Chris O'Donnell Net Worth: Age, Wife, Kids, Parents, Height & Bio

Last Updated: October 06, 2026

Chances are you know Chris O'Donnell from one of two places. Either you watched him play Robin in the Batman movies as a kid, or you spent a good chunk of the 2010s following Agent Callen on NCIS: Los Angeles. And if you're here, you probably want the simple stuff: how old is he now, what is he worth, who is he married to, and how many kids does he have?

I first covered this topic back in 2024, and a lot has changed since then. He has a brand new lead role on ABC, a renewed show, a new season on the way and a family that keeps growing up. So I've gone back through the sources, checked the details again and updated everything for October 2026. Let's go through it step by step.

Table of Content

1. Chris O'Donnell at a Glance
2. How Old Is Chris O'Donnell?
3. Where He Grew Up: Parents and Siblings
4. Height and Weight
5. School and College
6. His Acting Career
7. Roles He Almost Played
8. Awards and Recognition
9. Chris O'Donnell Net Worth in 2026
10. His Wife, Caroline Fentress
11. His Five Kids
12. Family Life Away From the Cameras
13. What He's Up To Right Now
14. Quick Answers to Common Questions
15. Final Thoughts

Chris O'Donnell at a Glance

Information	Details
Full Name	Christopher Eugene O'Donnell
Birthday	June 26, 1970
Age in October 2026	56
Zodiac Sign	Cancer
Hometown	Winnetka, Illinois
Nationality	American
Ancestry	German and Irish
Profession	Actor and executive producer
Estimated Net Worth	About $25 million
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.81 m)
Weight	Not publicly confirmed
Father	William Charles O'Donnell Sr.
Mother	Julie Ann Rohs von Brecht
Siblings	Six older siblings: four sisters and two brothers
High School	Loyola Academy (class of 1988)
College	Boston College, marketing degree (1992)
Wife	Caroline Fentress, married April 1997
Children	Five
Best Known For	Scent of a Woman, Batman Forever, NCIS: Los Angeles
Current Show	9-1-1: Nashville on ABC

How Old Is Chris O'Donnell?

Chris is 56 years old. He was born on June 26, 1970, in Winnetka, Illinois, a quiet suburb just north of Chicago. Wikipedia lists the same birthday and birthplace. If you land on a page that says he's 54 or 55, it just hasn't been updated in a while. He's a Cancer, in case you're into that kind of thing.

A fun way to put his age in perspective: he was only 22 when he earned a Golden Globe nomination, and he was in his mid twenties when he first pulled on the Robin costume. Today he's in his mid fifties and carrying a network drama as its lead, so his career has easily covered three different stages of life.

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Where He Grew Up: Parents and Siblings

Chris came from a big Catholic family with Irish and German roots, and he went to Catholic schools growing up. Being the youngest of seven meant there was never a quiet moment at home. A lot of actors talk about how they had to fight to get attention as kids, but with six older brothers and sisters, he was probably used to sharing the spotlight long before Hollywood came along.

His Parents

His father, William Charles O'Donnell Sr., was the general manager of WBBM AM, a CBS radio station in Chicago. He passed away in December 2010 at the age of 88, according to a local news obituary that Wikipedia cites. It's a small but fun connection that his dad worked in broadcasting, since Chris ended up spending his own career on screens in homes across the country.

His mother is Julie Ann Rohs von Brecht. IMDb's biography page has a bit more on the family if you want to read further.

His Siblings

Chris has six older siblings, four sisters and two brothers. They don't do much press, so you won't find a lot of detail about them online. Now and then they show up at the big moments, like when Chris received his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Because they've stayed so private, I'm not going to guess at names or jobs that I can't back up.

Height and Weight

Chris is 5 feet 11 inches tall, which is about 1.81 metres. That's what IMDb says, and it's the number you'll see most often. A few sites round it down to 5 feet 10 inches, but I'd go with 5 feet 11.

