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on the hit teen drama television series '' 90210.''

Life and career

Donovan was born in

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, and raised in

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. He had short stints in 2007 on the

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daytime soap ''

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'' as

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. He had a minor role in the 2009 sci-fi film '' Surrogates,'' that of the Surrogate form of Tom Greer (

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). In June 2009, Donovan landed a recurring role on '' 90210'' as

, first appearing on September 8, 2009. On May 20, 2010,

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announced that he was upgraded to series regular. It was later reported that his character would come out as gay in the third season, which premiered on September 13, 2010. In July 2011, it was reported that Donovan had been signed for a role in

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's film '' Savages,'' released in July 2012. He had originally screen-tested for a character who was edited out, but after seeing Donovan's screen-test video recording, Stone wrote a part for him that was not in the original book. After ''90210'' ended, Donovan landed a recurring role in the third season of ''

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,'' a situation comedy that starred

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and Joey Lawrence as the title characters. On September 8, 2022, Donovan was announced as a contestant on season 31 of ''Dancing with the Stars''. He is partnered with

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Filmography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Donovan, Trevor 21st-century American male actors American male film actors Male models from California American male soap opera actors American male television actors Living people Male actors from California People from Bishop, California People from Mammoth Lakes, California 1980 births