Jerry O'Connell - Overview

Date of Birth: Feb 17, 1974

Place of Birth: New York, New York

Nationality: American

My Scene Tool Box	Login \| Register


Rate this Celebrity:					Track-It

Full Biography

A veteran of over ten years of professional experience in New York theater and commercials, O'Connell made an auspicious feature film debut at age 11 playing the chubby, winsome Vern Tessio of Rob Reiner's "Stand By Me" (1986). While he held his own against such future feature heavyweights as River Phoenix and Kiefer Sutherland, O'Connell found much of his subsequent employment in TV.

After several TV-movies, including a lively adaptation of humorist Jean Shepherd's twisted nostalgic story "Ollie Hopnoodle's Haven of Bliss" (Disney Channel/PBS, 1988), O'Connell landed the lead in the fantasy series, "My Secret Identity" (syndicated, 1988-91). His Andrew Clements was an ordinary teen bestowed with super powers, including the ability to fly, after a run-in with a photon beam. This marked the beginning of O'Connell's regular employment as a TV juvenile lead. After starring in the short-lived "Camp Wilder" (ABC, 1992), O'Connell co-starred with Jason Priestly in the feature "Calendar Girl" (1993), as Scott 'The Dood' Foreman, an eighteen-year-old with a wooden ... Read More

Filmography (19)

Piranha 3-D (2010)

Obsessed (2009)

Lies & Alibis (2006)

Room 6 (2006)

Yours, Mine & Ours (2005)

First Daughter (2004)

Photos (1)