Steven O'Donnell III (born 5 December 1980), better known by his gamer tag and often stage name "Bajo", is a New Zealand-Australian television presenter, actor, and author. He is best known as one of the presenters of the

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video game programme '' Good Game'' from 2007 until its cancellation in 2016; he co-hosted '' Good Game: Spawn Point'' until November 2017, and currently streams on

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. O'Donnell was born in New Zealand and grew up on the outskirts of

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Career

Independent film

O'Donnell completed his first lead role in an independent feature called ''Scratched'' (DigiSPAA film festival 2005) at the age of 20. He has since appeared in over 40 short films. After moving to Sydney in 2003, O'Donnell was cast in lead roles for the independent films ''Wango and Malloy'' and ''Suburban Boys''. In 2003, O'Donnell played a minor role as a lifeguard in the film ''

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''. In 2005, O'Donnell worked on the feature ''Almost'' with

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and

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. In 2006, O'Donnell worked on the feature '' Schooner of Blood''.

Television

O'Donnell hosted a live interactive quiz show on the

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called ''

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'' in 2006. O'Donnell joined the

show '' Good Game'' in 2007, co-hosting alongside Jeremy "Junglist" Ray until 2009, and Stephanie "Hex" Bendixsen from 2009 to the show's cancellation in 2016. He also co-hosted the show '' Good Game: Spawn Point'', alongside Gus "Goose" Ronald and Angharad "Rad" Yeo; which he hosted alongside Bendixsen until her departure in 2016. For these shows, he goes by the

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"Bajo". O'Donnell resigned from the ABC in October 2017, and departed ''Spawn Point'' in December. In 2017, O'Donnell created and appeared in a

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children's television show called ''Trip For Biscuits''.

Other

In 2016, O'Donnell co-wrote two children's books with Bendixsen called ''Dig World'' and ''Dragon Land''. He began part-time streaming of video games on

in March 2017, and became full-time following his resignation from the ABC in December 2017.

Credits

Film

Television

Bibliography

References

External links

Official web site
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* ttp://www.abc.net.au/abc3/articles/s2754878.htm About Steven "Bajo" O'Donnell on ABC3*
''Good Game'' official website

O'Donnell's official Instagram

Stream on Twitch.tv
{{DEFAULTSORT:Odonnell, Steven 1980 births Living people Australian male film actors Australian television presenters New Zealand emigrants to Australia Twitch (service) streamers Video game critics Australian writers

Career

Independent film

Television

Other

Credits

Film

Television

Bibliography

References

Further reading

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