Chris O’Donnell Net Worth

Chris O’Donnell's Quotes

• [on the Batman films]: Some day my kids are going to watch these and say to themselves "That's daddy!".
• [Comparing the experiences of making Batman Forever (1995) and Batman & Robin (1997)]: When I made Batman Forever, I felt like I was making a movie. When I made Batman & Robin, I felt like I was making a toy commercial.
• (1995, on his clean-cut image) My family and friends see me as a real smart-ass, a wise-ass. The way people see me in movies, in the stuff they read about me, is kind of an idealistic view.
• (1995, on competing with his acting peers) There have been times when I had to go audition and there were other people there. I can't stand that. When it comes to the point where I'm trying to get a part, I'm like "I don't want to talk to you.".
• (on Reese Witherspoon) We hung out for a little while when Scent of a Woman (1992) came out. I did date her. It was weird because it was the first time I had ever really dated an actress. When I was in college, I never had a serious girlfriend because it was too much fun dating different girls. With Reese, it just kind of didn't work out. It was nothing serious, to tell you the truth.

Interesting Facts about Chris O’Donnell

1. Chris' personal stunt double is stuntman Jim McConnell (1996 - present)
2. Chosen by People (USA) magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World (1996).
3. Proposed to his girlfriend, Caroline O'Donnell. [December 1996]
4. He got his start in a McDonald's commercial.
5. Listed as one of twelve "Promising New Actors of 1992" in John Willis' Screen World, Vol. 44.
6. Children with Caroline O'Donnell (two daughters and three sons): Lily Anne O'Donnell (b. September 3, 1999, aka Lily O'Donnell), Christopher Eugene O'Donnell Jr. (b. October 24, 2000), Charles McHugh O'Donnell (b. July 11, 2003, aka Charlie O'Donnell), Finley O'Donnell (b. March 24, 2006) and Maeve Frances O'Donnell (b. December 10, 2007, aka Maeve O'Donnell).
7. Chris did not attend his high school prom because he was participating in a crew meet.
8. Participated in a golf event and raised $500,000 for the Motion Picture and Television Fund (2000).
9. Wife Caroline O'Donnell is an elementary school teacher.
10. Originally cast in The Prince of Tides (1991), but Barbra Streisand decided she wanted her real son to play the role. 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".
11. First acted in an episode of an ABC-TV drama series Jack and Mike (1986).
12. "Never date an actress" - a piece of advice given to him by Al Pacino.
13. Began modeling after his sister Sally talked to a talent agent into seeing him.
14. Avid golfer who belongs to a number of clubs including Pine Valley and the Bel Air Country Club.
15. At one time he was considered for the role of Spider-Man/Peter Parker.
16. Voted "Most Likely to Run Off and Join the Circus" by his class at Loyola Academy.
17. 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.
18. 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.
19. Won the role 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.
20. 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' 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' The Musketeer (2001).