O'Donnell, the youngest of seven children (with four sisters and two brothers), was born in Winnetka, Illinois, the son of Julie, a realtor, and William O'Donnell, Sr., a radio manager. O'Donnell is of paternal Irish and maternal German descent; he was raised in a devout Catholic family and attended Catholic schools, including Loyola Academy in Willmette, Illinois for high school, graduating in 1988. O'Donnell attended Boston College and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in marketing. He subsequently attended law school at UCLA but did not graduate.From the ages of thirteen to sixteen, O'Donnell began modeling, and was featured in several commercials.
In 1996, O’Donnell proposed to his girlfriend Caroline Fentress. He met her while in college; they married in 1997.
The couple have five children, three sons and two daughters: Lily Anne O'Donnell (b. September 1999), Christopher Eugene O'Donnell Jr (b. October 24, 2000), Charles McHugh O'Donnell (b. July 11, 2003), Finley O'Donnell (b. March 24, 2006), and Maeve Frances O'Donnell (b. December 10, 2007 in Los Angeles).
O'Donnell is an avid golfer. He participated in a golf outing to help raise money for the Motion Picture and Television Fund, for which they raised $500,000 in the year 2000.
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Born Christopher Eugene O'Donnell
June 26, 1970, Winnetka, Illinois, United States
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