Donovan Warder

Walter Donovan (or simply Donovan) is the main antagonist of the 2007 direct-to-tv film, Nature of the Beast. He is the alpha werewolf responsible for turning the film's protagonist, Rich, into a beta werewolf.

He was portrayed by Eric Mabius.

Biography
Not much is known about Donovan's past, though it's briefly stated that he's lived for over hundreds of years. It's unknown whether or not Rich was his first beta, though it's unlikely seeing as to how he's been alive for so long. It's also implied that he killed the land owner of a house he would move into. He was a college professor for Rich and a couple of his friends, Danny and Gavin. One night, after they went to a bar together, they decided it was time to leave for the night, though Donovan stayed behind.

As they walking home in the middle of the night, Rich and friends made a stop because Danny had to urinate while Gavin was throwing up. Unbeknownst to them, Donovan had been following them and had fully transformed, ready to take one of them as a pack member. After he jumped out of a tree and killed Danny, he chased both Rich and Gavin  and managed to bite Rich in the butt before a night watchman came over to scare him off. But before leaving the scene completely, he apparently took Danny's body to get rid of any evidence.

A few years later, after rRich had proposed to a girl named Julia, Donovan was apparently following him as he came to him at a bar while he was looking for the alpha who bit him. Once he becomes aquanted with him again, Rich seems happy to see him, though slightly surprised that he knew where he was. It's only in a matter of seconds that Rich realizes Donovan is the alpha through his senses. Julia, who was unaware of the whole situation, misunderstood Rich when he whispered that he was "the guy" and offered him the position as best man for their wedding. Donovan happily agreed as well as an invitation to their house for dinner to discuss the plans. He even invited them over to his house as well. Rich couldn't say anything as he was right there.

After he took Julia aside, and told her Donovan was the alpha, they decided they when they drove over to his house, they woul shoot him with her dad's hunting rifles. Unfortunately, once they park to car to get the weapons from the truck, they find Donovan stole them all as it is completely empty. They hear him howling, and they drive away in the car. As they're driving, Donovan jumps on the top of the car and nearlt ripps the top completely off, but they drive over to the police, causing Donovan to run away, unnoticed,

Once Rich and Julia arrive over to her family's mansion for dinner, they dicover Donovan has just arrived and seems to be getting along with everyone. Rich takes Donovan aside and threatens him to leave. Donovan, however, insists that Rich would kill tonight. Rich fails to see how that's possible since there's no full moon. But Donovan has his own plan. Being the alpha, he made Rich transform himself and sent him to kill Julia and her family. He nearly kills Julia, but remembers herbefore he can do anymore harm, and changes back. Donovan is disgusted by this and tries to tempt Rich saying that he could give him hundreds of women. Rich of course, refuses. Donovan then takes one of their guns that he stole from his pocket and places one of it's silver bullets in his hand, showing that it  only gives him a slight little burn.

Julia's family show up, armed and ready to shoot Donovan. Donovan transforms only to show that the silver bullets heal almost immediately after they're fired at him at once. He tries to kill Julia's father, but Rich willingly transforms and is able to hold him off until he lures Rich into the woods. They fight, though Donovin pins him down and gains the upper hand. It seems like the end for Rich until Julia stabbs him from behind with her wedding fork. He turns around only for her to stabb him in the chest with her cake knife. This is apparently lethal enough to kill him as he sets on fire and burns to nothing but ashes as a result. The curse is then lifted and Rich is cured.

Powers and Abilities
As the alpha werwolf, Donovan possessed the most powerful traits. He could heal amost immediately (even with silver bullets) live hundreds of years, transform at will without the full moon, and his wolf form was far more wolf-like and monsterous than that of Rich's.