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Rocky Carroll pulls double duty

Variety - Found Jul. 1, 2009
Mark Harmon-led team on "NCIS" will be seen reporting to Carroll, and ditto the LL Cool J-Chris O'Donnell team on "NCIS: Los Angeles."Carroll...
NCIS Exclusive: Rocky Carroll to Pull Double Duty on Spin-Off - Seattle Post Intelligencer
NCIS Casting Exclusive - TV Guide Online
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TV Guide Online

Posted on July 1, 2009, 9:10 am

Linda Hunt joining cast of `NCIS: Los Angeles'

Seattle Times - Found Jun. 19, 2009
'NCIS: Los Angeles' is a spinoff of the long-running CBS drama 'NCIS.' The new show stars Chris O'Donnell and LL Cool J as members of a Naval...
Linda Hunt joins cast of "CSI: LA" - TheCelebrityCafe.com
Linda Hunt joining cast of `NCIS: Los Angeles' - Boston Globe
Linda Hunt joining cast of 'NCIS: Los Angeles' - San Jose Mercury News
Linda Hunt joins 'NCIS: Los Angeles' - Digital Spy
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Posted on June 19, 2009, 4:27 am

Golf Documentary 'THE BACK NINE' Ready for Nationwide Theatrical ...

Reuters - Found Jun. 19, 2009
With celebrities such as George Lopez, Meat Loaf and Chris O'Donnell helping bring the action to life, 'THE BACK NINE' documents Fitzgerald's...
Golf Documentary 'THE BACK NINE' Ready for Nationwide Theatrical ... - Houston Chronicle
Golf Documentary 'THE BACK NINE' Ready for Nationwide Theatrical ... - Breitbart.com
Golf Documentary 'THE BACK NINE' Ready for Nationwide Theatrical ... - Earthtimes.org
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Posted on June 19, 2009, 5:49 am

Personalities: Bradley Whitford, Madonna, Linda Hunt, Chris ...

Poughkeepsie Journal - Found Jun. 22, 2009
'NCIS: Los Angeles' is a spinoff of the long-running CBS drama 'NCIS.' The new show stars Chris O'Donnell and LL Cool J as members of a Naval...

Posted on June 22, 2009, 6:38 am

Chris O'Donnell, CEO, Nakheel

Emirates Business 24/7 - Found May. 11, 2009
PROFILE:Chris O'Donnell CEO, Nakheel O'Donnell directly oversees all company operations and developments, and plays a key role in the...

Posted on May 11, 2009, 2:01 am

NCIS' Final Four: Chris O'Donnell, LL Cool & More

EOnline.com - Found Apr. 30, 2009
... on NCIS, that means we get to see the backdoor episode to the planned spinoff featuring Chris O'Donnell and LL Cool J. Chris and LL show up in...

Posted on April 30, 2009, 9:08 am

NCIS, "Legend, Pt. 1": Chris O'Donnell? Really? Really?

Star Ledger - Found Apr. 29, 2009
Chris O'Donnell, seen here with 'NCIS' star Mark Harmon, seems a dubious choice to head a spin-off.

Posted on April 29, 2009, 5:16 am

NCIS: Rocky Carroll to pull double duty on spin-off

WMBF - Found 8 hours ago
That could well happen.' NCIS: Los Angeles stars Chris O'Donnell, LL Cool J and Linda Hunt.
ROCKY CARROLL TO STAR IN BOTH 'NCIS' SHO... - EURweb
Rocky Carroll pulls double 'NCIS' duty - Zap2it.com
NCIS: Rocky Carroll to pull double duty on spin-off - KNDO KNDU
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Zap2it.com

Posted on July 4, 2009, 3:58 am

Fall Lineups - Tonight: CBS. TiVo alerts!!

Examiner.com - Found Jun. 30, 2009
NCIS premieres at 8:00pm Tuesday September 22nd, followed by its new counterpart, NCIS Los Angeles, starring Chris O?Donnell and LL Cool J...

Posted on June 30, 2009, 1:32 pm

Fonda 'Blogs' About Michael Jackson, Death

Broadway World - Found Jun. 29, 2009
Mathis returns to Broadway following her performance of 'Hester Falk' in Arthur Miller's The Man Who Had All the Luck opposite Chris O'Donnell.