His weight is another matter. He has never shared it publicly, and I couldn't find a reliable source for one. I'd rather tell you that than throw out a random number. Some pages online list a figure with total confidence, but if there's no interview or official profile behind it, it's just a guess. What you can safely say is that he's looked fit and athletic for as long as people have been watching him, which fit well with the action and adventure roles he took on over the years.

School and College

Chris graduated from Loyola Academy in Wilmette, Illinois, in 1988. He then went to Boston College in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, and finished a Bachelor of Science in marketing in 1992, as Wikipedia notes.

Here's something people often miss. He didn't stumble into acting after college. He had already started modeling at 13, and as a teenager he appeared in ads for Cap'n Crunch and Fruit Roll-Ups. In one McDonald's commercial he even served Michael Jordan. So by the time he was in a lecture hall, he'd been in front of cameras for years.

That's also why his path looks a little different from many actors. He didn't drop out to chase fame. He earned a degree and had a real fallback plan, even though his film career took off almost immediately.

His Acting Career

The Early 1990s

His first film was Men Don't Leave in 1990, where he appeared with Jessica Lange. Small roles in Fried Green Tomatoes and School Ties came next. Then in 1992, Scent of a Woman changed everything. He played Charlie opposite Al Pacino, and the performance earned him a Golden Globe nomination for best supporting actor.

After that, the lead roles piled up. He played D'Artagnan in The Three Musketeers in 1993, reunited with Jessica Lange in Blue Sky in 1994, and then starred in Circle of Friends with Minnie Driver and Mad Love with Drew Barrymore, both in 1995. In 1996 he took on The Chamber, based on a John Grisham novel, and played a young Ernest Hemingway opposite Sandra Bullock in In Love and War.

Playing Robin

Then came the cape. Chris played Dick Grayson, aka Robin, in Batman Forever in 1995 and Batman & Robin in 1997. Over the years, stories have circulated that Leonardo DiCaprio and Matt Damon were among the actors considered, and that the final choice came down to Chris and DiCaprio. The second movie made money but got hammered by critics, and Chris has admitted he didn't think it worked.

Still, he kept some souvenirs. On Live with Kelly and Mark in October 2025, he mentioned still owning a few costumes and the motorcycle helmet from the first film. He even joked that his dad once wore his Three Musketeers costume for Halloween. You can see the segment on the show's guide page.

Films in the Late 1990s and 2000s

After Batman & Robin, he stepped away from the big screen for about two years. He came back with Cookie's Fortune and The Bachelor in 1999, and then had a solid hit with the mountain thriller Vertical Limit in 2000. After a few quieter years, he returned to film in 2004 with Kinsey, and later played Jack Kittredge in Kit Kittredge: An American Girl and appeared in Max Payne in 2008.

Moving Into Television

This is the part of his career that surprised a lot of people. Instead of chasing more movie roles, he made a real shift toward TV. He did guest spots on The Practice and Two and a Half Men, tried a lead role in the short lived series Head Cases in 2005, and then joined Grey's Anatomy in 2006 as the veterinarian Finn Dandridge for nine episodes. In 2007 he led the TNT miniseries The Company as CIA case officer Jack McAuliffe.

Not everything worked. Head Cases was canceled very quickly, with only two episodes airing. But the experience set him up for the role that came next.

NCIS: Los Angeles

In 2009 he joined the cast of NCIS: Los Angeles as Special Agent G. Callen. He stuck with the show for all fourteen seasons and 323 episodes, until it ended in 2023. Callen also made guest appearances on Hawaii Five-0, NCIS and NCIS: Hawaiʻi. For many people, this is the role they think of first, and it gave him a steady, long running career that few film actors from the 1990s ever get.

Along the way, he also lent his voice to American Dad! and Robot Chicken, appeared on The Price Is Right, and took part in the family history show Who Do You Think You Are? in 2013.

