Occupation Actor, singer Spouse Patti Murin (m. 2015) Role Actor | Name Colin Donnell Years active 2005–present | |
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Born October 9, 1982 (age 41) ( 1982-10-09 ) St. Louis, Missouri, United States Education Indiana University Bloomington Marriage location New York City, New York, United States Nominations Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical Movies and TV shows Arrow, Chicago Med, Every Secret Thing Similar People Susanna Thompson, Paul Blackthorne, David Ramsey, Stephen Amell, Willa Holland Profiles | ||
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Colin Donnell (born October 9, 1982) is an American actor best known for his performances as Billy Crocker in Anything Goes, Tommy Merlyn in The CW television series Arrow, Scotty Lockhart on the Showtime drama The Affair and as Dr. Connor Rhodes in the NBC medical drama Chicago Med (2015–present).
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- Arrow actor colin donnell talks tommy merlyn and the future of hit show gamerhubtv
- Early life and education
- Career
- Personal life
- Filmography
- References
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Early life and education
Colin Donnell was born in St. Louis, Missouri, as the youngest of three boys. He has Irish and French ancestry. He played the guitar and took singing lessons when he was 17. His introduction to the stage was in high-school where he was a part of the choir and was in the background juggling and doing circus tricks, which led him in being part of his first school musical production of Barnum. Colin graduated from Indiana University in 2005.
Career
Donnell has been part of many national stage tours such as Mamma Mia! and Wicked. His first Broadway Theatre performance was in Jersey Boys as Hank Mejewski. His other stage credits include Follies, Meet Me In St. Louis, Anything Goes for which he was nominated for a Drama Desk Award, Johnny Baseball and many more. Donnell made his television debut by playing Mike Ruskin in the television series Pan Am. In 2012, Donnell was cast as Tommy Merlyn in television series Arrow, however, he later left the series after the first season's finale (as his character was killed off), but made a cameo in one episode during the second season and made two different cameos in the third season.
For the summer of 2013, Donnell starred as Berowne in the musical adaption of Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost. He also appeared as Elizabeth Banks' husband in the crime thriller Every Secret Thing, which was released on May 15, 2015.
On January 23, 2014, it was announced that Donnell was cast as Monty in the 1960s-era Broadway musical Violet alongside Sutton Foster and Joshua Henry; which would begin on March 28, 2014 with a special preview, and officially open on April 20, 2014.
On April 28, 2014, it was announced that Donnell joined the cast of concert Bright Lights, Big City, which was performed on June 16, 2014. On July 18, 2014 it was revealed that Donnell would play Joshua Jackson's brother in Showtime original drama The Affair.
On November 4, 2014, it was announced that Donnell had joined the cast of Broadway Sings P!NK, which would take place on January 19 and 25, 2015.
On November 19, 2014, Donnell joined the cast of City Center Encores' production of the musical Lady, Be Good, alongside Tommy Tune, Erin Mackey and Patti Murin. The show ran for seven performances, from February 4–8, 2015.
On March 4, 2015, Donnell joined NBC drama pilot Love Is A Four Letter Word playing Sean, an ad agency partner. The show was passed on.
On May 29, 2015, Donnell joined NBC series, Chicago Med, as a regular, playing a doctor in trauma surgery.
Personal life
Donnell began dating actress Patti Murin in 2013 after they co-starred in a musical adaptation of Love's Labour's Lost. They became engaged in December 2014, and married on June 19, 2015 in New York City.
Donnell is a literary aficionado and a musician. He has two tattoos from his tour trips - one from Memphis and one from Dayton; which are five silhouettes of birds to represent his family, and a Fleur De Lis, because his mom is French.