Posted on June 29, 2009, 2:59 am

Chris O'Donnell Biography

Chris O'Donnell
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Chris O'Donnell
Born Christopher Eugene O'Donnell
June 26, 1970 (1970-06-26) (age 39)
Winnetka, Illinois, United States
Spouse(s) Caroline Fentress
(1997–present)
5 children

Christopher Eugene O'Donnell (born June 26, 1970) is a Golden Globe-nominated American actor, perhaps best known for playing Robin in the Batman films, Batman Forever and Batman & Robin, Charlie Simms in Scent of a Woman, Finn Dandridge in Grey's Anatomy, and more recently, Jack McAuliffe in The Company.

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Biography

Early life

O'Donnell, the youngest of seven children (with four sisters and two brothers), was born in Winnetka, Illinois, the son of Julie, a realtor, and William O'Donnell, Sr., a radio manager.1 O'Donnell is of paternal Irish and maternal German descent;23 he was raised in a devout Catholic family and attended Catholic schools,4 including Loyola Academy in Willmette, Illinois for high school, graduating in 1988. O'Donnell attended Boston College and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in marketing.

O'Donnell began modeling at the age of thirteen and was featured in several commercials.

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 seventeen, he was offered a chance to audition for a part in the movie Men Don't Leave, with Jessica Lange, and he won the role. In the early 1990s, O'Donnell was a featured player in many successful movies such as Fried Green Tomatoes (1991), School Ties (1992), and Scent of a Woman (1992) with Al Pacino (for which he was nominated for a "Best Supporting Actor" Golden Globe Award). He was named one of the twelve Promising New Actors of 1992 in John Willis' Screen World, Vol. 44.

Chris O'Donnell as Robin in Batman Forever.

After the success of Circle of Friends (1995), O'Donnell played Robin in Batman Forever. He reportedly was part of a field of candidates that included Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Christian Bale (who later went on to play the Dark Knight himself), 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 eleven 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. By coincidence, 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 in the Batman sequel, Batman & Robin, in 1997. Although a box office success the movie was critically panned and O'Donnell himself has 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 Edwards in Men in Black (1997), but, after he turned it down, the role went to Will Smith.5 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 his career. However, he came back in 2004 with the widely praised Kinsey. O'Donnell also appeared in the 2004 episode of Two and a Half Men entitled "An Old Flame With A New Wick". He played Charlie Sheen's former girlfriend, Jill, who had a sex change and resurfaced in Charlie's life as Bill.

O'Donnell took a lead role in the Fox Network television series Head Cases in 2005. The show was the first show 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 drama Grey's Anatomy.

He figured prominently in the TNT miniseries The Company (which incidentally, also featured previous Batman actor, Michael Keaton, who however, didn't appear in Batman Forever and Batman & Robin alongside O'Donnell) as fictional CIA agent Jack McAuliffe, in a performance which subtly portrayed his character's progression from spoon-fed Yale elitist to jaded, post-Cold War cynic. Film projects for 2008 included Kit Kittredge: An American Girl and Max Payne.

He is currently working on the sequel of the 2001 movie Cats and Dogs', Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore. He will star in the movie, due to be released in 2010.

NCIS: Los Angeles

CBS is currently developing an NCIS spin-off series entitled NCIS: Los Angeles.67 Filming started in February 2009. The characters were introduced in a two-part NCIS episode late 2008.8 The characters listed were: Callen, Lara Macy, Nate "Doc" Getz, Kensi Lo, Sam Hanna, and Dominic Vaile. Crew members will include Michael B. Kaplan, Lev L. Spiro, Jerry London, Sheldon Epps and Mark Saraceni.9

Chris O'Donnell will be playing the lead character, Callen, an enigmatic lead agent whose natural talent for undercover work is legend.10 LL Cool J, will be playing the role of Special Agent Sam Hanna, an ex-Navy SEAL, who works in the undercover unit of NCIS in Los Angeles, and is also fluent in Arabic and an expert on Middle Eastern culture."6

Peter Cambor, and Daniela Ruah were confirmed to be cast as leads of the new spin-off. Playing a psychologist (called "Nate") and forensic investigator (called "Kensi") respectively, they will appear on-screen for the first time in an episode of NCIS that airs in the spring, followed by a pilot of the new series.11

Personal life

In 1996, O’Donnell proposed to girlfriend Caroline Fentress. He met her while in college; they married in 1997.

