Person

Ryan O'Connell

Acting · Born 1986-09-02

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.

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  Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

  Self - Guest

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  The View

  Self - Guest

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  A Little Late with Lilly Singh

  Self

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  Awkward.

  Story

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  Will & Grace

  Executive Story Editor

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  The Baby-Sitters Club

  Supervising Producer

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  Queer as Folk

  Julian

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  Special

  Ryan Hayes

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  RuPaul

  Self

• I Am Not Your Mother

  Writer

• 2022Queer as FolkJulian
• 2021The Normal Heart
• 2020The Baby-Sitters ClubSupervising Producer
• 2019A Little Late with Lilly SinghSelf
• 2019RuPaulSelf
• 2019SpecialRyan Hayes
• 2017Will & GraceExecutive Story Editor
• 2011Awkward.Story
• 2009Watch What Happens Live with Andy CohenSelf - Guest
• 1997The ViewSelf - Guest
• —I Am Not Your MotherWriter