Winnetka, Illinois native Chris O'Donnell was planning to study for a career in finance when he was spotted by a talent agent, who was so taken by the young man's natural star quality that he advised him not to take acting lessons. After a handful of roles in such films as Men Don't Leave (1989) and Fried Green Tomatoes (1991), O'Donnell made the quantum leap to A-list performer in the 1992 film Scent of a Woman, in which he played the high school-age companion and general factotum to a blind, ornery retired military officer (Al Pacino). "Hunk hearthrob" status came O'Donnell's way with his appearance as D'Artagnan in the 1993 filmization of The Three Musketeers and 1994's Circle of Friends, in which he played an innocent young Irish lad dealing with burgeoning hormones and Catholic values in the 1950s. With 1995's Batman Forever, O'Donnell's star ascended into blockbuster heaven with his high-octane performance as Robin, the Boy Wonder; he reprised the role two years later, this time playing opposite George Clooney in Batman & Robin (1997). Subsequently turning away from action roles, O'Donnell could next be seen as a bumbling, small-town policeman in Robert Altman's Cookie's Fortune (1999). That same year, he starred as the title character in The Bachelor, a commitment-phobe who must find a woman to marry in twenty-four hours so he can inherit a large fortune.
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Max Payne
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The Company
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Head Cases [TV Series]
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The Sisters
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Kinsey
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29 Palms
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2002 | |||
The Triangle
Executive Producer |
2001 | |||
Vertical Limit
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2000 | |||
Cookie's Fortune
Actor |
1999 | |||
The Bachelor
Actor, Executive Producer |
1999 | |||
Batman & Robin
Actor |
1997 | |||
In Love and War
Actor |
1996 | |||
The Chamber
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1996 | |||
Batman Forever
Actor |
1995 | |||
Circle of Friends
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1995 | |||
Mad Love
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1995 | |||
Blue Sky
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1994 | |||
The Three Musketeers
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1993 | |||
Scent of a Woman
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1992 | |||
School Ties
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1992 | |||
Fried Green Tomatoes
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1991 | |||
Men Don't Leave
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1989 | |||
I Married a Vampire
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