncovers an illegal moonshine operation and homemade ammunitions in the vicinity, the CSIs uncover the real reason why the boy was out there.
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2004 Touching Evil
Character: Detective David Creegan
Original Airdate: March 13, 2004
Synopsis: Detective David Creegan (Jeffrey Donovan) has just returned from a year-long psychological leave of absence after surviving a near-fatal gunshot wound to the head. Assigned to the new OSC (Organized and Serial Crime) Unit, a rapid-response, elite crime investigation squad, Creegan is newly dedicated to solving cases and saving lives. Fiercely independent, easily agitated, often stubborn, and virtually shameless as a result of his brain injury, Creegan is apt to ignore common sense - and sometimes even the laws he is sworn to uphold - in his passionate, unending quest for justice.
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2002 Witchblade (episode 2×06: Lagrimas)
Character: Daniel Germaine
Original Airdate: July 15, 2002
Synopsis: When a priest is cruelly murdered, Sara and Danny are called to the scene of the bizarre homicide. The investigation reveals that an unearthly killer is to blame and Sara seeks the help of Gabriel Bowman, who tells her of parallel killings that have occurred throughout history. Much to her surprise, Sara encounters the ghost of Kenneth Irons, who gives her cryptic clues about the murder. Meanwhile it’s love at first sight when Sara meets the mysterious and handsome Daniel Germaine. But her perfect love turns into a perfect nightmare when a jealous Ian Nottingham “kills” Daniel in an effort to show Sara her lover’s true nature. When Daniel fails to die from his mortal wounds, Sara realizes that she is dealing with a supernatural being. In fact Germaine is a man cursed to spend eternity bringing death to others while not being able to die himself. His one hope is that Sara and the Witchblade can end his torment. Faced with an impossible dilemma, Sara must kill the man she loves in order to free him from his living hell.
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2002 The Beat
Character: Brad Ulrich
Original Airdate: March 21 to April 25, 2002
Synopsis: Mark Ruffalo and Derek Cecil star in this gritty police drama, produced by Barry Levinson, about men who pound the streets and struggle with their inner demons. Officer Zane Marinelli (Ruffalo) is a conflicted womanizer who keeps company with Beatrice (Heather Burns), a psychotically unstable young lass who torches apartments to show her displeasure with things. His partner, Officer Mike Dorigan (Cecil), on the other hand, is devoted to his med student girlfriend.
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1999 Spin City (season 4)
Character: Tom
Original Airdate: 1999
Synopsis: A therapist (Jeffrey Donovan) tries to help Mike and Caitlin weigh their differences, but it’s the Mayor’s bid for the Senate that hangs in the balance. Former senator Al D’Amato has a cameo. (Jeffrey appeared in episodes These Shoes Were Made for Cheatin’ and The Mayor May Not.)
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1997-1998 The Pretender
Character: Kyle
Original Airdate: May 1997 and May 1998
Synopsis: Jarod becomes aware that Kyle, another pretender from The Centre, is on the run from the law. Eager to find him, he becomes an F.B.I. agent to aid the investigation. But he discovers that Kyle may have something to do with his mother. Meanwhile, Miss Parker and Sydney recruit Angelo to go through all of Jarod’s red notebooks. They figure he can become Jarod and thus aiding in his capture. Jarod discovers more about his family through Harriet, and decides that he must return to The Centre to free his brother Kyle. Meanwhile, Miss Parker convinces Broots and Sydney in helping her find the answers to her mother’s death and believes Kyle may be the key. Finally, Jarod gets the opportunity to reunite with his family, including his sister. But The Centre becomes aware of the rendezvous and intends to stop it. (Jeffrey appeared in episodes Red Rock Jarod, Dragon House: Part 1 and Dragon House: Part 2.)
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1997 Millennium (1×11: The Wild and the Innocent)
Character: Bobby Webber
Original Airdate: January 10, 1997
Synopsis: Frank is called to Missouri following the murder of a state trooper, which may be related to a Jake Waters whom Frank had sought years ago for three murders. The only problem - Frank thinks they are looking for the wrong man.
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1995 Homicide: Life on the Street (4×04: Thrill of the Kill)
Character: Newton and Miles Dell
Original Airdate: November 10, 1995
Synopsis: The squad returns to the station. The FBI joins with the detectives to stop a “thrill killer” who’s working his way north on I-95. Gee tries to reconcile with his daughter. The killer smells a rat at a roadblock so he bails out of his pickup. Everyone mobilizes to find him and when they do, the suspect in custody, while identical to the killer, claims he is innocent.
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1995 Law & Order (6×04: Jeopardy)
Character: Edward Nicodos
Original Airdate: November 1, 1995
Synopsis: The investigation into three murders at the offices of a small magazine uncovers a bitter feud between brothers, whose mother is determined to protect her remaining son and the family business.
