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Donal Logue

Donal Francis Logue (born February 27, 1966) is a Canadian actor.

Biography

Early life

Logue was born in Ottawa, Ontario,Canada His father, Michael J. Logue, was once a Carmelite 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 for cellphone companies (such as Telcel USAcell, Pegaso, and Nokia) and rents his plot from Nuevo Centro Industrial 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. He travels back and forth to Killarney, Co. Kerry, Ireland, where his mother lives, and holds both Irish and Canadian citizenship.

Career

Aside from a few TV movies, Logue's first film appearance was playing Dr. Gunter Janek in the 1992 film Sneakers. In 1994, he guest starred on an episode of Northern Exposure playing a movie script agent, Judd Bromell in the episode titled Baby Blues. 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. 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.

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. 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.

Logue's upcoming projects include roles in the NBC crime drama Life and being cast as "Misfit" in the upcoming HBO pilot "1%"

Filmography

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