Austin O'Brien

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Austin O'Brien
Born
Austin Taylor O'Brien

(1981-05-11) May 11, 1981 (age 44)
Eugene, Oregon, U.S.
Occupation(s)Actor, photographer

Austin Taylor O'Brien (born May 11, 1981) [1] is an American actor and photographer. He is known for playing the co-lead Danny Madigan in the Arnold Schwarzenegger film Last Action Hero , followed by his turn into romance as Nick Zsigmond in My Girl 2 , a part in both The Lawnmower Man and its sequel, [2] , Logan Bruno in The Baby-Sitters Club and as Josh Greene in the CBS drama Promised Land. O'Brien originally gained fame from a Circuit City commercial as a kid who, after finding out he had saved some money by shopping at Circuit City, simply says, "Cool," to a store employee.

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O'Brien was born in Eugene, Oregon. [1] [3]

Filmography

Roles in film and television
YearTitleRoleNotes
1992 The Lawnmower Man Peter Parkette
1993 Last Action Hero [1] Danny Madigan
Prehysteria! Jerry
1994 My Girl 2 Nick Zsigmond
1995 Apollo 13 [1] Whiz KidAlthough credited, O'Brien does not actually appear in the film
The Baby-Sitters Club Logan Bruno
1996 Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace Peter Parkette
1998Only OnceGreg
2004RunawaysSteve
2007A Christmas Too ManyJack Direct-to-video
2009HelixJae
BountyJake
This Is the PlaceSimon
2010Rain from StarsYoung Edward
2011Defining MomentsAllan
Nowhere RoadProducer
2015All Our Yesterdays(unnamed)

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1995 ER Kyle KazlawEpisode: "The Secret Sharer"
1996Home of the BraveJoshua 'Josh' GreeneTelevision film
1996–1998 Touched by an Angel 4 episodes
1996–1999 Promised Land [1] 67 episodes
2001SpiritColeTelevision film
2008 Bones Jimmy GrantEpisode: "The Baby in the Bough"

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Baker, Jeff (April 30, 2014). "17 actors you (maybe) didn't know were from Oregon". The Oregonian . Portland, Oregon. Retrieved February 16, 2016.
  2. ↑ Vanderknyff, Rick (June 18, 1993). "Limelight, Cameras, 'Action' for O.C. Boy : Movies: 'Hero' co-star Austin O'Brien is full partner in media blitz". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 27, 2010.
  3. ↑ "Austin O'Brien- Biography". Yahoo! Movies. Archived from the original on September 21, 2013. Retrieved May 1, 2013.
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