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mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-main">Lawrence O'Donnell</span></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. 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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3_%D8%A3%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%84_(%D9%85%D9%85%D8%AB%D9%84)" title="لورانس أودونيل (ممثل) – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="لورانس أودونيل (ممثل)" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_O%27Donnell" title="Lawrence O'Donnell – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Lawrence O'Donnell" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bcl mw-list-item"><a href="https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_O%27Donnell" title="Lawrence O'Donnell – Central Bikol" lang="bcl" hreflang="bcl" data-title="Lawrence O'Donnell" data-language-autonym="Bikol Central" data-language-local-name="Central Bikol" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bikol Central</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bar mw-list-item"><a href="https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_O%27Donnell" title="Lawrence O'Donnell – Bavarian" lang="bar" hreflang="bar" data-title="Lawrence O'Donnell" data-language-autonym="Boarisch" data-language-local-name="Bavarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Boarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_O%27Donnell" title="Lawrence O'Donnell – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Lawrence O'Donnell" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_O%27Donnell" title="Lawrence O'Donnell – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Lawrence O'Donnell" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_O%27Donnell" title="Lawrence O'Donnell – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Lawrence O'Donnell" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_O%E2%80%99Donnell" title="Lawrence O’Donnell – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Lawrence O’Donnell" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_O%27Donnell" title="Lawrence O'Donnell – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Lawrence O'Donnell" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eml mw-list-item"><a href="https://eml.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_O%27Donnell" title="Lawrence O'Donnell – Emiliano-Romagnolo" lang="egl" hreflang="egl" data-title="Lawrence O'Donnell" data-language-autonym="Emiliàn e rumagnòl" data-language-local-name="Emiliano-Romagnolo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Emiliàn e rumagnòl</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_O%27Donnell" title="Lawrence O'Donnell – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Lawrence O'Donnell" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_O%27Donnell" title="Lawrence O'Donnell – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Lawrence O'Donnell" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_O%27Donnell" title="Lawrence O'Donnell – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Lawrence O'Donnell" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ie mw-list-item"><a href="https://ie.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_O%27Donnell" title="Lawrence O'Donnell – Interlingue" lang="ie" hreflang="ie" data-title="Lawrence O'Donnell" data-language-autonym="Interlingue" data-language-local-name="Interlingue" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingue</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%A0%D7%A1_%D7%90%D7%95%D7%93%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%9C" title="לורנס אודונל – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="לורנס אודונל" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_O%27Donnell" title="Lawrence O'Donnell – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Lawrence O'Donnell" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_O%27Donnell" title="Lawrence O'Donnell – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Lawrence O'Donnell" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_O%27Donnell" title="Lawrence O'Donnell – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="Lawrence O'Donnell" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%84_(%D8%B5%D8%AD%D9%81%D9%89)" title="لورانس اودونيل (صحفى) – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="لورانس اودونيل (صحفى)" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AC%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AA%E3%83%89%E3%83%8D%E3%83%AB" title="ローレンス・オドネル – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ローレンス・オドネル" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nap mw-list-item"><a href="https://nap.