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Jerry O'Connell

Jerry O'Connell

8 films · 721 frames · top-billed in 4 · 19862020

Born 17 February 1974 · New York City, New York, USA

Jerry O'Connell is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Quinn Mallory in the television series Sliders, Andrew Clements in My Secret Identity, Vern Tessio in the film Stand by Me (1986), Joe in Joe's Apartment (1996), Frank Cushman in Jerry Maguire (1996), Derek in Scream 2 (1997), Michael in Tomcats (2001), Charlie Carbone in Kangaroo Jack (2003), and Detective Woody Hoyt on the drama Crossing Jordan. He starred as Pete Kaczmarek in the single 2010–2011 season of The Defenders. He also had a starring role in the comedy horror film Piranha 3D (2010). Currently, he voices Commander Jack Ransom on the animated series Star Trek: Lower Decks, is co-host of The Talk, and hosts a version of Pictionary syndicated on Fox stations.

How their films are shot

Measured across 721 frames from the 8 films we hold. This is the look of the work Jerry takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 8 films we hold, 58% of their frames are night, 48% low key — the look of the work Jerry takes.

Time of day

Night58%
Day31%
Interior8%

Lighting

Low key48%
Natural42%
High key9%

Shot size

Medium53%
Closeup20%
Wide16%
Fullbody7%

Camera angle

Eye level75%
Low angle12%
High angle10%

Mood

Neutral41%
Tense27%
Ominous14%
Mysterious9%

Films in the library

Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.

Often with

Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.

A reference database for filmmakers

FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 721 frames from Jerry O'Connell's 8 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.