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Jerry O'Connell is an actor who began his career at age 11 when he co-starred as Vern Tessio in Stand By Me. Born and raised in New York City, Jerry graduated from New York University with a BFA before returning to feature films. He received critical acclaim for his role as quarterback Frank Cushman in Jerry Maguire. His additional film credits include Scream 2; Can’t Hardly Wait; Mission to Mars; Tomcats; the Jerry Bruckheimer-produced comedy Kangaroo Jack; Yours, Mine and Ours; Man About Town (with Ben Affleck); Obsessed (with Beyonce Knowles); Piranha 3-D; the big screen follow-up to the cult hit television series Veronica Mars; The Lookalike; and Deep Murder. In addition to his film work, O’Connell was recently seen on multiple hit television series, including Scream Queens, Mistresses, The Big Bang Theory, Billions and The Mysteries of Laura. This past summer, Jerry hosted his own daytime talk show Jerry O on Fox. He can currently be seen starring as Harley Carter in the show Carter on WGN.