O'Connell began his acting career at the immature age. As a tyke, he did commercial function for Duncan Hines cookies. Shortly when at a age of eleven, he landed his 1st feature starring role around Rob Reiner's Stand By Me. As a teen, he starred in the series My Secret Identity, and tended to Manhattan's Professional Children's School.

O'Connell went in to attend New York University (NYU) in 1992 where he majored in film & served when captain of the saber team. When around film school, Jerry exposed screen writing & within time graduated in 1995 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from either NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. When you took the summertime break from either NYU, Jerry starred in the feature Calendar Girl along side Jason Priestley and Gabriel Olds. He as well appeared in the short-ephemeral ABC sitcom, Camp Wilder by using Jay Mohr and Hilary Swank in 1992. Within his Junior month, O'Connell auditioned for 2 TV pilots: Sliders and Party of Five. He was offered a role of Quinn Mallory in the TV series Sliders, which run 3 seasons in Fox and two seasons on the Sci-Fi Channel. He served when producer when you took his 4th & final year, & is credited by owning writing & directing many episodes.

O'Connell hwhen since never to return around to star in such moving picture as System Shots, Mission to Mars, Tom & Kangaroo Jack. O'Connell has likewise tried his h& at screenwriting and sold his number 1 screenplay, for First Daughter, to New Regency in 1999. A film was freed around 2004 by 20th Century Fox-based Davis Entertainment. O'Connell served when executive producer on a film, which was just about the immature united states secret service professional sent to watch the president's college-age girl & asterisked Katie Holmes.

O'Connell presently stars when Detective Woody Hoyt on the NBC crime drama Crossing Jordan (2001), and is engaged to actress/model Rebecca Romjin.

His immature brother Charlie O'Connell, also an alumnus of NYU and who was most recently seen as The Bachelor, has also appeared with Jerry in several projects, and in some other roles, as well, but is not as successful an actor.

Filmography & TV Appearances
Charles in Charge (1984) playing David Landon around episode: "The Organization Man" (episode # Four.Twenty) 1989 The Equalizer (1985) playing "Bobby" within episode: "The Child Broker" (episode # Three.Baker's dozen) 1/20/1988 Stand By Me (1986) - Vern Tessio The Room Upstairs (1987) (TV) - Carl My Secret Identity (1988) (TV Series) - Andrew Clements ''Ollie Hopnoodles' Haven of Blissfulness (1989) (TV) - Ralphie Parker Campy Wilder (1992) (TV Series) - Brody Wilder Calendar Girl (1993) - Scott Foreman Sliders (1995-1999) (TV Series) - Quinn Mallory the Ranger, a Cook & a Hole in the Sky (the.k.the. Hole in the Sky) (1995) (TV) - Mac Blue Flow of any stream (1995) (TV) - Lawrence Sellars Joe's Apartment (1996) - Joe Jerry Maguire (1996) - Frank Cushman What the Deaf Man Heard (1997) (TV) - Reverand Perry Ray Pruitt Scream 2 (1997) - Derek Potty't Hardly Hold off (1998) - Hike McNeelly Tree Weeks (aka Petit sapin va loin) (Canada: French title: TV title)(1998).... NYC Tree Buyer The 60's (1999) (TV mini series) - Brian Herlihy Body Shots (1999) - Michael Penorisi Mission to Mars (2000) - Phil Ohlmyer Tomcats (2001) - Michael Delaney Night Visions (2001) playing Andy within episode: "Rest Stop" (episode # One.Nine) 8/2/2001 Buying the Cow (2002) - David Collins The New Guy (2002) - Highland High Person Twin Crossing Jordan (2002 - ) - Detective Woody Hoyt Romeo Fire (2002) TV series pilot - Ryan Wheeler Kangaroo Jack (2003) - Charlie Carbone

Producer
Sliders (1995) TV Series (producer: 1998-1999) 1st Girl (2004)

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

Writer
Sliders (1999) - "Way out West", Number one Daughter'' (2004) - screenplay

Music Videos
"David Duchovny" - Bree Sharp "Heartbreaker" - Mariah Carey (1999)

Trivia
Jerry O'Connell says that "[t]here was a good six months that I didn't have a bed [at my new apartment]-- I was sleeping on a towel."

In an episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show, designer Nate Berkus redecorated Jerry O'Connell's flat.