Jerry O'Connell

Jerry O'Connell

actor, producer, director

Jerry O'Connell was born on Feb 17, 1974 in USA. Jerry O'Connell's big-screen debut came with Stand by Me directed by Rob Reiner in 1986, strarring Vern Tessio. Jerry O'Connell is known for Justice League Dark: Apokolips War directed by Matt Peters, Roger Cross stars as John Stewart and Rosario Dawson as Wonder Woman. Jerry O'Connell has got 1 awards and 4 nominations so far. The most recent award Jerry O'Connell achieved is Young Artist Awards. The upcoming new movie Jerry O'Connell plays is Summer Gold which will be released on Jul 07, 2023.

Jerry O'Connell was born in New York City, to Linda (Witkowski), an art teacher, and Michael O'Connell, a British-born advertising agency art director. He spent his early years in Manhattan, with his parents and younger brother, Charlie O'Connell, who is also an actor. He is of one half Irish, one quarter Italian, and one quarter Polish, descent. Jerry began his acting career at a very young age. He did commercial work and TV work before getting the role of "Vern Tessio" in the popular film Stand by Me : Compte sur moi (1986) opposite River Phoenix and Corey Feldman. After that, he worked on several TV-Movies and TV-series and had a starring role in Superkid (1988). From 1991 to 1994, Jerry attended New York University where he majored in film, but he didn't graduate.In 1993, he starred in the film Calendar Girl (1993) opposite Jason Priestley. In 1995, he starred in the TV-movie western The Ranger, the Cook and a Hole in the Sky (1995) and, in 1996, he landed the role of "Frank Cushman" in the successful film Jerry Maguire (1996) opposite Tom Cruise. Over the next few years, he starred in Scream 2 (1997), had a small uncredited role in Big Party (1998), as well as appearing in several TV-movies and having starring roles in the TV-series Sliders, les mondes parallèles (1995) and the film Sexe attitudes (1999) opposite Sean Patrick Flanery and Tara Reid.In 2000, he appeared in the Brian De Palma film Mission to Mars (2000) with Gary Sinise, among others. He has also appeared in movies such as Tomcats (2001), Buying the Cow (2002), Kangourou Jack (2003), Une famille 2 en 1 (2005), Agent de stars (2006) and Room 6 (2006). In 2007, he married actress/model Rebecca Romijn, and they have twin girls.

  • Birthday

    Feb 17, 1974
  • Place of Birth

    Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
  • Also known

    Джерри О’Коннелл, 제리 오코넬

Known For

Awards

1 wins & 4 nominations

Young Artist Awards
1987
Stand by Me (1986)
Winner - Jackie Coogan Award

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