Chris O’Donnell Parents: Meet Julie Ann Rohs von Brecht, William Charles O’Donnell
John Parsons
Published Feb 14, 2026
Christopher Eugene O’Donnell is an actor from the United States. Chris O’Donnell was born in the Chicago suburb of Winnetka, Illinois, the son of WBBM-AM general manager William Charles O’Donnell Sr. and Julie Ann Rohs von Brecht.
He is the youngest of seven children, the youngest of four sisters and two brothers, and is of German and Irish ancestry. Chris O’Donnell grew up in a Catholic household and attended Catholic schools.
In 1988, he graduated from Loyola Academy in Wilmette, Illinois. O’Donnell went on to Boston College, where she earned a Bachelor of Science in marketing in 1992.
Chris O’Donnell portrayed Charlie Sims in Scent of a Woman, Chris Reece in School Ties, D’Artagnan in The Three Musketeers, Jack Foley in the drama film Circle of Friends, Dick Grayson/Robin in Batman Forever and Batman & Robin, Jason Brown in Robert Altman’s Cookie’s Fortune, Peter Garrett in Vertical Limit, and Wardell Pomeroy in Kinsey. O’Donnell portrayed Special Agent G. Callen on the CBS crime drama television series NCIS: Los Angeles, a spin-off of NCIS.
