15 Facts About Chris O'Donnell

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Chris O'Donnell is the youngest of seven children, with four sisters and two brothers, and is of German and Irish descent.

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Chris O'Donnell was raised in a Catholic family and attended Catholic schools.

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Chris O'Donnell graduated from Loyola Academy in Wilmette, Illinois in 1988.

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Chris O'Donnell then attended Boston College and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in marketing in 1992.

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Chris 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.

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Chris O'Donnell was named one of the 12 Promising New Actors of 1992 in John Willis's Screen World, Vol.

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Chris O'Donnell 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.

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Chris 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, but that role was ultimately won by DiCaprio.

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Chris O'Donnell followed with a starring role in 1996's The Chamber, based on the John Grisham novel.

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Chris O'Donnell did not appear in another movie for two years.

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Chris O'Donnell was cast as veterinarian Finn Dandridge on the ABC medical drama Grey's Anatomy.

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Chris O'Donnell featured prominently in the TNT miniseries The Company as CIA case officer Jack McAuliffe, a character who progressed from spoonfed Yale elitist to jaded, post-Cold War cynic.

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Between 2009 and 2023, O'Donnell starred in NCIS: Los Angeles, a spinoff of NCIS, as G Callen, an NCIS Special Agent in charge of the Office of Special Projects Team stationed in Los Angeles.

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Chris O'Donnell married Caroline Fentress in April 1997 at St Patrick in the City in Washington, DC They have five children.

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Chris O'Donnell is an avid golfer and is a member of Bel-Air Country Club, Cypress Point Club, Valley Club of Montecito, Seminole Golf Club, Shoreacres Golf Club and Chicago Golf Club.