Christopher Eugene O'Donnell was born on June 26th, 1970 in Winnetka, Illinois, to Julie Ann 's "The Man Who Had All the Luck".
Chris personal stunt double is stuntman Jim McConnell (1996 - present)
Chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World.
(December 1996) Proposed to his girlfriend, Caroline Fentress.
He got his start in a McDonalds commercial.
Listed as one of twelve "Promising New Actors of 1992" in John Willis Screen World, Vol. 44.
Children (two daughters and three sons): (with Caroline Fentress ) Lily ODonnell (born September 3, 1999 in New Zealand), Christopher Eugene "Chip" ODonnell (born October 24, 2000 at 7 lbs 9 oz), Charles McHugh ODonnell (born July 11, 2003 in Los Angeles, California at 7 lbs 7 oz), Finley ODonnell (born March 24, 2006 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California) and Maeve Frances ODonnell (born December 10, 2007 at 8 lbs and 21 1/2 in. long).
Chris did not attend his high school prom because he was participating in a crew meet.
Participated in a golf event and raised $500,000 for the Motion Picture and Television Fund.
Wife Caroline Fentress is an elementary school teacher.
Originally cast in The Prince of Tides , but Barbra Streisand decided she wanted her real son to play the role. She wanted to personally apologize to Chris, so she called his dorm room. One of his roommates answered the phone and took the message, which bewildered him because Chris had not yet mentioned that he was "in the movie biz".
First acted in an episode of an ABC-TV drama series "Jack and Mike" .
"Never date an actress" - a piece of advice given to him by Al Pacino.
Began modeling after his sister Sally talked to a talent agent into seeing him.
Avid golfer who belongs to a number of clubs including Pine Valley and the Bel Air Country Club.
Was at one time considered for the role of Spider-Man/Peter Parker.
Voted "Most Likely to Run Off and Join the Circus" by his class at Loyola Academy.
The final choice for the role of Robin in Batman Forever came down between him and Leonardo DiCaprio. Kids in the key demographic were polled as to which of the two would win in a fight. ODonnell beat DiCaprio out.
While working on Cookies Fortune he was often found playing golf at Kirkwood National Golf Course and was once held up on the 14th hole by Joey Paul Gowdy who was spraying insecticides on all of the greens.
Won the role of Robin over several other actors, who included (according to Joel Schumacher ) Alan Cumming , Toby Stephens , Jude Law , Ewan McGregor and, most notably, Christian Bale , who went on to play Batman. The second time he played the role, he acted opposite Uma Thurman , whose ex-husband Gary Oldman went on to play Commissioner Gordon.
Both Chris ODonnell and "Greys Anatomy" co-star Justin Chambers played the character DArtagnan in different movies based on Alexandre Dumas novel, "The Three Musketeers." ODonnell co-starred with Charlie Sheen and Kiefer Sutherland in Stephen Herek s The Three Musketeers , while Chambers starred in Peter Hyams The Musketeer .
August 1, 2007: Announced he was expecting a fifth child with his wife, Caroline Fentress.
Is the fourth actor to play Robin/Dick Grayson.
Worked with acting coach Peter Kelley.
He has played the same character (G. Callen) on three different series: "NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service" , "NCIS: Los Angeles" and "Hawaii Five-0" .
His father was of mostly Irish, with a small amount of Scottish and English, ancestry. His mothers roots are German, Swiss-German, English, Swiss-French, and distant Welsh and Scottish.
Parents are William Charles ODonnell and Julia ODonnell (born Julie Ann Rohs, later von Brecht).
Is the youngest of seven children, with four sisters and two brothers.
Attended and graduated from Loyola Academy in Willmette, Illinois .
Attended and graduated from Boston College with his B.A. in Marketing .
He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6681 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on March 5, 2015.