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_O%27Donnell" title="Lawrence O'Donnell – Neapolitan" lang="nap" hreflang="nap" data-title="Lawrence O'Donnell" data-language-autonym="Napulitano" data-language-local-name="Neapolitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Napulitano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_O%E2%80%99Donnell" title="Lawrence O’Donnell – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Lawrence O’Donnell" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pcd mw-list-item"><a href="https://pcd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_O%27Donnell" title="Lawrence O'Donnell – Picard" lang="pcd" hreflang="pcd" data-title="Lawrence O'Donnell" data-language-autonym="Picard" data-language-local-name="Picard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Picard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_O%27Donnell" title="Lawrence O'Donnell – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Lawrence O'Donnell" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_O%27Donnell" title="Lawrence O'Donnell – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Lawrence O'Donnell" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_O%27Donnell" title="Lawrence O'Donnell – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Lawrence O'Donnell" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%DB%86%DA%95%DB%8E%D9%86%D8%B3_%D8%A6%DB%86%D8%AF%DB%86%D9%86%DB%8E%D9%84" title="لۆڕێنس ئۆدۆنێل – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="لۆڕێنس ئۆدۆنێل" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a 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<div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">American TV host, pundit (born 1951)</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">This article is about the political analyst. For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Lawrence_O%27Donnell_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Lawrence O'Donnell (disambiguation)">Lawrence O'Donnell (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox biography vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;"><div class="fn">Lawrence O'Donnell</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Lawrence_O%27Donnell_at_the_NYC_Women%27s_March_on_5th_Ave._Jan_21st,_2017.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img 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Avenue</a> on January 21, 2017</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Lawrence Francis O’Donnell Jr.</div><br /><span class="nowrap"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1951-11-07</span>) </span>November 7, 1951<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 73)</span></span><br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a>, U.S.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Harvard_University" title="Harvard University">Harvard University</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">BA</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupations</th><td class="infobox-data role"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist 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fictional series:<br /> <i><a href="/wiki/The_West_Wing" title="The West Wing">The West Wing</a></i> (producer, writer, actor)<br /> <i><a href="/wiki/Big_Love" title="Big Love">Big Love</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Homeland_(TV_series)" title="Homeland (TV series)">Homeland</a></i> (actor)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Kathryn_Harrold" title="Kathryn Harrold">Kathryn Harrold</a></div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1994; <abbr title="divorced">div.</abbr> 2013)<wbr /></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">1</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Lawrence Francis O'Donnell Jr.</b> (born November 7, 1951)<sup id="cite_ref-RT_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RT-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is an American television anchor, actor, author, screenwriter, <a href="/wiki/Liberalism" title="Liberalism">liberal</a> political commentator, and host of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Last_Word_with_Lawrence_O%27Donnell" title="The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell">The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell</a></i>, an <a href="/wiki/MSNBC" title="MSNBC">MSNBC</a> opinion and news program that airs on weeknights.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He was a writer and producer for the <a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a> series <i><a href="/wiki/The_West_Wing" title="The West Wing">The West Wing</a></i> (playing the role of <a href="/wiki/Jed_Bartlet" title="Jed Bartlet">President Bartlet</a>'s father in flashbacks) as well as creator and <a href="/wiki/Executive_producer" title="Executive producer">executive producer</a> of the NBC series <i><a href="/wiki/Mister_Sterling" title="Mister Sterling">Mister Sterling</a></i>. He also appeared as recurring character Lee Hatcher in the <a href="/wiki/HBO" title="HBO">HBO</a> series <i><a href="/wiki/Big_Love" title="Big Love">Big Love</a></i>. </p><p>O'Donnell began his political career in 1989, as an aide to U.S. Senator <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Patrick_Moynihan" title="Daniel Patrick Moynihan">Daniel Patrick Moynihan</a>, and was staff director for the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Finance" title="United States Senate Committee on Finance">Senate Finance Committee</a>. He describes himself as a "practical European socialist".