With Freevee’s Love Accidentally, actor Aaron O’Connell is ready to bring fans another rom-com.
Born and raised in Dayton, Ohio, he got his big break after starring in Tyler Perry’s The Haves and the Have Nots. He later appeared in a number of holiday films and posed for publications such as GQ and French Vogue.
Let’s examine his filmography and achievements.
Aaron O’Connell: Who is he?
Aaron O’Connell, an American actor and model, is best known for playing Wyatt Cryer in the film The Haves and the Have Nots. He currently resides in Los Angeles, California.
In addition to acting, he holds a private pilot’s license, which he earned in 2013 and upgraded to an instrument rating in 2014. He enjoys flying for the non-profit organization Pilots ‘N Paws, which transports dogs from shelters to their new homes when he’s not busy with chores.
O’Connell has also been featured in ads for brands including Abercrombie & Fitch, Jockey, Eddie Bauer, Hanes, Lucky Jeans, German, French, L’uomo Vogue, Arena Homme and VMan. He’s also a freelance musician, but when it comes to acting he takes inspiration from Paul Newman, Robert Mitchum, Clark Gable and Montgomery Clift.
Aaron O’Connell filmography
Aaron O’Connell began his acting career at the Actors Studio in Chicago before moving permanently to Los Angeles for his career. He has starred in a number of films. The only child of former Cincinnati Bengals player Mark O’Connell and Kathryn Deeble O’Connell, he has three sisters named Amy, Abby and Anna.
He earned a bachelor’s degree in health and fitness from Purdue University’s College of Health and Human Sciences in 2008. He married model Natalie Pack in 2018 and they are now married. The couple is ready to have their first child together.
He is known for his roles on The Haves and the Have Nots, The Tyler Perry Show, Home & Family, The Real, Blending Christmas, My Christmas Love, Lethal Weapon, Black Water, This Is Our Christmas, Runnin’ from my Roots, NCIS and his latest film Love Accidentally.
He has worked on various Christmas films and said the following in an interview with Lifetime’s Blending Christmas:
“I just feel like the holiday season is really an essential part of where family and friends can get together and spend time together with everything that’s happening in the modern day and everything that’s happening throughout the year.”
He went on to say:
“And I think these films are a fantastic opportunity for individuals to do that. Therefore, I would like to take every opportunity to participate in these celebratory films. And yes, fortunately I have already completed some of them.”
Speaking of accidental love
Aaron O’Connell will play Jason in Love Accidentally on Amazon Freeview. On July 15th, the film had its platform debut and a month ago, Prime Video debuted the trailer.
The film, which also stars Brenda Song, is about a contemporary romance that develops between two co-workers after a text message goes awry. Peter Sullivan is directing and Barry Barnholtz and Jeffrey Schenck are executive producers. Denise Richards, Maxwell Caulfield, Brooke Newton and Marc Anthony Samuel also appear in the film.