9-1-1: Nashville

On October 9, 2025, 9-1-1: Nashville premiered on ABC, and Chris stars as Fire Captain Don Hart. He's also an executive producer, according to IMDb's full credits. The cast includes Jessica Capshaw, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, LeAnn Rimes and Michael Provost, who plays his on screen son, Ryan. Like the Texas spin off before it, the show builds in a father and son firefighter dynamic.

ABC renewed the series in March 2026, which Deadline reported at the time. In February 2026, an episode titled "Don Begins" used flashbacks to show how a house fire changed his character's life, which gave Chris a chance to play something deeper than a standard action hero.

Roles He Almost Played

One of the more interesting parts of his story is what almost happened. According to reports cited on Wikipedia, 20th Century Fox considered him for the lead role of Jack Dawson in Titanic before it went to Leonardo DiCaprio. It's a funny twist, since the two actors had already been rivals for Robin a couple of years earlier.

He was also reportedly the choice of one of the producers for Agent J in Men in Black, but he turned it down because it felt too close to his Batman Forever role. Will Smith took the part. The story has been told in different ways, and a director has said he steered the conversation away from Chris to get Smith, so I'd treat the details as Hollywood lore. Either way, it shows how close he was to some of the biggest movies of the decade.

Awards and Recognition

His biggest early honors came from Scent of a Woman. He earned a Golden Globe nomination for best supporting actor and won the Chicago Film Critics Association's most promising actor award. He was also named one of the promising new actors of 1992 in Screen World.

Later in his career, he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, with his wife and all five children there to celebrate. Over the years, the NCIS: Los Angeles cast also picked up fan driven honors, which helped cement his place as a household name in television.

Chris O'Donnell Net Worth in 2026

Chris O'Donnell's net worth is estimated at about $25 million. Both Celebrity Net Worth and TheRichest land on that figure, and some other sites go as high as $30 million.

You might also stumble across pages saying $85 million or even $215 million. I couldn't trace those to anything believable, so I wouldn't put much weight on them. When you see a huge number with no explanation of where it came from, that's usually a sign to be careful.

How He Made His Money

Most of it came from television. Early on in NCIS: Los Angeles, he reportedly earned around $150,000 per episode. In the later seasons, with bonuses and backend deals included, the estimate rises to roughly $350,000 an episode, according to Kahawatungu and Celebrity Net Worth. Celebrity Net Worth calculates that over a 24 episode season, that would equal about $8.4 million. Now think about how many seasons that went on for, and it's easy to see why the show mattered so much.

His 1990s movies paid well too. TheRichest lists about $4 million for The Chamber and about $1.5 million for Mad Love. Add in his earlier work, his TV guest roles and his current salary on 9-1-1: Nashville, and the picture becomes clearer.

Real Estate

He's owned homes around Los Angeles for years. One of them, in Pacific Palisades, was reportedly listed for more than $5 million at one point. Property is often a big part of how actors build and hold wealth, though the exact details of his holdings aren't public.

Why It's Not Higher

Some people expect a bigger number for someone who's worked for more than three decades. But a long TV contract is a different thing from a blockbuster profit deal, and he has raised five children, which isn't cheap. Chris has also never seemed like a guy chasing the spotlight. He's always come across as someone who'd rather be home with his family.

What Could Change It

With 9-1-1: Nashville renewed and a new season about to start, his income is steady again, and his work as an executive producer adds another layer. If the show runs for several seasons, it's reasonable to expect estimates of his wealth to move up. For now, $25 million remains the most commonly cited figure.

His Wife, Caroline Fentress

Chris and Caroline got married in April 1997 at St. Patrick's Church in Washington, D.C., per Wikipedia. That's 29 years together as a married couple, and their 30th anniversary arrives in April 2027.

Caroline was born on January 3, 1973, so she's 53. IMDb lists her as an actress with a few credits, including NCIS: Los Angeles. Some profiles describe her as a former elementary school teacher, and some say she's the sister of one of Chris's college friends. However they first connected, they've made it work in an industry where lasting marriages are rare, and Chris often gives her credit for keeping life steady.

