Austin Taylor O'Brien (born May 11, 1981)
is an American actor and photographer. He is known for playing the co-lead Danny Madigan in the
Arnold Schwarzenegger
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film ''
Last Action Hero
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'', followed by his turn into romance as Nick Zsigmond in ''
My Girl 2
''My Girl 2'' is a 1994 American comedy-drama film starring Dan Aykroyd, Jamie Lee Curtis, Anna Chlumsky and Austin O'Brien. A sequel to '' My Girl'' (1991), its plot follows a now-teenaged Vada Sultenfuss, who travels from her home in suburban ...
'', a part in both ''
The Lawnmower Man
"The Lawnmower Man" is a short story by Stephen King, first published in the May 1975 issue of ''Cavalier'' and later included in King's 1978 collection '' Night Shift''.
Plot summary
Harold Parkette is in need of a new lawn mowing service. The ...
'' and
its sequel, and as Josh Greene in the
CBS
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drama
''Promised Land''. He originally gained fame from a
Circuit City
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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
Eugene ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is located at the southern end of the Willamette Valley, near the confluence of the McKenzie and Willamette rivers, about east of the Oregon Coast.
As of the 2020 United States Census, ...
,
to Valerie and Dan O'Brien.
His elder sister is actress Amanda O'Brien and his younger brother is actor Trever O'Brien.
Filmography
References
External links
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A. O'Brien Photography
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1981 births
American male child actors
American male film actors
American male television actors
Living people
Photographers from Oregon