<sup id="cite_ref-Steigerwald_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Steigerwald-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lawrence_O%27Donnell&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>O'Donnell was born in <a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a> on November 7, 1951,<sup id="cite_ref-RT_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RT-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the son of Frances Marie (née Buckley), an office manager, and Lawrence Francis O'Donnell Sr., an attorney and member of the Supreme Court Bar. He is of <a href="/wiki/Irish_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Irish American">Irish</a> descent and was raised Catholic.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He attended <a href="/wiki/St._Sebastian%27s_School" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Sebastian's School">St. Sebastian's School</a> (class of 1970), where he was captain of the baseball team and wide receiver on their undefeated football team. O'Donnell majored in <a href="/wiki/Economics" title="Economics">economics</a> at <a href="/wiki/Harvard_College" title="Harvard College">Harvard College</a>, from which he graduated in 1976.<sup id="cite_ref-Unelected_1994_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Unelected_1994-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While at Harvard, he wrote for the <i><a href="/wiki/Harvard_Lampoon" class="mw-redirect" title="Harvard Lampoon">Harvard Lampoon</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lawrence_O%27Donnell&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Author">Author</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lawrence_O%27Donnell&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Author"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From 1977 to 1988, O'Donnell was a writer.<sup id="cite_ref-Unelected_1994_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Unelected_1994-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1983, he published the book <i>Deadly Force</i>, about a case of wrongful death and police brutality in which O'Donnell's father was the plaintiff's lawyer.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1986, the book was made into the film <i><a href="/wiki/A_Case_of_Deadly_Force" title="A Case of Deadly Force">A Case of Deadly Force</a></i>; <a href="/wiki/Richard_Crenna" title="Richard Crenna">Richard Crenna</a> played O'Donnell's father, and <a href="/wiki/Tate_Donovan" title="Tate Donovan">Tate Donovan</a> played O'Donnell; O'Donnell was associate producer.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2017, O'Donnell published the book <i>Playing with Fire: The 1968 Election and the Transformation of American Politics</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="U.S._Congress">U.S. Congress</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lawrence_O%27Donnell&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: U.S. Congress"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From 1989 to 1995, O'Donnell was a legislative aide to Senator <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Patrick_Moynihan" title="Daniel Patrick Moynihan">Daniel Patrick Moynihan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Unelected_1994_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Unelected_1994-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He served as senior adviser to Moynihan from 1989 to 1991, then as staff director of two senate committees that Moynihan was chairing: <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Environment_and_Public_Works" title="United States Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works">Environment and Public Works</a> from 1992 to 1993, and <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Finance" title="United States Senate Committee on Finance">Finance</a> from 1993 to 1995.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Television">Television</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lawrence_O%27Donnell&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Television"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Writing_and_production">Writing and production</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lawrence_O%27Donnell&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Writing and production"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From 1999 to 2006, O'Donnell was associated with the television drama <i><a href="/wiki/The_West_Wing" title="The West Wing">The West Wing</a></i>, writing 16 episodes and serving as executive story editor for 12 episodes (1999-2000), as co-producer for five episodes (2000), as producer for 17 episodes (2000-2001), as consulting producer for 44 episodes (2003-2005), and as executive producer for 22 episodes (2005-2006).<sup id="cite_ref-Lawrence_O'Donnell_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lawrence_O'Donnell-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He won the <a href="/wiki/53rd_Primetime_Emmy_Awards" title="53rd Primetime Emmy Awards">2001</a> <a href="/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Awards" title="Primetime Emmy Awards">Primetime Emmy Award</a> for <a href="/wiki/Primetime_Emmy_Award_for_Outstanding_Drama_Series" title="Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series">Outstanding Drama Series</a> for <i>The West Wing</i> and was nominated for the 2006 Emmy in the same category.