'Burn Notice' Star Opens Up About 'Never Leaving' Colorado After Ditching Los Angeles

In the late 2000s, Jeffrey Donovan graced TV screens in the leading role for USA Network’s hit drama series Burn Notice. Despite still working on the small screen, the actor moved away from Hollywood after meeting his wife and doesn’t plan to go back.

It hasn’t been uncommon for actors to decide that the spotlight of Los Angeles isn’t the best place to start and raise a family. Speaking with Fox News Digital, Donovan admits that meeting his wife changed his perspective and admits they’re “never leaving” Colorado for the actor hotspot again.

“I met my future wife while I was finishing a job, and she was from Colorado, and once I started visiting there, I never stopped,” he explained. “It’s an incredible state and, I’m raising my children there, and we’re never leaving.”

The 57-year-old actor married his wife, model and actress Michelle Woods, in 2012 and had their daughter that same year. They had two more children in 2014 and 2017. The two originally met in 2011, and based on Donovan’s filmography, the biographical drama J. Edgar was released, in which he played Robert F. Kennedy.

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Being in Colorado is “healthy living” for the actor and his family. Despite a majority of his friends living in Los Angeles, and they all agree raising children is a “challenge,” Donovan says being away from Hollywood makes it more manageable.

“I find it less challenging in Colorado, which plays to my talent level of raising kids,” Donovan explained. “If it’s not hard raising kids in Colorado, then that’s where I wanna be.”

The actor has still kept busy with his career, having gained recognition for leading roles in the series Shut Eye after Burn Notice, and Law & Order as Detective Frank Cosgrove. He also played Dodd Gerhardt in Fargo for 10 episodes. When it comes to the big screen, he also became known for his role as Steve Frosting in Sicario and in the sequel Sicario: Day of the Soldado. Donovan also played roles in Wrath of Man, Honest Thief, and will star in Wardriver.