Comedian Ryan O’Connell has worked on TV shows like “Awkward” and “Will & Grace," but in 2019, he took his career to new heights with the Netflix series “Special,” which he created ...

Ryan O'Connell's new novel, "Just by Looking at Him," is about a witty TV writer with cerebral palsy who's trying to find himself. The actor and writer joined "CBS Mornings” to discuss why ...

Special creator and actor Ryan O'Connell revealed he's a year sober and opened up about the way he struggled with alcohol.

Netflix’s Special is a first for the streaming service, in terms of both its runtime and its star. The new comedy consists of eight 15-minute episodes inspired by the life of creator and lead ...

Award-winning actor, writer and producer Ryan O'Connell is definitely not shy when it comes to portraying authentic disabled experiences on the TV screen. His show, "Special," has tackled dating ...

Actor/writer Ryan O’Connell, who has cerebral palsy, wants to change the way we talk about disabilities — and he’s hoping to do that with “Special,” his new Netflix sitcom premiering Friday.

Ryan O’Connell: ‘I had a fear being gay was going to be really, ... And it’s also a huge deal because Julian, like the actor who plays him, was born with cerebral palsy (CP).

Ryan O’Connell, the creator of Netflix’s short-form sitcom “Special,” had never acted before and had no intention of being the star of his series. But a limited budget put him front and ...

Award-winning writer/actor/producer Ryan O’Connell will be attending this year’s Black Tie Dinner as recipient of BTD’s 2022 Visibility Award, Black Tie officials announced this week.

O’Connell had considered Parsons, 46, a role model for years because of his work on the CBS hit, struck by the fact that an openly gay actor was playing a straight character on TV’s most ...

Ryan O’Connell is set to release a new book. The Emmy-nominated and Writers Guild Award-winning writer, actor, and producer’s debut collection of essays was acquired by St. Martin’s Press ...

Here, O'Connell talks about his honest approach to gay sex (and why he thinks most gay sex on TV is "dire"), deciding to incorporate a storyline on the, uh, shitty part of butt play and how it's ...