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Jeffrey Donovan Joins Cast of Clint Eastwood’s J. Edgar Film

Jeffrey Donovan
Jeffrey Donovan

Stage and screen star Jeffrey Donovan has signed on to play Robert F. Kennedy in Clint Eastwood’s biopic J. Edgar, which has been written by Oscar winner Dustin Lance Black.

Leonardo DiCaprio is starring in the film, which focuses on the life of former FBI director J. Edgar Hoover.


The cast for the film will also include Josh Lucas as Charles Lindbergh, Judi Dench as Anne Marie Hoover, Arnie Hammer as Clyde Tolson, Ed Westwick as Agent Smith, Naomi Watts as Helen Gandy, Ken Howard as Harlan J. Stone, Stephen Root as Arthur Koehler, and Damon Herriman as Bruno Hauptmann.