It's worth noting how little drama surrounds them. You rarely see them in tabloid stories, and that's by design. Chris has talked about keeping his work and family life separate, and the fact that their kids even popped up on his show says they treat it as a shared family thing rather than a separate world.

His Five Kids

Chris and Caroline have five children. These details come from Hello! magazine and the NCIS: LA fan wiki, and I've worked out the ages for October 2026. Their first child arrived about two years after the wedding, and the youngest followed in late 2007.

Meet the Kids

Lily Anne O'Donnell

Lily was born on September 3, 1999, which makes her 27. She's the oldest, and she went to Boston College just like her dad. When she turned 26, Chris shared throwback photos and called her "Little Miss Magic," and his former costar Daniela Ruah commented on the post, as Hello! reported.

Christopher "Chip" O'Donnell Jr.

Chip's birthday is October 24, 2000, so he's 25. He has the same full name as his father. He was supposed to appear on NCIS: Los Angeles too, but his cameo was delayed during the pandemic.

Charles "Charlie" McHugh O'Donnell

Charlie was born on July 11, 2003, and he's 23.

Finley O'Donnell

Finley was born on March 24, 2006, and he's 20. Chris has joked that he was the easiest baby of the bunch.

Maeve Frances O'Donnell

Maeve is the youngest, born on December 10, 2007, and she's 18. She joined her dad at the 2022 Emmy Awards, a pretty rare public appearance for the family. She also appeared on NCIS: Los Angeles with her mom in 2015.

Four of the five kids showed up on the show at some point, so the set must have felt like a family reunion every now and then.

Family Life Away From the Cameras

Chris keeps most of his home life private, but a few details have come out over the years. The family reportedly had four dogs at one point, including two Labradors and two English Cocker Spaniels. Several interviews also describe a busy house where Chris balanced long filming days with school runs and sports.

He's also been open about how much his Catholic upbringing shaped his values, which lines up with his wedding at St. Patrick's Church. Put together, it paints the picture of a man who grew up in a big, close family and then built another one of his own.

What He's Up To Right Now

At the moment, it's all about 9-1-1: Nashville. Season 2 premieres on Thursday, October 15, 2026, on ABC, according to the network's show page. Ryan Phillippe joins the cast as Detective Rogue Kelly, and the new key art has Chris's character covered in murder hornets, which TV Insider revealed in September. A season 2 trailer also teased a biblical style threat hitting the city.

Beyond acting, he's also involved on the production side as an executive producer. That tells me he's planning to stay in the game for a while, and it's a smart move for someone who has spent his whole life learning how sets and studios work.

Quick Answers to Common Questions

How old is Chris O'Donnell in 2026?

He's 56. His birthday is June 26, 1970.

What is Chris O'Donnell's net worth?

Most reliable estimates say around $25 million, with a few going up to $30 million.

Who is Chris O'Donnell married to?

He's married to Caroline Fentress. They tied the knot in April 1997.

How many kids does he have?

Five: Lily, Chip, Charlie, Finley and Maeve.

How tall is he?

He's 5 feet 11 inches, or about 1.81 metres.

What is his weight?

He has never publicly shared it, so there's no confirmed figure.

Where did he go to college?

Boston College. He studied marketing and graduated in 1992.

Who are his parents?

William Charles O'Donnell Sr. and Julie Ann Rohs von Brecht.

How many siblings does he have?

Six older siblings, four sisters and two brothers.

What TV show is he in now?

9-1-1: Nashville on ABC, where he plays Captain Don Hart. Season 2 starts on October 15, 2026.

Final Thoughts

Chris O'Donnell has had one of those careers that looks simple from the outside but has real range. He went from teenage commercials to a Golden Globe nomination, from Robin's costume to fourteen years of Agent Callen, and now he's leading another hit show at 56. He's got a marriage that's lasted nearly three decades, five kids who are mostly grown, and a net worth of around $25 million. It's not a flashy story, but it's a solid one, and it looks like there's more still to come.

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