Chris O'Donnell
Christopher Eugene O'Donnell (born June 26, 1970) is an American actor and former model. 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". O'Donnell stars as special Agent G. Callen on the CBS crime drama television series "", a spin-off of "NCIS". Early life. 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. O'Donnell was raised in a Catholic family and attended Catholic schools. He graduated from Loyola Academy in Wilmette, Illinois in 1988. O'Donnell then attended Boston College and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in marketing in 1992. O'Donnell began modeling at the age of 13. Career. 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. After the success of "Blue Sky" (1994) and "Circle of Friends" (1995), O'Donnell co-starred with Drew Barrymore in the movie "Mad Love" (1995), then went on to play Dick Grayson/Robin in "Batman Forever", in which Drew Barrymore also made an appearance. He reportedly was part of a field of candidates that included Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jude Law, Ewan McGregor, Corey Haim, Corey Feldman, Toby Stephens, and Scott Speedman. Producers narrowed their choices to DiCaprio and O'Donnell. At a comic book convention, they asked a group of 11-year-old boys, the target audience, which  actor could win a fistfight. After the boys overwhelmingly declared O'Donnell the winner, he was ultimately given the role. O'Donnell was said to be 20th Century Fox's favorite choice to play Jack Dawson in "Titanic", but DiCaprio ended up with the role. O'Donnell followed with a starring role in 1996's "The Chamber", based on the John Grisham novel. He subsequently reprised his role as Robin in 1997's "Batman & Robin". Although it was a box-office success, the movie was critically panned and O'Donnell himself called it a low point in his career. He was considered for the  lead role in "Spider-Man", when the project was in development with James Cameron directing in 1996. Tobey Maguire was ultimately cast. O'Donnell did not appear in another movie for two years. He was the producers' original 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. The Robert Altman film "Cookie's Fortune", "The Bachelor" (1999) and "Vertical Limit" (2000) were only moderately successful. Following "Vertical Limit , a four-year hiatus led some to believe Batman & Robin" had damaged O'Donnell's career. However, he came back in 2004 with the widely praised "Kinsey". 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 show was the first of the fall 2005 season to be canceled, and only two episodes were aired. He was subsequently cast as veterinarian Finn Dandridge on the ABC medical drama "Grey's Anatomy". 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. In 2008 he appeared in "" as the titular character's father Jack Kittredge, and in "Max Payne" as Jason Colvin. Since 2009, O'Donnell has starred in "", a spinoff of "NCIS", as G. Callen, an NCIS Special Agent in charge of the Office of Special Projects Team stationed in Los Angeles. CBS describes Callen as "a chameleon who transforms himself into whomever he needs to be to infiltrate the criminal underworld." In 2010, O'Donnell appeared  in the sequel to the 2001 movie "Cats & Dogs", "". Personal life. O'Donnell married Caroline Fentress in April 1997 at St. Patrick's Cathedral in Washington, D.C. They have five children. O'Donnell is a practicing Catholic. According to "Rolling Stone", O'Donnell is afraid of heights.