Chris O'Donnell(I)
- Actor
- Producer
- Director
Christopher Eugene O'Donnell was born on June 26th, 1970 in Winnetka,
Illinois, to Julie Ann (Rohs) and William Charles O'Donnell, Sr., who
managed a CBS radio station, WBBM-AM. He is the youngest child in his
family, with four sisters and two brothers. His father had Irish
ancestry and his mother's lineage includes German, English, and Swiss.
O'Donnell first started modeling at the age of thirteen and continued
until the age of sixteen, when he appeared in commercials. When he was
seventeen, he was preparing to stop acting and modeling, but was asked
to audition for what would be his first film,
Men Don't Leave (1990). He didn't
want to go to the audition, but his mother bribed him by saying she
would buy him a new car if he went and he duly got the role.
Ever since that moment in his life, Chris has appeared in some major
motion pictures including
Fried Green Tomatoes (1991),
Scent of a Woman (1992),
Mad Love (1995) and
Vertical Limit (2000). He played a
part in Kinsey (2004), which appeared in
theaters in the year 2004.
Chris took time off from acting to spend time with his wife, Caroline,
son, Chris Jr., and his daughter Lilly. He also spent two months in New
York performing in Arthur Miller's
"The Man Who Had All the Luck".
Illinois, to Julie Ann (Rohs) and William Charles O'Donnell, Sr., who
managed a CBS radio station, WBBM-AM. He is the youngest child in his
family, with four sisters and two brothers. His father had Irish
ancestry and his mother's lineage includes German, English, and Swiss.
O'Donnell first started modeling at the age of thirteen and continued
until the age of sixteen, when he appeared in commercials. When he was
seventeen, he was preparing to stop acting and modeling, but was asked
to audition for what would be his first film,
Men Don't Leave (1990). He didn't
want to go to the audition, but his mother bribed him by saying she
would buy him a new car if he went and he duly got the role.
Ever since that moment in his life, Chris has appeared in some major
motion pictures including
Fried Green Tomatoes (1991),
Scent of a Woman (1992),
Mad Love (1995) and
Vertical Limit (2000). He played a
part in Kinsey (2004), which appeared in
theaters in the year 2004.
Chris took time off from acting to spend time with his wife, Caroline,
son, Chris Jr., and his daughter Lilly. He also spent two months in New
York performing in Arthur Miller's
"The Man Who Had All the Luck".