Raymond "Ray" Donovan is the main protagonist of Ray Donovan and a professional 'fixer' for the rich and famous. However, he experiences his own problems when his father, Mickey Donovan, is unexpectedly released from prison.
Biography[]
Ray did not have an easy childhood, he and his younger brother were molested by local catholic priest Father Danny O'Connor, causing serious psychological damage to both of them. Meanwhile, their father, Mickey, didn't believe them until it was far too late. This was especially damaging to Ray as he hadn't told anyone else about the event. Also, his sister Bridget committed suicide while he was young. And while their mother was dying, Mickey was having an affair with a woman named Claudette leading to the birth of his half-brother Daryll.
Once an adult, Ray married Abigail and had two children; a daughter named Bridget and a son named Conor. Eventually, (after getting his father sent to prison) Ray and his family moved to Los Angeles where Ray owns a controlling share in his older brother Terry's boxing gym. Primarily Ray works as a fixer, which mostly involves covering up the misdeeds of the rich and famous; things they wish to avoid becoming public knowledge due to embarrassment or outright illegality.
Trivia[]
- So what is "fixer" professional? A "Fixer" is someone who "Fixes" problems to preserve the public image or cover up crimes. Shady AF and often illegal. In Person of Interst, Zoe Morgan is a government and corporate “fixer ” making shady deals for big money. Other fictional Fixers include Mr. Kaplan from Blacklist and Mike Ehrmantraut from Breaking Bad.
Notable murders committed[]
- Father Danny O'Connor ("Bucky Fuckn' Dent")
- Cookie Brown ("The Captain")
- One of Casey Finney's Kidnappers ("The Kalamazoo")
- Three Armenian Gangsters ("Exsuscito")
- Ivan Belikov ("Fish and Bird")
- Aleks Malkin ("Rattus Rattus")
- Doug Landry ("Time Takes a Cigarette")
- Fetu Autufuga ("Staten Island: Part 2")
- Michael Radulovic ("Never Gonna Give You Up")
- Samantha Winslow ("The Dead")
- Two Assassins ("You'll Never Walk Alone")
- Jim Sullivan ("You'll Never Walk Alone")
- Unnamed Henchman ("Ray Donovan: The Movie")
- Matty Galloway ("Ray Donovan: The Movie")
- Unnamed Henchman ("Ray Donovan: The Movie")