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.

Filmography

• Queer as Folk — Julian, Executive Producer, Writer
• 2021The Normal Heart
• The Baby-Sitters Club — Supervising Producer, Writer
• Special — Ryan Hayes, Executive Producer, Book, Writer, Creator
• Will & Grace — Executive Story Editor
• Awkward. — Story, Writer
• I Am Not Your Mother — Writer

Appearances as themselves (4)

• A Little Late with Lilly Singh — Self
• RuPaul — Self
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen — Self - Guest
• The View — Self - Guest