Craig O'Connell

Acting

Craig O'Connell

Dr. Craig O'Connell, aka TheSharkDoctor, is a marine biologist, expert in sharks, host of Discovery Channel's Shark Week, as well as a licensed boat captain and co-founder for O'Seas Conservation Foundation (OCF), along with his wife, Dr. Nicole O'Connell.

Acting credits

Makozilla poster
NR

Experts search for a big mako terrorizing the shores of Southern California to determine if it could be the spawn of a legendary shark, The Beast.

Makozilla

Sharks of the Dead Zone poster
10.0

Dr. Tiara Moore has discovered bull sharks thriving in polluted, algae-filled lagoons. Teaming up with Dr. Craig O'Connell, they study why pregnant females still migrate there and how their pups survive in a seemingly hostile environment.

Sharks of the Dead Zone

2024

Jackass Shark Week poster
5.3

Johnny Knoxville sends Steve-O, Chris Pontius, and new Jackass cast members on a Shark Week mission for the ages. They'll dial up a series of shark stunts that test their bravery and threshold of pain as they put common shark myths to the test.

Jackass Shark Week

2021

Return to Shark Island poster
NR

Shark scientist Dr. Craig O'Connell, and Réunion's CRA Shark Protection Program, investigates the ongoing shark crisis that is threatening this former island paradise.

Return to Shark Island

2019

Thresher Shark: Stun to Kill poster
NR

Dr. Craig O'Connell and Aliah Banchik deploy state-of-the-art tech as they try to capture the thresher's deadly tail whip on film in the Philippines.

Thresher Shark: Stun to Kill

2026

Impractical Jokers: Shark Week Spectacular poster
8.3

The Impractical Jokers are the kings of hijinx and fearlessness in the face of public humiliation, but see what happens when they set out to dispel the myth that sharks are maneating beasts the only way they know how -- with extreme challenges and dares.

Impractical Jokers: Shark Week Spectacular

2022

Jungle Shark poster
NR

Investigating why young bull sharks travel up the Serena River and how they avoid predation.

Jungle Shark

2016

Tyson vs. Jaws: Rumble on the Reef poster
6.0

Legendary boxer Mike Tyson goes head to head underwater with the most unlikely training partner: a massive shark. He tries to score a TKO, all in the name of research.

Tyson vs. Jaws: Rumble on the Reef

2020