Chris O'Donnell

Born: 26th June 1970
Where: Winnetka, Illinois

Chris began his career as a model after learning that a female classmate earned £40 a session.

He was soon appearing in TV ads for McDonald's, and was cast in his first feature, as Jessica Lange's teenage son in Men Don't Leave.

Chris was briefly seen in Fried Green Tomatoes, and in 1992 he appeared in School Ties alongside Brendan Fraser, Matt Damon and Ben Affleck.

That same year, he also co-starred with Al Pacino in Scent of a Woman. He played a student assigned to escort a bitter, blind former military officer on a trip to New York.

In between his film roles, Chris attended Boston College, where he majored in marketing. Following this, he also attended the University of California where he took night classes in order to have complete credits for his BA in marketing from Boston College.

Film roles came flooding in for Chris. The Three Musketeers; Batman Forever and Cookie's Fortune were all successful.

In 1997, he formed a production company, George Street Pictures, and entered into a producing agreement with Warner Bros.

This saw him reprise his role as the Boy Wonder in the truly awful Batman & Robin.

Chris segued to the stage, appearing in a production of Arthur Miller's play The Man Who Had All The Luck. He also appeared in the stage version on Broadway.

More recently, Chris starred in the shameless action drama Vertical Limit, and will soon be seen Kinsey, alongside Laura Linney and Liam Neeson.