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 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, Logan Bruno in The Baby-Sitters Club 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 some money by shopping at Circuit City, simply says, "Cool," to a store employee.
O'Brien was born in Eugene, Oregon.
Filmography + Roles in film and television Year Title Role Notes 1992 Peter Parkette 1993 Last Action Hero Danny Madigan Prehysteria! Jerry 1994 My Girl 2 Nick Zsigmond 1995 Apollo 13 Whiz Kid Although credited, O'Brien does not actually appear in the film Logan Bruno 1996 Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace Peter Parkette 1998 Only Once Greg 2004 Runaways Steve 2007 Jack Direct-to-video 2009 Helix Jae Bounty Jake This Is the Place Simon 2010 Rain from Stars Young Edward 2011 Defining Moments Allan Nowhere Road Producer 2015 All Our Yesterdays (unnamed)
Television +YearTitleRoleNotes1995ERKyle KazlawEpisode: "The Secret Sharer"1996Home of the BraveJoshua 'Josh' GreeneTelevision film1996–1998Touched by an Angel4 episodes1996–1999Promised Land67 episodes2001SpiritColeTelevision film2008BonesJimmy GrantEpisode: "The Baby in the Bough"
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A. O'Brien Photography