---
name: "Lawrence O'Donnell"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/lawrence-odonnell"
fi1m_id: "lawrence-odonnell"
imdb_id: "nm0640713"
tmdb_id: 1219487
wikidata_id: "Q962974"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "7 November 1951"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T21:38:44.002757+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."
---

# Lawrence O'Donnell

## Identity

Lawrence O'Donnell

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/lawrence-odonnell
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** lawrence-odonnell
- **IMDb ID:** nm0640713
- **TMDB ID:** 1219487
- **Wikidata ID:** Q962974
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_O%27Donnell, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q962974, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0640713/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1219487

Writer. Born 7 November 1951 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 7 November 1951, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- **Also known as:** Lawrence O'Donnell Jr., Lawrence Francis O'Donnell Jr., Lawrence O'Donnell, Jr.
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_O%27Donnell, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q962974, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0640713/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1219487

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The West Wing*](https://film.one/tv/the-west-wing.md) (86)

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## Biography

Lawrence Francis O'Donnell Jr. is an American television host, political commentator, writer, producer and actor. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, on 7 November 1951, he graduated from Harvard University. Before entering television he worked in politics as senior advisor to Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan and as chief of staff to the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works and the Senate Finance Committee.

O'Donnell was a writer and producer on the NBC series *The West Wing* (1999–2006), contributing to sixteen episodes and serving in various production roles; he also appeared as Dr Bartlet. He created and executive produced the NBC series *Mister Sterling* (2003). Since 2010 he has hosted the weeknight opinion and news programme *The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell* on MSNBC (later MS NOW). He won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series for *The West Wing* in 2001.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The West Wing* (1999), Fi1m 86, Writer, Story — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-west-wing.md)

## Complete filmography (15)

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

- *The Other Two* (2019), series, as Lawrence O'Donnell
- *The Campaign* (2012), as Lawrence O'Donnell
- *Homeland* (2011), series, as Lawrence O'Donnell — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/homeland.md)
- *Franklin & Bash* (2011), series, as Judge Paul W. Redford
- *True Blood* (2008), series, as Lawrence O'Donnell — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/tv/true-blood.md)
- *Swing Vote* (2008), as Lawrence O'Donnell
- *Damages* (2007), series, as The Last Word Host — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/damages.md)
- *Big Love* (2006), series, as Lee Hatcher — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/tv/big-love.md)
- *Mrs. Harris* (2005), as Judge Leggett
- *Mister Sterling* (2003), series, Writer, Creator
- *Monk* (2002), series, as Lawrence Barr
- *Curb Your Enthusiasm* (2000), series, as Lawrence O'Donnell — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/curb-your-enthusiasm.md)
- *The West Wing* (1999), series, as Dr. Bartlet · Writer, Story, Co-Producer, Producer, Consulting Producer, Executive Producer — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-west-wing.md)
- *The Practice* (1997), series, as Judge Franklin Brown
- *The Simpsons* (1989), series, as Lawrence O'Donnell (voice) — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)

## Gallery

- ![Ed Asner and Lawrence O'Donnell in 2017](https://film.one/media/person/61548/gallery-b91f4389cc09.jpg) Ed Asner and Lawrence O'Donnell in 2017 — Terry Ballard, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Ed_Asner_Lawrence_O%27Donnell.jpg/1280px-Ed_Asner_Lawrence_O%27Donnell.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Ed Asner and Lawrence O'Donnell at BookExpo 2017](https://film.one/media/person/61548/gallery-0fc768fe982e.jpg) Ed Asner and Lawrence O'Donnell at BookExpo 2017 — Terry Ballard from Merrick, New York, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Ed_Asner_and_Lawrence_O%27Donnell_at_BookExpo_2017_%2835028952196%29.jpg/1280px-Ed_Asner_and_Lawrence_O%27Donnell_at_BookExpo_2017_%2835028952196%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Lawrence O'Donnell at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival premiere of Polliwood.](https://film.one/media/person/61548/gallery-9985e1223e3d.jpg) Lawrence O'Donnell at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival premiere of Polliwood. — David Shankbone, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ab/Lawrence_O%27Donnell.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Lawrence O'Donnell (2012)](https://film.one/media/person/61548/gallery-fa995340942c.jpg) Lawrence O'Donnell (2012) — Steve Jozefczyk, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Lawrence_O%27Donnell_%287906316704%29.jpg/1280px-Lawrence_O%27Donnell_%287906316704%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Lawrence O'Donnell](https://film.one/media/person/61548/gallery-beb17cd5acd7.jpg) Lawrence O'Donnell — Image via TMDB
- ![Lawrence O'Donnell](https://film.one/media/person/61548/gallery-1028d656424e.jpg) Lawrence O'Donnell — Image via TMDB
- ![Lawrence O'Donnell](https://film.one/media/person/61548/gallery-4641af017455.jpg) Lawrence O'Donnell — Image via TMDB
- ![Lawrence O'Donnell](https://film.one/media/person/61548/gallery-47c7e8661908.jpg) Lawrence O'Donnell — Er-nay, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Lawrence_O%27Donnell_at_the_NYC_Women%27s_March_on_5th_Ave._Jan_21st%2C_2017.jpg/1280px-Lawrence_O%27Donnell_at_the_NYC_Women%27s_March_on_5th_Ave._Jan_21st%2C_2017.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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