The couple have five children, three sons and two daughters: Lily Anne O'Donnell (b. September 6, 1999), Christopher "Chip" Eugene O'Donnell Jr. (b. October 24, 2000), Charles McHugh O'Donnell (b. July 11, 2003), Finley O'Donnell (b. March 24, 2006), and Maeve Frances O'Donnell (b. December 10, 2007).12

O'Donnell is an avid golfer. He participated in a golf outing to help raise money for the Motion Picture and Television Fund, for which they raised $500,000 in the year 2000.

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1990 Men Don't Leave Chris Macauley
1991 Fried Green Tomatoes Buddy Threadgoode
1992 School Ties Chris Reece
Scent of a Woman Charlie Simms
1993 The Three Musketeers D'Artagnan
1994 Blue Sky Glenn Johnson
1995 Circle of Friends Jack Foley
Mad Love Matt Leland
Batman Forever Robin/Richard "Dick" Grayson
1996 The Chamber Adam Hall
In Love and War Ernest 'Ernie' Hemingway
1997 Batman & Robin Robin/Richard "Dick" Grayson
1999 Cookie's Fortune Jason Brown
The Bachelor Jimmie Shannon
2000 Vertical Limit Peter Garrett
2002 29 Palms The Hitman
2003 The Practice Brad Stanfield TV series
2004 Kinsey Wardell Pomeroy
Two And A Half Men Jill/Bill TV series
2005 The Sisters David Turzin
Head Cases Jason Payne TV series
2007 Grey's Anatomy Dr. Finn Dandridge TV series
The Company Jack McAuliffe TV miniseries
2008 Kit Kittredge: An American Girl Mr. Kittredge
Max Payne Jason Colvin
2009-present NCIS: Los Angeles G. Callen (Lead Role) TV series

References

  1. ^ Chris O'Donnell Biography - Yahoo! Movies
  2. ^ Express-News Archives : MySA.com
  3. ^ Actor's roles range from the birds & the bees to just a bird - Robin. | Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service (April , 1995)
  4. ^ Chris O'Donnell's Personal High : Rolling Stone
  5. ^ "Trivia for Men in Black". at the Internet Movie Database. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119654/trivia. Retrieved on 2007-10-21. 
  6. ^ a b Bierly, Mandi (2009-02-25). "'NCIS' spinoff officially lands LL Cool J". Entertainment Weekly. http://popwatch.ew.com/popwatch/2009/02/ncis-ll-cool-j.html. Retrieved on 2009-02-25. 
  7. ^ Ausiello, Michael (2008-12-12). "Exclusive: Fresh 'NCIS' spin-off intel". Entertainment Weekly. http://ausiellofiles.ew.com/2008/12/exclusive-fresh.html. Retrieved on 2008-12-12. 
  8. ^ Mitovich, Matt (2009-02-27). "Pilot News: LL Cool J, O'Donnell Say Y-E-S to NCIS Spinoff". TV Guide. http://www.tvguide.com/News/Pilot-NCIS-Spinoff-1003456.aspx. Retrieved on 2009-03-01. 
  9. ^ "Mark Saraceni". Imdb.com. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1127374/. Retrieved on 2009-02-19. 
  10. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (2009-02-27). "O'Donnell nabs lead role in "NCIS" spin-off". Reuters. http://www.reuters.com/article/televisionNews/idUSTRE51Q13620090227. Retrieved on 2009-02-27. 
  11. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (2009-02-13). "Three leads cast in 'NCIS' spinoff". The Hollywood Reporter. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i4e22c70790e72ba297b20ae17b0ba01d?imw=Y. Retrieved on 2009-02-17. 
  12. ^ Chris O'Donnell and Wife Have Fifth Baby - Babies, Chris O'Donnell : People.com

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