Aaron O'Connell

Aaron O'Connell is an American actor and model who first built a career in front of the camera through fashion. After signing with Ford Models in 2006 while still in college, he appeared in magazines such as GQ, Vanity Fair and Vogue and represented brands including Ralph Lauren, Hanes and Abercrombie & Fitch. He trained at the Actors Studio in Chicago and then moved to Los Angeles, where commercial work, including a Liquid-Plumr spot, caught the attention of filmmaker Tyler Perry. Perry cast him as Wyatt Cryer in the Oprah Winfrey Network drama The Haves and the Have Nots, making him the first member of the ensemble to be hired. O'Connell later appeared in Hallmark Channel movies, starring as Marc Rehnquist in 12 Gifts of Christmas (2015), taking one of the main roles in A Prince for Christmas (2015), and playing Donovan Goodwin opposite Emilie Ullerup in With Love, Christmas (2017).