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2002, O'Donnell was supervising producer and writer for the television drama <i><a href="/wiki/First_Monday" title="First Monday">First Monday</a></i>; and in 2003 he was creator, executive producer, and writer for the television drama <i><a href="/wiki/Mister_Sterling" title="Mister Sterling">Mister Sterling</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Lawrence_O'Donnell_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lawrence_O'Donnell-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Contributor_and_host">Contributor and host</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lawrence_O%27Donnell&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Contributor and host"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ed_Asner_Lawrence_O%27Donnell.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Ed_Asner_Lawrence_O%27Donnell.jpg/220px-Ed_Asner_Lawrence_O%27Donnell.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="145" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Ed_Asner_Lawrence_O%27Donnell.jpg/330px-Ed_Asner_Lawrence_O%27Donnell.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Ed_Asner_Lawrence_O%27Donnell.jpg/440px-Ed_Asner_Lawrence_O%27Donnell.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1606" data-file-height="1056" /></a><figcaption>O'Donnell (right) and <a href="/wiki/Ed_Asner" title="Ed Asner">Ed Asner</a> in 2017</figcaption></figure> <p>In 2009, O'Donnell became a regular contributor on <i><a href="/wiki/Morning_Joe" title="Morning Joe">Morning Joe</a></i> with <a href="/wiki/Joe_Scarborough" title="Joe Scarborough">Joe Scarborough</a>. His aggressive debate style on that program and others led to several on-air confrontations, including an interview with conservative <a href="/wiki/Marc_Thiessen" title="Marc Thiessen">Marc Thiessen</a> on <i>Morning Joe</i> that became so heated that Scarborough took O'Donnell off the air.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Also in 2009 and 2010, O'Donnell began appearing frequently as a substitute host of <i><a href="/wiki/Countdown_with_Keith_Olbermann" title="Countdown with Keith Olbermann">Countdown with Keith Olbermann</a></i>, particularly when Olbermann's father was ill in the hospital.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>On September 27, 2010, O'Donnell began hosting a 10<span class="nowrap"> </span>p.m. show on MSNBC, called <i>The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On January 21, 2011, it was announced that O'Donnell would take over the 8<span class="nowrap"> </span>p.m. slot from Keith Olbermann after Olbermann announced the abrupt termination of his show, <i>Countdown with Keith Olbermann</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-nyt-replace_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt-replace-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Beginning October 24, 2011, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Last_Word_with_Lawrence_O%27Donnell" title="The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell">The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell</a></i> switched time slots with <i><a href="/wiki/The_Ed_Show" title="The Ed Show">The Ed Show</a></i>, with <a href="/wiki/Ed_Schultz" title="Ed Schultz">Ed Schultz</a> taking over the 8<span class="nowrap"> </span>p.m. Eastern slot, and O'Donnell returning to the 10<span class="nowrap"> </span>p.m. Eastern slot.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On September 20, 2017, an eight-minute video clip was leaked; it showed O'Donnell angrily cursing and swearing about background noise between segments of a live broadcast that had aired on August 29, 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> O'Donnell apologized on Twitter,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE"MSNBC's_Lawrence_O'Donnell_Pleads_'Stop_the_Hammering!'_in_Leaked_Outtakes"_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE"MSNBC's_Lawrence_O'Donnell_Pleads_'Stop_the_Hammering!'_in_Leaked_Outtakes"-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the leaker was subsequently fired.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Acting">Acting</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lawrence_O%27Donnell&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Acting"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>O'Donnell played Lee Hatcher, the Henrickson family attorney, in the HBO series <i><a href="/wiki/Big_Love" title="Big Love">Big Love</a>,</i> about a polygamous family in Utah. In addition to being a producer on <i><a href="/wiki/The_West_Wing" title="The West Wing">The West Wing</a></i>, O'Donnell also played President <a href="/wiki/Josiah_Bartlet" class="mw-redirect" title="Josiah Bartlet">Josiah Bartlet</a>'s father in a flashback sequence of the episode "<a href="/wiki/Two_Cathedrals" title="Two Cathedrals">Two Cathedrals</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-autogenerated1_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-autogenerated1-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> O'Donnell portrayed Judge Lawrence Barr in two episodes of <i><a href="/wiki/Monk_(TV_series)" title="Monk (TV series)">Monk</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and played himself on an episode of Showtime's <i><a href="/wiki/Homeland_(TV_series)" title="Homeland (TV series)">Homeland</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Controversies">Controversies</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lawrence_O%27Donnell&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Controversies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lawrence_O%27Donnell.