Colin Donnell

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 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).

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. As he put it, he "loved it" and the rest is just history. 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.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2015	Every Secret Thing	Paul Porter

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011–12	Pan Am	Mike Ruskin	4 episodes
2012–15	Arrow	Tommy Merlyn	23 episodes; Main Cast (Season 1) Guest role (Seasons 2–3)
2014	Person of Interest	Billy Parsons	Episode: "Root Path"
2014	Unforgettable	Agent Stone	Episode: "Flesh and Blood"
2014–15	The Affair	Scotty Lockhart	16 episodes
2014	The Mysteries of Laura	Daniel Mikorski	Episode: "The Mystery of the Dysfunctional Dynasty"
2015	Love Is A Four Letter Word	Sean	Episode: "Pilot"
2015–present	Chicago Med	Dr. Connor Rhodes	Main Cast
2016	Chicago Fire	Dr. Connor Rhodes	2 episodes
2016	Chicago P.D.	Dr. Connor Rhodes	2 episodes

Video Games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011	L.A. Noire	Various	Voice

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	Almost Heaven: Songs and Stories of John Denver	Male Roles
2005–07	Jersey Boys	Hank Mejewski, Nick Massi, Bob Gaudio
2006	Jesus Christ Superstar	Peter
2006	Meet Me In St. Louis	John Truitt
2007	Mamma Mia!	Sky
2007	Follies	Young Benjamin Stone
2007	Me, Myself and I	Otto
2008	High School Musical on Stage!	Troy Bolton
2009	Wicked	Fiyero
2010	Johnny Baseball	Johnny O'Brian
2011–12	Anything Goes	Billy Crocker	Nominated – Astaire Award for Outstanding Male Dancer Nominated – Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical Nominated – Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical
2012	Merrily We Roll Along	Franklin Shepard
2013	Love's Labour's Lost	Berowne
2014	Violet	Monty
2014	Bright Lights, Big City	Himself
2015	Broadway Sings P!NK	Himself
2015	Lady, Be Good	Jack Robinson
2015	#tbtLIVE Throwback Thursday: The Concert	Himself
2015	Holiday Inn	Jim Hardy

External links

• Internet Broadway Database listing
• Colin Donnell at the Internet Movie Database
• Colin Donnell on Twitter