Austin O'Brien

{{short description|American actor}}

{{BLP sources|date=October 2022}}

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{{Infobox person

| name = Austin O'Brien

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1981|5|11|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Eugene, Oregon, U.S.

| known_for =

| occupation = Actor, photographer

| spouse =

| website =

| birth_name = Austin Taylor O'Brien

| children =

}}

Austin Taylor O'Brien (born May 11, 1981){{cite news|last=Baker|first=Jeff|title=17 actors you (maybe) didn't know were from Oregon|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/movies/index.ssf/2014/04/17_actors_you_maybe_didn.html |accessdate=February 16, 2016|newspaper=The Oregonian|location=Portland, Oregon|date=April 30, 2014}} 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,{{cite news|title= Limelight, Cameras, 'Action' for O.C. Boy : Movies: 'Hero' co-star Austin O'Brien is full partner in media blitz.|work= Los Angeles Times|date=June 18, 1993|url= https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-06-18-mn-4379-story.html|access-date=October 27, 2010|first=Rick|last=Vanderknyff}} 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 money, says "Cool" to the store's employee.

O'Brien was born in Eugene, Oregon.{{cite web|title=Austin O'Brien- Biography |url=https://movies.yahoo.com/person/austin-obrien/biography.html |work=Yahoo! Movies |accessdate=May 1, 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921045839/http://movies.yahoo.com/person/austin-obrien/biography.html |archivedate=September 21, 2013 }}