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Lawrence_O%27Donnell.jpg/220px-Lawrence_O%27Donnell.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="313" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Lawrence_O%27Donnell.jpg/330px-Lawrence_O%27Donnell.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Lawrence_O%27Donnell.jpg/440px-Lawrence_O%27Donnell.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1079" data-file-height="1533" /></a><figcaption>O'Donnell at the 2009 premiere of <i><a href="/wiki/PoliWood" title="PoliWood">PoliWood</a></i></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Comments_about_religion_and_slavery">Comments about religion and slavery</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lawrence_O%27Donnell&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Comments about religion and slavery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2007, O'Donnell criticized <a href="/wiki/Mitt_Romney" title="Mitt Romney">Mitt Romney</a>'s speech on religion, stating: "Romney comes from a religion that was founded by a criminal who was anti-American, pro-slavery, and a rapist."<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the April 3, 2012, broadcast of <i>The Last Word</i>, O'Donnell made comments regarding <a href="/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints</a> (LDS Church), saying it was an "invented religion," which was "created by a guy in upstate New York in 1830 when he got caught having sex with the maid and explained to his wife that God told him to do it."<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the April 11, 2012, broadcast of <i>The Last Word</i>, O'Donnell apologized for the April<span class="nowrap"> </span>3 comments, stating that they had offended many, including some of the show's most supportive fans.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In late 2010, O’Donnell showed a taped October 2010 interview with <a href="/wiki/Republican_National_Committee" title="Republican National Committee">RNC</a> Chairman <a href="/wiki/Michael_Steele" title="Michael Steele">Michael Steele</a>. In O'Donnell’s introduction to the taped interview, he said, "Michael Steele is dancing as fast as he can, trying to charm independent voters and Tea Partiers while never losing sight of his real master and paycheck provider, the Republican National Committee." After these remarks drew criticism from Steele and talk-radio host <a href="/wiki/Larry_Elder" title="Larry Elder">Larry Elder</a>, who both characterized them as racially insensitive, O'Donnell apologized for them.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Controversial_interviews_and_stories">Controversial interviews and stories</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lawrence_O%27Donnell&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Controversial interviews and stories"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>O'Donnell also drew criticism for an October 2010 interview with Congressman <a href="/wiki/Ron_Paul" title="Ron Paul">Ron Paul</a>, when Paul accused him of breaking an agreement not to ask him about other political candidates.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> O'Donnell said he had not been part of any agreement, but an <a href="/wiki/MSNBC" title="MSNBC">MSNBC</a> spokeswoman stated, "We told Representative Paul's office that the focus would be on the tea party movement, not on specific candidates."<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During an October 2011 interview, O'Donnell accused <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)_presidential_primaries,_2012" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican Party (United States) presidential primaries, 2012">Republican primary</a> candidate <a href="/wiki/Herman_Cain" title="Herman Cain">Herman Cain</a> of not participating in protests during the 1960s <a href="/wiki/Civil_rights_movement" title="Civil rights movement">civil rights movement</a> and of avoiding the draft during the Vietnam War. <a href="/wiki/The_Atlantic" title="The Atlantic">The Atlantic's</a> <a href="/wiki/Conor_Friedersdorf" title="Conor Friedersdorf">Conor Friedersdorf</a> called O’Donnell’s questions during the interview "offensive," adding, "In this interview, O'Donnell goes to absurd lengths to use <a href="/wiki/Patriotism" title="Patriotism">patriotism</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jingoism" title="Jingoism">jingoism</a> as cudgels to attack his conservative guest, almost as if he is doing a Stephen Colbert-style parody of the tactics he imagines a right-wing blowhard might employ. Does he realize he's becoming what he claims to abhor?"