Kevin O'Connor (television)
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Kevin O'Connor (b. 1968, New Jersey) is a television personality from the United States. He has been the host of the PBS home renovation series This Old House since 2003.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Education
In 1990 O'Connor received a Bachelor of Arts degree in history from the College of the Holy Cross. He followed that up with a Master's degree in Business Administration from Boston University in 1999.
[edit] Career
Prior to 2003, O'Connor was working for Fleet Bank as a vice president in the Sports Finance Group when the producers of This Old House approached him to become their new host following the departure of Steve Thomas. O'Connor and his wife, Kathleen, had appeared on an episode of Ask This Old House, in which painting contractor Jim Clark assisted them with a wallpaper-removal project.
O'Connor, also the host of Ask This Old House and Inside This Old House, holds a position on the editorial board of the This Old House magazine, published by This Old House Ventures, Inc.
[edit] Family
O'Connor lives with his wife and son in an 1894 Queen Anne Victorian home in Beverly, Massachusetts, which they are in the midst of renovating.
[edit] External links
- Kevin O'Connor at the Internet Movie Database
- Biography at This Old House
- Press Release of Hiring as Host of This Old House
- Charles and Hudson interview with Kevin O'Connor
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