Austin O'Brien
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Austin Taylor O'Brien (born May 11, 1981) is an American actor, producer and photographer. He may be best known for playing the co-lead Danny Madigan in the Arnold Schwarzenegger-movie 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.[1] and as Josh Greene in CBS Drama Promised Land.
O'Brien was born in Eugene, Oregon to Valerie and Daniel O'Brien,[2][3]. His elder sister is actress Amanda O'Brien and his younger brother is actor Trever O'Brien.
[edit] Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | The Lawnmower Man | Peter Parkette | |
| 1993 | Last Action Hero | Danny Madigan | |
| Prehysteria! | Jerry | ||
| 1994 | My Girl 2 | Nick Zsigmond | |
| 1995 | Apollo 13 | Whiz Kid | |
| The Baby-Sitters Club | Logan Bruno | ||
| ER | Kyle Kazlaw | Episode: "The Secret Sharer" | |
| 1996 | Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace | Peter Parkette | |
| Home of the Brave | Joshua 'Josh' Greene | TV movie | |
| Promised Land | 1996-1999 (67 episodes) | ||
| Touched by an Angel | Episode: "Promised Land" | ||
| 1997 | Episode: "Amazing Grace: Part 1" Episode: "Amazing Grace: Part 2" |
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| 1998 | Episode: "Vengeance Is Mine: Part 1" | ||
| Only Once | Greg | ||
| 2001 | Spirit | Cole | TV movie |
| 2004 | Runaways | Steve | |
| 2007 | A Christmas Too Many | Jack | Video |
| 2008 | Bones | Jimmy Grant | Episode: "The Baby in the Bough" |
| 2009 | Helix | Jae | |
| Bounty | Jake | ||
| This Is the Place | Simon | ||
| 2010 | Rain from Stars | Young Edward | Post-production |
| 2011 | Defining Moments | Allan | In production |
[edit] References
- ^ 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.". The Los Angeles Times. http://articles.latimes.com/1993-06-18/news/mn-4379_1_action-hero. Retrieved 2010-10-27.
- ^ Austin O'Brien Biography - Yahoo! Movies
- ^ Koltnow, Barry. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DM&p_theme=dm&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0ED3D43DA1B8C11F&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM.
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