Chris O`Donnell Trivia

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  • Avid golfer who belongs to a number of clubs including Pine Valley and The Bel Air Country Club
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  • Chosen by People (USA) magazine as one of the 50 most beautiful people in the world [1996]
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  • Proposed to his girlfriend, Caroline Fentress. [December 1996]
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  • Chris and Caroline's 2nd child Christopher goes by the name "Chip".
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  • Fourth actor to play Robin/Dick Grayson.
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  • Daughter Maeve Frances O`Donnell, born 10 December 2007.
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  • August 1, 2007: Announced he was expecting a 5th child with his wife, Caroline Fentress.
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  • Both Chris O`Donnell and "Grey`s Anatomy" (2005) co-star Justin Chambers played the character D`Artagnan in different movies based on Alexandre Dumas père` novel, "The Three Musketeers." O`Donnell co-starred with Charlie Sheen and Kiefer Sutherland in Stephen Herek`s The Three Musketeers (1993), while Chambers starred in Peter Hyams` 2001 film, The Musketeer (2001).
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  • Welcomed 4th child, a son, Finley, on 24 March 2006 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.
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  • Won the part 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.
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  • While working on Cookie`s Fortune (1999) 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.
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  • The final choice for the role of Robin in Batman Forever (1995) 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. O`Donnell beat DiCaprio out.
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  • Born on the same day as "Will & Grace" (1998) star Sean Hayes.
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  • Voted "Most Likely To Run Off And Join The Circus" by his class at Loyola Academy.
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  • Was at one time considered for the role of Spider-Man/Peter Parker.
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  • Avid golfer who belongs to a number of clubs including Pine Valley and The Bel Air Country Club.
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  • Third child, Charles McHugh O`Donnell, was born July 11, 2003, in Los Angeles, California. He weighed 7 pounds and 7 ounces.
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  • Son with wife Caroline, Christopher Eugene O`Donnell Jr., born weighing seven pounds and nine ounces. [24 October 2000]
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  • Began modeling after his sister Sally talked to a talent agent into seeing him.
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  • "Never date an actress" - a piece of advice given to him by Al Pacino.
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  • First acted in an episode of an ABC-TV drama series "Jack and Mike" (1986).
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  • Originally cast in The Prince of Tides (1991), but Barbra Streisand decided she wanted her real son to play the part. 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".
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  • Wife Caroline is an elementary school teacher.
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  • Participated in a golf event and raised $500,000 for the Motion Picture and Television Fund. [2000]
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  • Chris did not attend his high school Prom because he was participating in a crew meet.
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  • Attended Loyola Academy (Chicago) and UCLA. Graduated from Boston College in 1995 with a BA in marketing.
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  • Daughter, Lily Anne, born September 1999 in New Zealand.
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  • Listed as one of twelve "Promising New Actors of 1992" in John Willis` Screen World, Vol. 44.
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  • He got his start in a McDonald`s commercial.
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  • Born the seventh child.
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  • Attended Boston College.
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  • Chris` personal stunt double is stuntman Jim McConnell (1996 - present)
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