Lawrence started his professional career as a writer and published the book, Deadly Force, the story later transform into a movie, A case of Deadly Force. Later, he started to serve as a legislative aide to Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, after working for some years he was promoted to senior advisor.
He also worked as staff director of the United States Senate Committee on Environment and Public works as well as staff director of the United States Senate Committee on Finance.
Moreover, O'Donnell also became a regular contributor to the program, Morning Joe along with Joe Scarborough. He also appeared frequently as a substitute host of Countdown with Keith Olbermann and The last word with Lawrence O'Donnell on MSNBC Network.
Furthermore, Lawrence worked as an editor of the television drama, The West Wing where he wrote numerous episodes. He won Emmy Award for the Outstanding Drama Series for The West Wing. He also played Lee Hatcher's character in the HBO series, Big Love, and played President Josiah Bartlet's father in a flashback sequence in Two Cathedrals.
Moving towards his personal life, Lawrence O'Donnell married to television actress, Kathryn Harrold. They have a daughter, Elizabeth Buckley Harrold O'Donnell. They got divorced after 19 years of the marital relationship. He is currently dating Tamron Hall and rumored of getting married soon.
Lawrence O'Donnell earns a handsome amount of money from his journalism career with a big chunk of annual salary. O’Donnell's current estimated Net worth is around $16 Million.
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