Donovan Patton Biography

Fast Facts

• Widely recognized for playing the character Joe on the hit children's show, "Blue's Clues․"
• Graduated from Michigan's Interlochen Center for the Arts in 1996
• Quote: "(On replacing Steve Burns on "Blue's Clues") "I had a little bit of trepidation․ But Steve told me not to treat this like a kids show or else it's going to look boring and stupid․ Kids are people, only smaller․""
• Quote: "Every project will have its own story to tell, and the actor has to inhabit those worlds․ That's the best part of being an actor․ Beyond that, I have developed an enormous respect for the people who do voice work․"
• Quote: "The best thing about living anywhere ends up being the people around you․"
• Aside from having a successful career in television, he is also an accomplished theatre actor
• The dances he would perform on the show "Blue's Clues" were inspired by a classic "Saturday Night Live" skit