His film short screenplay "Kill Gaddafi's Whores!" achieved quarter-finalist status in 2012 at both the Fresh Voices Screenplay Competition in Hollywood, CA, and the International Breakout Screenplay Contest sponsored by Reel Authors.
He is the eldest brother of filmmaker Jim Connell.
He is the eldest of ten children; his siblings are Camille, Francis, Lise, Richard, Denise, Diane, Christine, Paul, and Jim Connell.
He had known "How I Met Your Mother" TV series actor Ron Nicolosi ever since they were young actors working in a variety of shows at the now-defunct Giordano Starlight Dinner Theatre in Georgetown, Massachusetts.
He graduated from Merrimack College with a BA in English (with a minor in Religious Studies) and from Emerson College with a masters in Mass Communications.