Jerry O'Connell

When an 11-year-old O'Connell made his film debut as a chunky goofball in 1986's Stand by Me, no one — not even the actor himself — imagined that he would one day become a Hollywood heartt...
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BirthPlace
02/16/1974
New York, NY
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Competed on New York University's fencing team.
Sold his first feature script, First Daughter, in 1999 (released in 2004).
Played the "heartbreaker" in Mariah Carey's "Heartbreaker" video.
Suggested using live cockroaches rather than fake rubber ones for a scene in 1996's Joe's Apartment in which his mouth was filled with the critters.
Began taking acting classes at age 6.