<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> O'Donnell's interview with Cain was later defended by <a href="/wiki/Reverend_Al_Sharpton" class="mw-redirect" title="Reverend Al Sharpton">Reverend Al Sharpton</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On August 27, 2019, O'Donnell reported that <a href="/wiki/Deutsche_Bank" title="Deutsche Bank">Deutsche Bank</a> documents showed <a href="/wiki/Russian_oligarchs" title="Russian oligarchs">Russian oligarchs</a> had cosigned loan applications for Trump. O'Donnell based this report on a single source that he did not identify, although he used the qualifier "if true," and acknowledged that it had not been verified by NBC News.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The next day, O'Donnell retracted the report, referring to his reporting of it as an "error in judgment."<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_views">Political views</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lawrence_O%27Donnell&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Political views"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In a 2005 interview, O'Donnell called himself a "practical <a href="/wiki/Social_democracy" title="Social democracy">European socialist</a>."<sup id="cite_ref-Steigerwald_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Steigerwald-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> O'Donnell also declared himself a "socialist" on the November 6, 2010, <i>Morning Joe</i> show, stating: "I am not a progressive. I am not a liberal who is so afraid of the word that I had to change my name to 'progressive'. Liberals amuse me. I am a socialist. I live to the extreme left, the extreme left of you mere liberals."<sup id="cite_ref-Huffington_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Huffington-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On the August 1, 2011, episode of <i>The Last Word</i>, O'Donnell further explained: "I have been calling myself a socialist ever since I first read the definition of socialism in the first economics class I took in college".<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Philanthropy">Philanthropy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lawrence_O%27Donnell&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Philanthropy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2010, O'Donnell made a trip to <a href="/wiki/Malawi" title="Malawi">Malawi</a> with the intent of providing schoolroom desks for female children, who had never seen desks.<sup id="cite_ref-unicef_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-unicef-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> MSNBC and <a href="/wiki/UNICEF" title="UNICEF">UNICEF</a> partnered to create the K.I.N.D. Fund—Kids in Need of Desks—with a mission to deliver desks to Malawian schools.<sup id="cite_ref-unicef_39-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-unicef-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of 2023, the K.I.N.D. Fund had raised $40 million for desks and scholarships to support the education of Malawian schoolgirls.<sup id="cite_ref-unicef_39-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-unicef-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since its inception, the K.I.N.D. Fund has supplied 330,000 desks for 1.1 million students and scholarships for 27,600 girls.<sup id="cite_ref-unicef_39-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-unicef-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lawrence_O%27Donnell&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On February 14, 1994, Lawrence O'Donnell married <a href="/wiki/Kathryn_Harrold" title="Kathryn Harrold">Kathryn Harrold</a>. The couple has one child, Elizabeth Buckley Harrold O'Donnell.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> O'Donnell and Harrold divorced in 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In April 2014, he and his brother Michael were injured in a traffic accident while vacationing in the <a href="/wiki/British_Virgin_Islands" title="British Virgin Islands">British Virgin Islands</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-HuffPo0414_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HuffPo0414-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> O'Donnell returned to his MSNBC show <i>The Last Word</i> in June after two months of recuperation.<sup id="cite_ref-HuffPo0414_43-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HuffPo0414-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He was awarded the <a href="/wiki/Honorary_degree" title="Honorary degree">honorary degree</a> of <a href="/wiki/Doctor_of_Humane_Letters" title="Doctor of Humane Letters">Doctor of Humane Letters</a> (DHL) by <a href="/wiki/Suffolk_University" title="Suffolk University">Suffolk University</a> in 2001.