---
name: "Austin O'Brien"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/austin-obrien"
fi1m_id: "austin-obrien"
imdb_id: "nm0639432"
tmdb_id: 58119
wikidata_id: "Q781151"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "11 May 1981"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-04T23:23:03.693202+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Austin O'Brien

## Identity

Austin O'Brien

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/austin-obrien
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** austin-obrien
- **IMDb ID:** nm0639432
- **TMDB ID:** 58119
- **Wikidata ID:** Q781151
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin_O%27Brien, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q781151, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0639432/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/58119

Actor. Born 11 May 1981 in Eugene, Oregon, U.S.A.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 11 May 1981, Eugene, Oregon, U.S.A
- **Active:** 1993–2005
- **Also known as:** آستین اوبراین
- **Average Fi1m score:** 76, as actor, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 78 (3), 2000s 70 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 78 to 68 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 1 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Action 1, Comedy 1, Crime 1, Fantasy 1, History 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $493m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin_O%27Brien, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q781151, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0639432/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/58119

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Last Action Hero*](https://film.one/film/last-action-hero.md) (62)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Austin O'Brien is an American actor and photographer. Born on 11 May 1981 in Eugene, Oregon, he began his career as a child model and appeared in numerous television commercials, including a notable Circuit City advertisement.

He is known for playing Danny Madigan in the 1993 film *Last Action Hero*. Other film roles include Peter Parkette in *The Lawnmower Man* (1992) and its 1996 sequel, Nick Zsigmond in *My Girl 2* (1994), and Logan Bruno in *The Baby-Sitters Club* (1995). On television, he portrayed Josh Greene in the series *Promised Land* (1996–1999) and appeared in episodes of *ER* (1995) and *Bones* (2008).

O'Brien is the older brother of actor Trever O'Brien.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Bones* (2005), Fi1m 70, as Jimmy Grant — [page](https://film.one/tv/bones.md)
- *Apollo 13* (1995), Fi1m 84, as Whiz Kid — [page](https://film.one/film/apollo-13.md)
- *ER* (1994), Fi1m 88, as Kyle Kazlaw — [page](https://film.one/tv/er.md)
- *Last Action Hero* (1993), Fi1m 62, as Danny Madigan — [page](https://film.one/film/last-action-hero.md)

## Complete filmography (18)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *On the Road with Austin & Santino* (2010), series, Actor
- *Innocent* (2009), as Jae
- *Bounty* (2009), as Jake
- *A Christmas Too Many* (2007), as Jack
- *Bones* (2005), series, as Jimmy Grant — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/bones.md)
- *Runaways* (2004), as Steve Moore
- *Spirit* (2001), as Cole Barton
- *Only Once* (1998), as Greg
- *Promised Land* (1996), series, as Josh Greene
- *Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace* (1996), as Peter Parkette
- *The Baby-Sitters Club* (1995), as Logan Bruno
- *Apollo 13* (1995), as Whiz Kid — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/apollo-13.md)
- *Touched by an Angel* (1994), series, as Josh Greene
- *ER* (1994), series, as Kyle Kazlaw — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/er.md)
- *My Girl 2* (1994), as Nick Zsigmond
- *Prehysteria!* (1993), as Jerry
- *Last Action Hero* (1993), as Danny Madigan — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/last-action-hero.md)
- *The Lawnmower Man* (1992), as Peter Parkette

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