Jeffrey Donovan plays Detective Frank Cosgrove in the 21st season of the NBC drama "Law & Order."
Donovan is perhaps best known for his leading work as former CIA operative Michael Westen on the Emmy Award-nominated USA series "Burn Notice" for seven seasons. Donovan received strong recognition playing North Dakota off-kilter mobster Dodd Gerhardt in the second season of Noah Hawley's critically acclaimed "Fargo" on FX, and was cast as series lead Charlie Haverford, a tarot-reading con-artist, on Hulu's "Shut Eye."
On the film side, Donovan recently filmed a sequence of back-to-back films - "National Champions" for director Ric Roman Waugh starring opposite J.K. Simmons; the western "Surrounded," opposite Letitia Wright and Jamie Bell; the hostage drama "892," opposite John Boyega and Michael Kenneth Williams; and the family drama "First Love," opposite Diane Kruger. Past features include "Wrath of Man" for director Guy Ritchie; "Let Him Go," alongside Kevin Costner and Diane Lane; and Noah Hawley's "Lucy in the Sky," alongside Natalie Portman and Jon Hamm.
His other film credits include "Sicario: Day of the Soldado," opposite Josh Brolin and Benicio Del Toro; "Villains," opposite Bill Skarsgård and Kyra Sedgwick; "Honest Thief," opposite Liam Neeson; Denis Villeneuve's "Sicario"; Clint Eastwood's "J. Edgar," playing Robert F. Kennedy, "The Changeling"; Rob Reiner's "LBJ," playing John F. Kennedy; and Ric Roman Waugh's "Shot Caller."
ABOUT LAW & ORDER
Dick Wolf's "Law & Order" is the second longest-running drama series in the history of television. The series premiered in 1990 and ran 20 seasons before returning in 2022. "Law & Order's" unique bifurcated format of police procedural and legal drama is known for its ripped-from-the-headline stories. Set and filmed in New York City, the first half is a murder investigation and apprehension of a suspect by NYPD detectives while the second half is the prosecution of the defendant by the Manhattan District Attorney's office.
Sam Waterston, Anthony Anderson, Jeffrey Donovan, Camryn Manheim, Hugh Dancy and Odelya Halevi star.