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Filmography">Filmography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lawrence_O%27Donnell&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Filmography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Film">Film</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lawrence_O%27Donnell&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Film"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Title </th> <th>Role </th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>2006 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/An_Unreasonable_Man" title="An Unreasonable Man">An Unreasonable Man</a></i> </td> <td rowspan="7">Himself </td> <td>Documentary </td></tr> <tr> <td>2008 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Swing_Vote_(2008_film)" title="Swing Vote (2008 film)"><i>Swing Vote</i></a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2012 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Campaign_(film)" title="The Campaign (film)"><i>The Campaign</i></a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2012 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Game_Change_(film)" title="Game Change (film)"><i>Game Change</i></a> </td> <td>Uncredited </td></tr> <tr> <td>2013 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Olympus_Has_Fallen" title="Olympus Has Fallen">Olympus Has Fallen</a></i> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2016 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/London_Has_Fallen" title="London Has Fallen">London Has Fallen</a></i> </td> <td>Uncredited </td></tr> <tr> <td>2018 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Up_to_Snuff" title="Up to Snuff">Up to Snuff</a></i> </td> <td>Documentary </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Television_2">Television</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lawrence_O%27Donnell&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Television"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Title </th> <th>Role </th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>2001 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_West_Wing" title="The West Wing">The West Wing</a></i> </td> <td>Dr. Bartlet </td> <td>Episode: "<a href="/wiki/Two_Cathedrals" title="Two Cathedrals">Two Cathedrals</a>"; also wrote 16 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td>2003 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Practice" title="The Practice">The Practice</a></i> </td> <td>Judge Franklin Brown </td> <td>Episode: "Goodbye" </td></tr> <tr> <td>2003 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Lyon%27s_Den" title="The Lyon's Den">The Lyon's Den</a></i> </td> <td>Judge Calloway </td> <td>Episode: "Privileged" </td></tr> <tr> <td>2005 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Mrs._Harris" title="Mrs. Harris">Mrs. Harris</a></i> </td> <td>Judge Leggett </td> <td>Television film </td></tr> <tr> <td>2006, 2008 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Monk_(TV_series)" title="Monk (TV series)"><i>Monk</i></a> </td> <td>Judge Lawrence Barr </td> <td>2 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td>2006–2011 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Big_Love" title="Big Love">Big Love</a></i> </td> <td>Lee Hatcher </td> <td>11 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td>2011 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Homeland_(TV_series)" title="Homeland (TV series)"><i>Homeland</i></a> </td> <td>Himself </td> <td>Episode: "Clean Skin" </td></tr> <tr> <td>2012 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Damages_(TV_series)" title="Damages (TV series)"><i>Damages</i></a> </td> <td>The Last Word Host </td> <td>Episode: "I Love You, Mommy" </td></tr> <tr> <td>2012 </td> <td><i>Chasing the Hill</i> </td> <td>Gov. Jack Ross </td> <td>Episode: "The Enchanted Life of Samantha Clemons" </td></tr> <tr> <td>2013 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Franklin_%26_Bash" title="Franklin & Bash">Franklin & Bash</a></i> </td> <td>Judge Paul W. Redford </td> <td>Episode: "Gone in a Flash" </td></tr> <tr> <td>2013 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/True_Blood" title="True Blood">True Blood</a></i> </td> <td rowspan="10">Himself </td> <td>Episode: "Radioactive" </td></tr> <tr> <td>2013 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Neighbors_(2012_TV_series)" title="The Neighbors (2012 TV series)"><i>The Neighbors</i></a> </td> <td>Episode: "Close Encounters of the Bird Kind" </td></tr> <tr> <td>2015 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Jim_Gaffigan_Show" title="The Jim Gaffigan Show">The Jim Gaffigan Show</a></i> </td> <td>Episode: "The Bible Story" </td></tr> <tr> <td>2017 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Curb_Your_Enthusiasm" title="Curb Your Enthusiasm">Curb Your Enthusiasm</a></i> </td> <td>Episode: "Foisted!" </td></tr> <tr> <td>2018 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/I_Love_You,_America_with_Sarah_Silverman" title="I Love You, America with Sarah Silverman">I Love You, America with Sarah Silverman</a></i> </td> <td>Episode: "Steve Schmidt" </td></tr> <tr> <td>2018 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Circus:_Inside_the_Greatest_Political_Show_on_Earth" title="The Circus: Inside the Greatest Political