The only time it got really crazy was during 'Batman.' Anywhere I went in the world, people knew who I was. I was being offered these huge films that would have taken my career to a different level, and I decided to put on the brakes. I knew if I continued on that track, I probably wouldn't have gotten married.

At the age of 17 he was offered a chance to audition for a part in the movie Men Don't Leave with Jessica Lange and he won the role. Following Vertical Limit a four-year hiatus led some to believe Batman & Robin had damaged his career. Career
O'Donnell was discovered when he was cast in a McDonald's commercial in which he served Michael Jordan.

Christopher Eugene "Chris" O'Donnell (born June 26 1970) is an American actor. He played Dick Grayson/Robin in two Batman films Batman Forever and Batman & Robin Charlie Simms in Scent of a Woman Finn Dandridge in Grey's Anatomy Peter Garrett in Vertical Limit and more recently Jack McAuliffe in The Company.