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Gender: Male

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Movie Involvements: 3

TV Involvements: 7


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Biography

Ryan O'Connell is an American writer, actor, director, comedian, LGBTQ activist, and disability advocate. He is known for his 2015 memoir, I'm Special: And Other Lies We Tell Ourselves, about his life as a gay man with cerebral palsy, which he adapted into television series Special for Netflix.

Most Famous Work

Awkward.
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7

Awkward.

(2011) Story
Queer as Folk
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7

Queer as Folk

(2022) Writer
Special
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7

Special

(2019) Creator
Just by Looking at Him
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Just by Looking at Him

(2025) Screenplay

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Production

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2022 Executive Producer
2019 Executive Producer
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Writing

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2019 Creator
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Directing

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Director
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