Christopher Eugene O'Donnell (born June 26, 1970) is an American actor
and former model. He played Charlie Simms 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. O'Donnell currently stars as special Agent G. Callen on the
CBS crime drama television series NCIS: Los Angeles, a spin-off of
NCIS.O'Donnell was born in Winnetka, Illinois, the son of William
Charles O'Donnell, Sr., a general manager of WBBM-AM, and Julie Ann
Rohs von Brecht. He is the youngest of seven children, with four
sisters and two brothers, and is of German and Irish descent. He was
raised in a Catholic family and attended Catholic schools, including
Loyola Academy in Wilmette, Illinois for high school, graduating in
1988. He attended Boston College and graduated with a Bachelor of
Science in marketing. He began modeling at the age of 13, and was
featured in several commercials.O'Donnell was discovered when he was
cast in a McDonald's commercial, in which he served Michael Jordan.
His first television role was an appearance on the series Jack and
Mike in 1986. At the age of 17, he landed a role in the movie Men
Don't Leave, with Jessica Lange. In the early 1990s, he was in many
successful movies including Fried Green Tomatoes (1991), School Ties
(1992) and Scent of a Woman (1992) with Al Pacino (receiving a
nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor, which
he lost to Gene Hackman for Unforgiven). He was named one of the 12
Promising New Actors of 1992 in John Willis's Screen World, Vol. 44.
and former model. He played Charlie Simms 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. O'Donnell currently stars as special Agent G. Callen on the
CBS crime drama television series NCIS: Los Angeles, a spin-off of
NCIS.O'Donnell was born in Winnetka, Illinois, the son of William
Charles O'Donnell, Sr., a general manager of WBBM-AM, and Julie Ann
Rohs von Brecht. He is the youngest of seven children, with four
sisters and two brothers, and is of German and Irish descent. He was
raised in a Catholic family and attended Catholic schools, including
Loyola Academy in Wilmette, Illinois for high school, graduating in
1988. He attended Boston College and graduated with a Bachelor of
Science in marketing. He began modeling at the age of 13, and was
featured in several commercials.O'Donnell was discovered when he was
cast in a McDonald's commercial, in which he served Michael Jordan.
His first television role was an appearance on the series Jack and
Mike in 1986. At the age of 17, he landed a role in the movie Men
Don't Leave, with Jessica Lange. In the early 1990s, he was in many
successful movies including Fried Green Tomatoes (1991), School Ties
(1992) and Scent of a Woman (1992) with Al Pacino (receiving a
nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor, which
he lost to Gene Hackman for Unforgiven). He was named one of the 12
Promising New Actors of 1992 in John Willis's Screen World, Vol. 44.
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