Jerry O’Connell Net Worth

Jerry O’Connell's Quotes

• "Playing professional football is something I'll never be able to do. So getting this part was like a dream come true." --on his role in Jerry Maguire (1996).
• I'm the kind of guy who can't keep a plant alive for a week, let alone a relationship.
• What I really love about Rebecca is that she's a character...she's the most entertaining person I've ever met.
• Once in a while, I blow my wife's hair out. I learned from watching some of those reality hairstyling shows like Shear Genius (2007)!

Interesting Facts about Jerry O’Connell

1. Attended New York University. Graduated from in May 1995 with a degree in Film and Television.
2. Older brother of actor/model Charlie O'Connell.
3. Played the "heartbreaker" in Mariah Carey's "Heartbreaker" video. The single went on to become Mariah's 14th #1 hit.
4. Father was an art director and mother was an art teacher.
5. Signed by an agent at age 10 and was discovered gobbling up cookies in a Duncan Hines commercial.
6. During his junior year at NYU film school (for screenwriting), Jerry went to Los Angeles, California, and decided to try out for two TV pilots: Sliders (1995) and a new Fox show called Party of Five (1994). He spent a single day in L.A. and landed the Bailey role in Party of Five (1994), but before he could get back to New York, the studio's first choice for Sliders (1995) backed out. Stuck a day before shooting without a lead, they begged Jerry to fill in. The rest is teen-idol history.
7. He attended the Professional Children's School in New York City. His classmates included Tara Reid, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Macaulay Culkin, and Ben Taylor.
8. While practicing his lines for Stand by Me (1986), was completely impressed that, as an 11-year-old, he was being allowed to swear.
9. Still hates talking about Stand by Me (1986) because he was overweight at the time.
10. Worked with River Phoenix in Stand by Me (1986), and Sean Patrick Flanery in Body Shots (1999). Both Phoenix and Flannery have played the young Indiana Jones.
11. While attending NYU, he was saber captain of the varsity fencing team. He was ranked as high as #17 in the country.
12. Two of the TV shows he has been in, Sliders (1995) and Medical Examiners (2001), both have had episodes named "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?": Sliders: Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? (1998) and Medical Examiners: Oh, Brother Where Art Thou? (2004).
13. While at NYU, he was a Resident Assistant.
14. Announced his engagement to actress Rebecca Romijn (September 2005).
15. Was ranked #70 on vh1's The Greatest: 100 Greatest Kid Stars (2005).
16. Married his girlfriend of 2 1/2 years, Rebecca Romijn, in a surprise backyard ceremony. The couple exchanged vows in front of 100 family and friends that thought that they had been invited to a barbecue.
17. Has 2 daughters: Dolly O'Connell & Charlie O'Connell (b. December 28, 2008) with wife, Rebecca Romijn.
18. Participated in the annual Drambuie Pursuit in Scotland. The Drambuie Pursuit takes place once a year and includes an archery contest on the first day and then a second day that includes kayaking, a castle run, boating, mountain biking, rock-climbing, rafting, cross-country biking, off-road buggy racing and canoing. [April 2008]
19. Father is British and mother is American.
20. Holds dual US and British nationality, stated on OK!TV in the UK on 23 March 2011 'I'm actually British' and produced his British passport to prove it.