Austin O'Brien | |
Birth Date: | May 11, 1981 |
Birth Place: | Eugene, Oregon, U.S. |
Occupation: | Actor, photographer |
Birth Name: | Austin Taylor O'Brien |
Children: | 1 |
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] 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 money, says "Cool" to the store's employee.
O'Brien was born in Eugene, Oregon,[1] to Valerie and Dan O'Brien.[3] [4] His elder sister is actress Amanda O'Brien and his younger brother is actor Trever O'Brien.
1992 | Peter Parkette | |||
1993 | Last Action Hero | Danny Madigan | ||
1993 | Prehysteria! | Jerry | ||
1994 | My Girl 2 | Nick Zsigmond | ||
1995 | Apollo 13 | Whiz Kid | Although credited, O'Brien does not actually appear in the film | |
1995 | Logan Bruno | |||
1995 | ER | Kyle Kazlaw | Television program Episode: "The Secret Sharer" | |
1996 | Peter Parkette | |||
1996 | Home of the Brave | Joshua 'Josh' Greene | Television film | |
1996–1998 | Touched by an Angel | Joshua 'Josh' Greene | Television program Episodes: "Promised Land" "Amazing Grace: Part 1" "Amazing Grace: Part 2" "Vengeance Is Mine: Part 1" | |
1996–1999 | Promised Land | Joshua 'Josh' Greene | Television program 67 episodes | |
1998 | Only Once | Greg | ||
2001 | Spirit | Cole | Television film | |
2004 | Runaways | Steve | ||
2007 | Jack | Direct-to-video | ||
2008 | Bones | Jimmy Grant | Television program Episode: "The Baby in the Bough" | |
2009 | Helix | Jae | ||
2009 | Bounty | Jake | ||
2009 | This Is the Place | Simon | ||
2010 | Rain from Stars | Young Edward | ||
2011 | Defining Moments | Allan | ||
2011 | Nowhere Road | Producer | ||
2015 | All Our Yesterdays | (unnamed) |