Donal Logue

Donal Francis Logue ) is a Canadian-American film and television actor. He played the starring role of Sean Finnerty on the sitcom Grounded for Life (2001–05), and Detective Harvey Bullock on the DC Comics adaptation Gotham (2014–19). He is also known for playing flight nurse Chuck Martin on ER (2003–05), Lee Toric on Sons of Anarchy (2012–13), Horik on Vikings (2013–14), and the recurring role of Lt. (later Captain) Declan Murphy on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2014–15, 2023).

Logue's film work includes roles in Sneakers (1992), Gettysburg (1993), Little Women (1994), Jerry Maguire (1996), Blade (1998), The Patriot (2000), American Splendor (2003), Zodiac (2007), The Cloverfield Paradox (2018), and Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City (2021). He won the Sundance Film Festival's Special Jury Prize for his performance in The Tao of Steve (2000).

Early life and education Donal Francis Logue was born in Ottawa, Ontario His parents were Carmelite missionaries, and the family moved from Ireland to Canada to Boston, Massachusetts and elsewhere before settling in Calexico, California in the state's Imperial Valley. There and in nearby El Centro, California, In 1983, while a high-school senior, Donal was elected president of the 37th session of the American Legion Boys Nation, representing California and becoming the first non-citizen elected Boys Nation president. He went on to study history at Harvard University, graduating in 1988. In the late 1980s, he worked as a road manager for such bands as Bullet LaVolta. The pilot was picked up, and the series debuted in the winter of 2006 under the name The Knights of Prosperity. The show disappeared from the ABC lineup in early March 2007.

Logue had a supporting role in the film Just Like Heaven (2005). He had appeared as Phil Stubbs in the original pilot for the NBC show Ed but dropped out to star in the sitcom Grounded for Life. The first two-and-a-half seasons of Grounded for Life were telecast on the Fox network; the show moved to The WB for the remainder of its run. In 2002 and 2003 Logue appeared in three installments of the VH1 I Love... series: '80s, '70s, and '80s Strikes Back. In 2010 Logue appeared on House, M.D. as millionaire patient Curtis Harry.

Logue also starred 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 picked up, however. Logue co-starred with Nicolas Cage in the film Ghost Rider, the David Fincher film Zodiac, and alongside Mark Wahlberg in the 20th Century Fox film Max Payne. In 2007 he had an uncredited role in the Monk season 6 episode "Mr. Monk Is Up All Night" as a grifter whom Monk meets in a bar. In 2008 Logue appeared in the Jack Kerouac documentary One Fast Move or I'm Gone: Kerouac's Big Sur. Logue starred as Captain Kevin Tidwell in the NBC crime drama Life from 2008 to 2009. On May 4, 2009, NBC announced Life would not be returning for a third season.

Logue starred in the FX series Terriers, which ran for 13 episodes from September to December 2010. After the show's cancellation a frustrated Logue briefly left acting for truck-driving, according to his friend and fellow actor W. Earl Brown. Logue was featured as the main character in Theory of a Deadman's music video for the song "Lowlife", off their 2011 release The Truth Is....

In late 2012 Logue joined the casts of Sons of Anarchy, as renegade ex-U.S. Marshal Lee Toric who is out for revenge for the murder of his sister, and Vikings as King Horik. In 2013 he joined the cast of BBC America's Copper as a returning Union General turned Tammany Hall insider, General Brendan Donovan, and he returned to Sons of Anarchy and Vikings to reprise his roles from the previous seasons. Logue had roles in two 2013 films: CBGB with Alan Rickman and 9 Full Moons with Amy Seimetz and Bret Roberts.

Between March and May 2014 he appeared in six episodes of the NBC police procedural, crime, and legal drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Lieutenant Declan Murphy, a former undercover officer appointed as acting commander of the Special Victims Unit. He portrayed Harvey Bullock in the police procedural series Gotham, based on the DC Comics Batman franchise, from 2014 until its conclusion in 2019.

In 2015 Logue appeared in Adam Massey's thriller film The Intruders.

In 2021 Logue appeared in the FX series What We Do in the Shadows, portraying a fictionalized version of himself. He is at first mistaken for his character Quinn from Blade but explains that he had chosen to become a vampire after completing the movie, as the vampire lifestyle appealed to him. This universe's version of Logue has become a respected member of the Supreme Worldwide Vampiric Council, is actively in touch with the cast members of Grounded for Life, and is an avid painter.

Personal life

Logue travels back and forth to Killarney, Ireland, where his mother lives. He holds Canadian, Irish, and American citizenship.

Logue has homes in Los Angeles and in Shady Cove, Oregon, where he co-founded Frison Logue Hardwood. Logue regularly plays for the Los Angeles–based amateur soccer team Hollywood United.

Logue was formerly married to, or in a long-term committed relationship with, Kasey Walker, also known as Kasey Smith. They have a son named Finn On June 27, 2017, Logue posted a tweet saying Jade had gone missing; he later deleted it and launched a wider public appeal for help after contacting police and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. By July 8, over a week later, Jade had been found in North Carolina and was returned home safely.

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and nominations

Published works