Austin O'Brien
Birth dateMay 11, 1981 (age 45)
Birth placeEugene, Oregon, U.S.
OccupationActor, photographer
Birth nameAustin Taylor O'Brien

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

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1995ERKyle KazlawEpisode: "The Secret Sharer"
1996Home of the BraveJoshua 'Josh' GreeneTelevision film
1996–1998Touched by an Angel4 episodes
1996–1999Promised Land[1]67 episodes
2001SpiritColeTelevision film
2008BonesJimmy GrantEpisode: "The Baby in the Bough"

References

  1. ^ Baker, Jeff (April 30, 2014). "17 actors you (maybe) didn't know were from Oregon". The Oregonian. 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.