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Jerry O'Connell
Jerry O'Connell, 2008
Born	Jeremiah O'Connell (1974-02-17) February 17, 1974 (age 38) New York City, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Actor, screenwriter, producer, director
Years active	1986–present
Spouse	Rebecca Romijn (m. 2007–present; 2 children)

Jeremiah "Jerry" O'Connell (born February 17, 1974) is an American actor, best known for his roles in the TV series Sliders, Andrew Clements in My Secret Identity, Vern Tessio in the film Stand by Me, Charlie Carbone in Kangaroo Jack, and Detective Woody Hoyt on the drama Crossing Jordan. He starred as Pete Kaczmarek in the CBS TV series The Defenders until its cancellation in 2011. He also had a starring role in the horror films Scream 2 and Piranha 3D.

Early life and Education[link]

O'Connell was born in New York City, the son of Linda (née Witkowski), a Polish art teacher, and Michael O'Connell, an advertising agency art director.^[1] His maternal grandfather, Charles S. Witkowski, was the mayor of Jersey City, New Jersey.

O'Connell is of Irish descent on his father's side and Polish ancestry on his mother's.^[2] O'Connell was raised in Manhattan with his younger brother, Charlie O'Connell, also an actor. As a teenager, he attended Manhattan's Professional Children's School.

He attended New York University (NYU) from 1991 to 1994,^[3] majoring in film. While there, he studied screen writing and competed on the NYU fencing team, serving a stint as captain of the sabre squad.

Career[link]

O'Connell began his acting career at a young age. As a child, he did commercial work for Duncan Hines cookies. Shortly after at the age of eleven, he landed his first feature film role as the character Vern Tessio in Rob Reiner's Stand by Me.

O'Connell starred in the Canadian science fiction sitcom My Secret Identity from 1988 to 1991 as the teen hero who develops superhuman traits. During a summer break from NYU, Jerry starred in the feature film Calendar Girl alongside Jason Priestley and Gabriel Olds. He also appeared in the short-lived ABC sitcom, Camp Wilder with Jay Mohr and Hilary Swank in 1992. In his Junior year, O'Connell auditioned for the TV pilot Sliders (also filmed in Canada). He was offered the role of Quinn Mallory in the series, which ran for three seasons on Fox and two seasons on the Sci-Fi Channel. He served as producer during his fourth and final season, and is credited with writing and directing several episodes.

O'Connell has since gone on to star in such movies as Jerry Maguire, Body Shots, Mission to Mars, Tomcats, Scream 2, and Kangaroo Jack. O'Connell has also tried his hand at screenwriting and sold his first screenplay, for First Daughter, to New Regency in 1999. The film was released in 2004 by 20th Century Fox-based Davis Entertainment. O'Connell served as executive producer on the film, which starred Katie Holmes and Michael Keaton.

O'Connell starred as Detective Woody Hoyt on the NBC crime drama Crossing Jordan (2001) until its cancellation in May 2007, and was engaged to actress Rebecca Romijn. He starred opposite her in the Ugly Betty episode "Derailed". O'Connell has also starred as Hoyt in several episodes of Las Vegas. In 2004, he wore a diaper on Last Call with Carson Daly, during a mock commercial skit for the GoodNites bedwetting product.^[4] The National Enquirer caught him filming the skit and printed a photo of him in his diaper.^[5][6]

In 2005, O'Connell guest-starred in one episode of the animated series Justice League Unlimited. In the episode, titled "Clash", he played Captain Marvel. He reprised the role of Captain Marvel in the "DC Universe Animated Original Movies" short film, Superman/Shazam!: The Return of Black Adam along side George Newbern who reprised the role of Superman, having done the voice for the animated series.

His younger brother Charlie O'Connell, an alumnus of NYU who was most recently seen as The Bachelor, is also an actor who has appeared with Jerry in several productions, usually playing the brother of Jerry's character, such as in Sliders and Crossing Jordan.

In 2007–08 Jerry O'Connell starred in ABC's Carpoolers, which ran from October 2, 2007 to March 4, 2008.

In early 2008, O'Connell acted in a widely circulated Internet video parody of the leaked Tom Cruise video on Scientology.^[7] He also co-wrote and appeared in a video parody called "Young Hillary Clinton," satirizing Hillary Clinton's 2008 primary campaign.^[8] On February 2, 2008, O'Connell hosted VH1's Pepsi Smash Super Bowl Bash, which aired the night before Super Bowl XLII and featured musical guests Maroon 5 and Mary J. Blige.^[9][10] On April 28, 2008, O'Connell appeared as a guest star on ABC's Samantha Who?.

In the fall of 2008 O'Connell starred in Fox's Do Not Disturb, co-starring Niecy Nash, but Fox cancelled the show after only three episodes.^[11][12]

Most recently, he appeared in the 2009 thriller film Obsessed as "Ben", the best friend and co-worker of the film's protagonist Derek Charles (Idris Elba).

Jerry appeared in Eastwick on ABC, alongside his wife who starred in the series. Jerry played a good man hiding a horrible secret. His character was a single father, a widower, with a young son who is a part of this secret. Kat was drawn to him, and she was put in danger as a result.^[13]

O'Connell portrayed Derrick Jones in Alexandre Aja's Piranha 3D,^[14] which also stars Adam Scott and Elizabeth Shue.^[15]

O'Connell co-starred with David Tennant in the pilot for legal drama Rex Is Not Your Lawyer^[16] which NBC has placed under consideration for the fall season, though earlier reports suggested a spring 2010 airing.^[17] In 2010, O'Connell starred with Jim Belushi in the CBS comedy-drama "The Defenders", which CBS cancelled on May 15, 2011 after one season.

O'Connell is currently appearing at the Golden Theatre in the new Broadway play " Seminar", by Theresa Rebeck. The play, directed by Sam Gold, opened on November 20, 2011, starring Alan Rickman, Lily Rabe, Hamish Linklater and Hettienne Park.

Personal life[link]

On July 14, 2007, O'Connell married actress and former model Rebecca Romijn.^[18][19][20]

After weeks of officially stating that the couple were "trying" to get pregnant, a publicist for the pair confirmed that Romijn was pregnant with twin girls. When talking about having children, O'Connell said "I am excited I am having girls. I know guys are supposed to say, 'I want a boy. I want to play baseball,' but I think I'm going to be good raising girls...I can't wait. They're going to be tough chicks. They're only having sex when I'm dead. If they don't date boys at all and just want them to be infatuated with their father, that's what I'm really going for."^[21] O'Connell and Romijn welcomed twins in 2008.^[22]

O'Connell enrolled in Southwestern Law School in Los Angeles in August 2009.^[23]

Filmography[link]

Film[link]

Television[link]

Producer[link]

• Sliders (1995) TV series (producer: 1998–1999)
• First Daughter (2004)

Director[link]

• Sliders (1997) TV series – "Stoker"
• Sliders (1999) TV series – "Slidecage", "Lipschitz Live," "Data World", "Roads Taken"

Writer[link]

• Sliders (1999) – "Way out West",
• First Daughter (2004) – screenplay

Music videos[link]

• "David Duchovny" – Bree Sharp
• "Heartbreaker" – Mariah Carey (1999)

References[link]

External links[link]

• Jerry O'Connell at the Internet Movie Database