Christopher Eugene "Chris" O'Donnell (born June 26, 1970 in Winnetka, Illinois) is an American actor and former model.
He is best known for his roles as Charlie Simms in Scent of a Woman, Dick Grayson/Robin in Batman Forever and Batman & Robin and Agent Grisha "G" Callen on NCIS: Los Angeles.
He is not to be confused with the similarly-named actor Chris O'Dowd nor with actor Stephen Amell, who often gets confused with him.
Film Roles:
- Men Dont Leave (1990) as Chris Macauley
- Fried Green Tomatoes (1991) as Buddy Threadgoode
- School Ties (1992) as Chris Reece
- Scent of a Woman (1992) as Charlie Simms
- The Three Musketeers (1993) as D'Artagnan
- Blue Sky (1994) as Glenn Johnson
- Circle Of Friends (1995) as Jack Foley
- Mad Love (1995) as Matt Leland
- Batman Forever (1995) as Richard "Dick" Grayson / Robin
- Batman & Robin (1997)
- The Chamber (1996) as Adam Hall
- In Love And War (1996) as Ernest Hemingway
- Cookie's Fortune (1999) as Jason Brown
- The Bachelor (1999) as Jimmie Shannon
- Vertical Limit (2000) as Peter Garrett
- Kinsey (2004) as Wardell Pomeroy
- Kit Kittredge: An American Girl (2008) as Jack Kittredge
- Max Payne (2008) as Jason Colvin
- Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore (2010) as Shane Larson
- A Little Help (2010) as Bob Pehlke
Television Roles:
- The Practice (2003) as Brad Stanfield
- Two and a Half Men (2004) as Bill
- Grey's Anatomy (2006) as Dr. Finn Dandrige
- The Company (2007) as Jack McCauliffe
- NCIS (2009) as Grisha "G" Callen
- NCIS: Los Angeles (2009-present)
- Hawaii Five-0 (2012)
- American Dad! (2017; voice)
- NCIS: Hawaiʻi
- WWII in HD: The Air War (2010) as John Gibbons (voice)
- Who Do You Think You Are? (2013) as himself
- Robot Chicken (2014) as Mr. Fantastic, Commander Rex Kling (voice)
Related Tropes:
- Career Resurrection: NCIS: Los Angeles served as this for him. Although he experienced trouble after "Batman on Ice", he also slowed down to raise his growing family.
- Fake Nationality: Subverted in Circle of Friends; he is of Irish descent and manages to sport an impressive Irish accent in the film.
- Happily Married: On the advice of Al Pacino when they worked together in Scent of a Woman, he opted not to seek out an actress to date. As such, he has been this to his wife, Caroline, since 1997 and they have five children.
- Mr. Fanservice: Especially in the '90s.
- Older Than They Look: In his fifties and still looks pretty similar to how he did in the 90's, albeit more grizzled.
- Old Shame: Like with everyone else in the film, he deeply regrets Batman & Robin, even saying that when making Batman Forever, he was making a film, whereas with the later film he was told repeatedly that he was making a toy commercial.
- What Beautiful Eyes!: He has a noticeable pair of crystal blue eyes.
