Steven O'Donnell III (born 5 December 1980), better known by his gamer tag and often stage name "Bajo", is a New Zealand-Australian television presenter, actor, and author. He is best known as one of the presenters of the
ABC
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video game programme ''
Good Game'' from 2007 until its cancellation in 2016; he co-hosted ''
Good Game: Spawn Point'' until November 2017, and currently streams on
Twitch
Twitch may refer to:
Biology
* Muscle contraction
** Convulsion, rapid and repeated muscle contraction and relaxation
** Fasciculation, a small, local, involuntary muscle contraction
** Myoclonic twitch, a jerk usually caused by sudden muscle c ...
. O'Donnell was born in New Zealand and grew up on the outskirts of
Toowoomba
Toowoomba ( ), nicknamed 'The Garden City' and 'T-Bar', is a city on the border of South East Queensland and Darling Downs regions of Queensland, Australia. It is located west of Queensland's capital, Brisbane. The urban population of Toowoom ...
.
Career
Independent film
O'Donnell completed his first lead role in an independent feature called ''Scratched'' (DigiSPAA film festival 2005) at the age of 20. He has since appeared in over 40 short films. After moving to Sydney in 2003, O'Donnell was cast in lead roles for the independent films ''Wango and Malloy'' and ''Suburban Boys''.
In 2003, O'Donnell played a minor role as a lifeguard in the film ''
Swimming Upstream''. In 2005, O'Donnell worked on the feature ''Almost'' with
Salvatore Coco
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Early life
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,
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and
Tony Barry
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Personal life
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. In 2006, O'Donnell worked on the feature ''
Schooner of Blood''.
Television
O'Donnell hosted a live interactive quiz show on the
Seven Network
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called ''
Midnight Zoo'' in 2006.
O'Donnell joined the
ABC
ABC are the first three letters of the Latin script.
ABC or abc may also refer to:
Arts, entertainment and media Broadcasting
* Aliw Broadcasting Corporation, Philippine broadcast company
* American Broadcasting Company, a commercial American ...
show ''
Good Game'' in 2007, co-hosting alongside
Jeremy "Junglist" Ray until 2009, and
Stephanie "Hex" Bendixsen from 2009 to the show's cancellation in 2016. He also co-hosted the show ''
Good Game: Spawn Point'', alongside Gus "Goose" Ronald and Angharad "Rad" Yeo; which he hosted alongside Bendixsen until her departure in 2016. For these shows, he goes by the
alias "Bajo". O'Donnell resigned from the ABC in October 2017, and departed ''Spawn Point'' in December.
In 2017, O'Donnell created and appeared in a
Sci-Fi
Science fiction (often shortened to sci-fi or abbreviated SF) is a genre of speculative fiction that deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts. These concepts may include information technology and robotics, biological manipulations, space ...
children's television show called ''Trip For Biscuits''.
Other
In 2016, O'Donnell co-wrote two children's books with Bendixsen called ''Dig World'' and ''Dragon Land''.
He began part-time streaming of video games on
Twitch
Twitch may refer to:
Biology
* Muscle contraction
** Convulsion, rapid and repeated muscle contraction and relaxation
** Fasciculation, a small, local, involuntary muscle contraction
** Myoclonic twitch, a jerk usually caused by sudden muscle c ...
in March 2017, and became full-time following his resignation from the ABC in December 2017.
Credits
Film
Television
Bibliography
References
Further reading
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External links
Official web site*
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1980 births
Living people
Australian male film actors
Australian television presenters
Australian Twitch (service) streamers
Australian writers
New Zealand emigrants to Australia
Video game critics