Quick Info
| Profession | Television host, political commentator, actor, author and screenwriter |
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| Nationality | American |
| Date of Birth | 07/11/1951 |
| Age | 74 years |
| Birthplace | Boston, Massachusetts, USA |
| Zodiac Sign | Scorpio |
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Bio/Wiki
| Full Name | Lawrence Francis O'Donnell Jr. |
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| Summary | American television anchor, actor, author, screenwriter and political commentator, best known as host of The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell, a weeknight news and opinion program that airs on MS NOW (formerly MSNBC). |
Educational Qualification(s)
| Harvard College | Graduate |
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Personal Life
| Political views | Describes himself as a practical European socialist |
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Relationships & More
| Spouse | Kathryn Harrold (married 1994; divorced 2013) |
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Family
| Father | Lawrence Francis O'Donnell Sr., a lawyer |
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| Mother | Frances Marie Buckley |
| Children | Elizabeth Buckley Harrold O'Donnell |
Career
| Early career | Writer and author of the true-crime book Deadly Force (1983), later adapted into a CBS television film |
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| Government | Former chief of staff to the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance under Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, and later chief of staff to the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works |
| Print journalism | Former political columnist for New York magazine |
| Television | Writer and producer on NBC's The West Wing; creator and executive producer of NBC's Mister Sterling; political analyst at MSNBC from its 1996 launch; host of The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell since 2010, a program now broadcast on MS NOW |
| Acting | Appeared as Judge Lawrence Barr in the series Monk and as himself in Homeland |
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Some Lesser Known Facts
| 1. Has worked with UNICEF and MSNBC since 2010 to provide school desks for children in Malawi | |
| 2. Portrayed a judge in two episodes of the television series Monk | |
| 3. Substituted as host of Countdown with Keith Olbermann in 2009 and 2010 |
