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.
OccupationsActor, 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.

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

Filmography

Roles in film and television
Year Title Role Notes
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 Kid Although credited, O'Brien does not actually appear in the film
The Baby-Sitters Club Logan Bruno
1996 Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace Peter Parkette
1998 Only Once Greg
2004 Runaways Steve
2007 A Christmas Too Many Jack Direct-to-video
2009 Helix Jae
Bounty Jake
This Is the Place Simon
2010 Rain from Stars Young Edward
2011 Defining Moments Allan
Nowhere Road Producer
2015 All Our Yesterdays (unnamed)

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1995 ER Kyle Kazlaw Episode: "The Secret Sharer"
1996 Home of the Brave Joshua 'Josh' Greene Television film
1996–1998 Touched by an Angel 4 episodes
1996–1999 Promised Land[1] 67 episodes
2001 Spirit Cole Television film
2008 Bones Jimmy Grant Episode: "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.