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Also known as Jeremiah O'Connell, Jerry O’Connell

American actor

OverviewAI-generated

Jerry O'Connell is an American and British actor, television actor, film actor, and voice actor. Born on February 17, 1974, in Manhattan, he began his work period in 1983. He is a male who speaks English as his native language and has been educated at New York University and the New York University Tisch School of the Arts.

O'Connell is married to Rebecca Romijn and has two children. He has also been an unmarried partner with Sarah Michelle Gellar. In addition to his acting career, he is an author with works including *Basic Fly Fishing for the Reasonably Competent* and *Handbook of Global Securities Operations*. His musical genres are listed as indie pop, nepo baby, pop, singer-songwriter, and vegan.

Synthesized by Vinony from 34 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, TMDb, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works
2

Top works

  • Basic Fly Fishing for the Reasonably Competent
  • Handbook of Global Securities Operations

via Open Library + Wikidata

Film & TV

Acting · New York City, New York, USA

Jerry O'Connell (born February 17, 1974) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Quinn Mallory in the television series Sliders, Andrew Clements in My Secret Identity, Vern Tessio in the film Stand by Me (1986), Joe in Joe's Apartment (1996), Frank Cushman in Jerry Maguire (1996), Derek in Scream 2 (1997), Michael in Tomcats (2001), Charlie Carbone in Kangaroo Jack (2003), and…

Known for

  • Stop! That! Train! — Bickering Husband2026
  • Spilled Milk — The Milkman2025
  • Rob Reiner – Scenes from a Life — Self2025
  • After Midnight — Self2024
  • The Donor Party — Tim2023
  • Summer Gold — Rick Brackett2023
  • Play Dead — The Coroner2022
  • Star Trek: Strange New Worlds — Commander Jack Ransom (voice)2022
  • The Jennifer Hudson Show — Self2022
  • Sherri — Self - Guest2022

via TMDB

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1997-07-30
indie popnepo babypopsinger-songwritervegan

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
107
Total plays
309

<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Jerry+O%27Connell">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Key facts

Born
Michael Jeremiah Witkowski O'Connell , ( 1974-02-17 ) February 17, 1974 (age 52) , New York City , U.S.
Alma mater
New York University ( BFA )
Occupations
Actor TV show host
Years active
1983–present
Height
6 ft 2.25 in (189 cm)
Spouse
Rebecca Romijn ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2007 ) ​
Relatives
Charles Witkowski (grandfather) Charlie O'Connell (brother)

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

Michael Jeremiah Witkowski O’Connell (born February 17, 1974) is a British-American actor and TV show host. He is known for his roles as Quinn Mallory in the television series Sliders, Andrew Clements in My Secret Identity, Vern Tessio in the film Stand by Me (1986), Joe in Joe's Apartment (1996), Frank Cushman in Jerry Maguire (1996), Derek in Scream 2 (1997), Michael in Tomcats (2001), Charlie Carbone in Kangaroo Jack (2003), and Detective Woody Hoyt on the NBC drama Crossing Jordan. He starred as Pete Kaczmarek in the single 2010–2011 season of The Defenders. He also had a starring role in the comedy horror film Piranha 3D (2010). O'Connell voiced Commander Jack Ransom on the animated series Star Trek: Lower Decks and hosted a version of Pictionary syndicated on Fox stations.

Early life

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