Lawrence O’Donnell Biography
Lawrence O’Donnell is a television anchor, actor, liberal political commentator from the United States working as the host of The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell, a weeknight opinion and news program on MSNBC.
How Old is Lawrence O’Donnell? – Age
He is 70 years old as of 7 November 2021. He was born in 1951 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. His real name is Lawrence Francis O’Donnell Jr.
Lawrence O’Donnell Family – Education
O’Donnell is the son of office manager Frances Marie (née Buckley) and attorney Lawrence Francis O’Donnell Sr. He is of Irish ancestry and was raised Catholic. He went to St. Sebastian’s School, where he captained the baseball team and was a wide receiver on the undefeated football team. At Harvard College, O’Donnell majored in economics and graduated in 1976. He wrote for the Harvard Lampoon while at Harvard.
What is Lawrence O Donnell’s marital status? – Wife
He is married Kathryn Harrold on February 14, 1994. Elizabeth Buckley Harrold O’Donnell is the couple’s only child. In 2013, O’Donnell and Harrold divorced. He and his brother Michael were injured in a traffic accident while on vacation in the British Virgin Islands in April 2014. After two months of rest, O’Donnell returned to his MSNBC show The Last Word in June.
Lawrence O’Donnell Illness
O’Donnell spoke with The Daily Beast’s Editor at Large, Lloyd Grove, in an exclusive interview about how he survived a head-on car crash and how that event and the events that followed changed his perspective in his day-to-day life.
Where is The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell filmed?
The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell is weeknight news and political commentary program on MSNBC in the United States. The show airs live Monday through Friday at 10:00 p.m. Eastern Time and is hosted by Lawrence O’Donnell on Mondays through Thursdays and relief presenters (usually Ali Velshi) on Fridays. MSNBC describes O’Donnell as “providing the final word on the day’s biggest issues and most compelling stories.”
On September 27, 2010, the show debuted at 10 p.m. Monday-Thursday, with the first episode featuring Vice President Joe Biden and Countdown host Keith Olbermann. When Keith Olbermann’s show was canceled in January 2011, the show was moved to the 8 p.m. time slot. In October 2011, Last Word returned to its original 10 p.m. time slot. Ali Velshi, Ezra Klein, Steve Kornacki, Joy Reid, and Ari Melber are among the series’ guest hosts. The show’s replays are available on MSNBC’s app. The podcast version of the show is also available.
Lawrence O’Donnell Books
O’Donnell worked as a writer from 1977 to 1988. In 1983, he published Deadly Force, a book about wrongful death and police brutality case in which O’Donnell’s father represented the plaintiff. The book was adapted into the film A Case of Deadly Force in 1986, with Richard Crenna playing O’Donnell’s father and Tate Donovan playing O’Donnell, and O’Donnell serving as an associate producer. Playing with Fire: The 1968 Election and the Transformation of American Politics was published by O’Donnell in 2017.
Lawrence O’Donnell Salary
He earns an annual salary of $4 Million.
Lawrence O’Donnell Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $16 Million.
Lawrence O’Donnell MSNBC Career
O’Donnell worked as a legislative aide to Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan from 1989 to 1995. He was Moynihan’s senior advisor from 1989 to 1991. From 1992 to 1993, he worked as the staff director of the United States Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, which was then chaired by Senator Moynihan, and from 1993 to 1995, he worked as the staff director of the United States Senate Committee on Finance, which was also chaired by Senator Moynihan. O’Donnell was a part of the television drama The West Wing from 1999 to 2006. He wrote 16 episodes during that time.
He was executive story editor for 12 episodes from 1999 to 2000; co-producer for five episodes in 2000; producer for 17 episodes from 2000 to 2001; consulting producer for 44 episodes from 2003 to 2005; and executive producer for 22 episodes from 2005 to 2006. O’Donnell won an Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series for The West Wing in 2001 and was nominated for another in 2006. O’Donnell worked as a supervising producer and writer on the television drama First Monday in 2002, and as the creator, executive producer, and writer on the television drama Mister Sterling in 2003.
O’Donnell joined Morning Joe with Joe Scarborough as a regular contributor in 2009. His aggressive debate style on that and other programs resulted in several on-air clashes, including an interview with conservative Marc Thiessen on Morning Joe that became so heated that Scarborough pulled O’Donnell off the air. In 2009 and 2010, O’Donnell began filling in as the host of Countdown with Keith Olbermann on a regular basis, particularly when Olbermann’s father was hospitalized.
On September 27, 2010, O’Donnell began hosting The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell at 10 p.m. on MSNBC. On January 21, 2011, it was announced that O’Donnell would take over the 8 p.m. slot from Keith Olbermann, who had abruptly ended his show, Countdown with Keith Olbermann. The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell switched time slots with The Ed Show on October 24, 2011, with Ed Schultz taking over the 8 p.m. Eastern slot and O’Donnell returning to the 10 p.m. Eastern slot.
In the HBO series Big Love, about a polygamous family in Utah, O’Donnell portrayed Lee Hatcher, the Henrickson family’s attorney. In addition to being a producer on The West Wing, O’Donnell portrayed President Josiah Bartlet’s father in the episode “Two Cathedrals” in a flashback sequence. O’Donnell portrayed Judge Lawrence Barr in two episodes of Monk and himself in a Showtime episode of Homeland.