Show on Earth">The Circus: Inside the Greatest Political Show on Earth</a></i> </td> <td>Episode: "War and Peace" </td></tr> <tr> <td>2018 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/House_of_Cards_(American_TV_series)" title="House of Cards (American TV series)"><i>House of Cards</i></a> </td> <td>Episode: "Chapter 70" </td></tr> <tr> <td>2018 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Murphy_Brown" title="Murphy Brown">Murphy Brown</a></i> </td> <td>Episode: "Happy New Year" </td></tr> <tr> <td>2019 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons" title="The Simpsons">The Simpsons</a></i> </td> <td>Episode: "Mad About the Toy" </td></tr> <tr> <td>2023 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Other_Two" title="The Other Two">The Other Two</a></i> </td> <td>Episode: "Brooke & Cary & Curtis & Lance" </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lawrence_O%27Donnell&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/New_Yorkers_in_journalism" title="New Yorkers in journalism">New Yorkers in journalism</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lawrence_O%27Donnell&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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.cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/lawrence_odonnell">"Lawrence O'Donnell"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Rotten_Tomatoes" title="Rotten Tomatoes">Rotten Tomatoes</a></i>. <a href="/wiki/Fandango_Media" title="Fandango Media">Fandango Media</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">September 13,</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Rotten+Tomatoes&rft.atitle=Lawrence+O%27Donnell&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rottentomatoes.com%2Fcelebrity%2Flawrence_odonnell&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALawrence+O%27Donnell" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://money.cnn.com/2017/06/01/media/lawrence-odonnell-msnbc/index.html">"Lawrence O'Donnell is staying on MSNBC"</a>. <a href="/wiki/CNN" title="CNN">CNN</a>. June 1, 2017<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">June 14,</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Lawrence+O%27Donnell+is+staying+on+MSNBC&rft.pub=CNN&rft.date=2017-06-01&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fmoney.cnn.com%2F2017%2F06%2F01%2Fmedia%2Flawrence-odonnell-msnbc%2Findex.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALawrence+O%27Donnell" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Steigerwald-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Steigerwald_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Steigerwald_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSteigerwald2005" class="citation web cs1">Steigerwald, Bill (November 11, 2005). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://caglecartoons.com/column.asp?columnID=%7B3C798B88-CC34-4D12-865C-B7E91A29F0CE%7D">"A liberal who loves markets: 'The West Wing's' Lawrence O'Donnell"</a>. <i>Newsmaker Interviews</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">September 20,</span> 2006</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Newsmaker+Interviews&rft.atitle=A+liberal+who+loves+markets%3A+%27The+West+Wing%27s%27+Lawrence+O%27Donnell&rft.date=2005-11-11&rft.aulast=Steigerwald&rft.aufirst=Bill&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fcaglecartoons.com%2Fcolumn.asp%3FcolumnID%3D%257B3C798B88-CC34-4D12-865C-B7E91A29F0CE%257D&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALawrence+O%27Donnell" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.c-span.org/video/?437111-1/playing-fire">"<i>Playing with Fire</i>"</a>. <i>C-SPAN.org</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=C-SPAN.org&rft.atitle=Playing+with+Fire&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.c-span.org%2Fvideo%2F%3F437111-1%2Fplaying-fire&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALawrence+O%27Donnell" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Unelected_1994-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Unelected_1994_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Unelected_1994_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Unelected_1994_5-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>The Almanac of the Unelected: Staff of the U.S. Congress: 1994</i>. Edited by <a href="/wiki/Jeffrey_Trammell" title="Jeffrey Trammell">Jeffrey B. Trammell</a> and Steve Piacente, 695. Washington, D.C.: Almanac Publishing, 1994. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-9626134-5-2" title="Special:BookSources/0-9626134-5-2">0-9626134-5-2</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Wright, Jeanne. "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-08-12-ls-26482-story.html">The Sharp Shooter</a>" (Aug 12, 1994). <i><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Times" title="Los Angeles Times">Los Angeles Times</a></i>. Retrieved September 14, 2010.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Lawrence O'Donnell Jr. <i>Deadly Force: The Wrongful Death of James Bouden Jr.: A True Story of How a Badge Can Become a License To Kill</i>. 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