![]() ![]() O'Donnell and Mark Harmon filming in 2009 He was subsequently cast as veterinarian Finn Dandridge on the ABC medical drama Grey's Anatomy. The show was the first of the fall 2005 season to be canceled, and only two episodes were aired. He also appeared in the 2004 episode of Two and a Half Men entitled "An Old Flame With A New Wick." O'Donnell took a lead role in the Fox Network television series Head Cases in 2005. The subsequent films Cookie's Fortune (1999) and The Bachelor (1999) were moderately successful, while Vertical Limit (2000) was a box office hit.įollowing a four-year hiatus, O'Donnell returned in 2004 with the widely praised Kinsey. He was one of the producers choice for the role of James Darrell Edwards III/Agent J in Men in Black (1997), but after turning it down because he thought the character would be too similar to his role in Batman Forever, the role went to Will Smith. O'Donnell did not appear in another movie for two years. Although it was a box-office success, the movie was critically panned and O'Donnell attested he believed it didn't turn out well. He subsequently reprised his role as Robin in 1997's Batman & Robin. O'Donnell followed with a starring role in 1996's The Chamber, based on the John Grisham novel. O'Donnell was said to be one of the considerations of 20th Century Fox studios to play the lead role of Jack Dawson in Titanic (1997), but that role was ultimately won by DiCaprio. Casting directors narrowed their choices to O'Donnell and DiCaprio with O'Donnell eventually winning the role. He reportedly was part of a field of candidates for the role of Robin that included Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jude Law, Ewan McGregor, Corey Haim, Corey Feldman, Toby Stephens, and Scott Speedman. O'Donnell then went on to play the character of Dick Grayson/Robin in Batman Forever, in which Barrymore also made an appearance. 44.Īfter appearing in the film Blue Sky (1994), reuniting him with Jessica Lange from Men Don't Leave, he starred in Circle of Friends (1995) with Minnie Driver, Mad Love (1995) with Drew Barrymore, and In Love and War (1996) with Sandra Bullock. ![]() He was also named one of the 12 Promising New Actors of 1992 in John Willis's Screen World, Vol. In the early 1990s, he appeared in several films including Men Don't Leave (1990), starring Jessica Lange Fried Green Tomatoes (1991), reuniting him with Kathy Bates with whom he appeared with in Men Don't Leave School Ties (1992) and Scent of a Woman (1992) with Al Pacino O'Donnell would receive two nominations: one for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor-Motion Picture (which was won by Gene Hackman for Unforgiven), and one for a Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Most Promising Actor (which he won). ![]() An early television series role was an appearance on the TV series Jack and Mike in 1986. O'Donnell started his career by appearing in numerous commercials as a teenager, including commercials for Cap'n Crunch cereal and Fruit Roll-Ups snacks, as well as a McDonald's fast food commercial in which he served NBA great Michael Jordan. O'Donnell began modeling at the age of 13. O'Donnell then attended Boston College and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in marketing in 1992. He graduated from Loyola Academy in Wilmette, Illinois in 1988. O'Donnell was raised in a Catholic family and attended Catholic schools. He is the youngest of seven children, with four sisters and two brothers, and is of German and Irish descent. O'Donnell was born in the Chicago suburb of Winnetka, Illinois, the son of William Charles O'Donnell Sr., a general manager of WBBM-AM, and Julie Ann Rohs von Brecht. Callen on the CBS crime drama television series NCIS: Los Angeles, a spin-off of NCIS. He played Charlie Sims in Scent of a Woman, Chris Reece in School Ties, D'Artagnan in The Three Musketeers, Jack Foley in the drama film Circle of Friends, Dick Grayson/ Robin in Batman Forever and Batman & Robin, Jason Brown in Robert Altman's Cookie's Fortune, Peter Garrett in Vertical Limit, and Wardell Pomeroy in Kinsey. Christopher Eugene O'Donnell (born June 26, 1970) is an American actor.
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