Charlie O'Connell

• Name — Charlie O'Connell • Birth Name — Charles O'Connell • Born — 21 April 1975 • Birthplace — New York City, U.S. • Occupation — * Actor • television personality • Years Active — 1998–present • Relatives — Charles Witkowski (grandfather) Jerry O'Connell (brother)

O'Connell was born in New York City, New York, the son of Linda (née Witkowski), an art teacher, and Michael O'Connell, an advertising agency art director. His maternal grandfather, Charles S. Witkowski, was the mayor of Jersey City, New Jersey O'Connell is of half Irish, one quarter Italian, and one quarter Polish ancestry. O'Connell appeared in small roles in such films as Dude, Where's My Car? and The New Guy, the latter of which also paired him with his brother Jerry. He obtained greater notoriety when he appeared with his brother in Sliders and then on the seventh season of the reality television series The Bachelor between March 2005 and May 2005. In two episodes of Crossing Jordan, entitled "Sunset Division" (season 2) and "Skin and Bone" (season 4), he played the onscreen brother of his brother's character, Detective Woody Hoyt.

• V.I.P. (1998) - Jimmie ("Val Got Game") • Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane (1999) - Johnny Gottlieb ("When Zoe Met Johnny") • Sliders (1996–1999) - Kit Richards / Officer O'Hara / Colin Mallory • Wasteland (1999) - Bartender ("Best Laid Plans") • Without a Trace (2004) - Lawyer ("Hawks and Handsaws") • Crossing Jordan (2003–2005) - Calvin ("Skin and Bone" and "Sunset Division") • The Bachelor (2005) - himself (Season 7) • Love, Inc. (2006) - Eric ("Fired Up") • Bar Karma (2011) - Steve ("Fair Catch") • Femme Fatales (2011) - Jay Roma ("Girls Gone Dead", "Visions, Part 1" and "Visions, Part 2") • Reed Between the Lines (2011) - Corey ("Let's Talk About Scared Money") • The Haunted Hathaways (2014) - Wrong Viking ("Haunted Viking")