Connor Storrie

Storrie was born on February 22, 2000, in Aurora, Colorado.^[2][3] Both of his parents worked in the mortgage industry.^[4] At a young age, his family moved to Odessa, Texas, where he was raised and first developed an interest in acting.^[4] He attended a performing arts school,^[5] and also trained in gymnastics as a competitive tumbler.^[4]

As a teenager, Storrie moved with his family to Southern California.^[4] He attended Westlake High School^[6] and spent his junior year studying abroad in France.^[7][8] He later began pursuing acting professionally while working as a restaurant server in Los Angeles.^[9] He trained in improv at The Groundlings.^[4]

Storrie began his acting career in 2018, appearing in short films and minor roles.^[10][11] He made his feature film debut in 2023 as Liam Hauser in the coming-of-age drama Riley.^[12] In 2024, he appeared in the DC Comics film Joker: Folie à Deux, portraying a young inmate at Arkham Asylum.^[13][14] In addition to his screen work, Storrie studied clowning, which he credited with improving his ability to handle challenging acting situations.^[14]

Starting in November 2025, Storrie starred as Ilya Rozanov in the Canadian sports romance series Heated Rivalry, based on the Game Changers novel series by Rachel Reid.^[15][16] For the role, he studied Russian and developed a Russian accent for his English-language dialogue.^[17] His performance received critical praise and brought him wider recognition.^[18][19] That same year, Storrie voiced the character Dane in the romance fantasy audio series Ember & Ice, produced for the audio platform Quinn, alongside Hudson Williams.^[20][21]

On February 28, 2026, Storrie hosted Saturday Night Live, for which he later received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series.^[22][1] Also in February, Storrie joined the ensemble cast of the A24 comedy film Peaked, directed by Molly Gordon.^[23] In April, he was announced to be starring opposite Melissa McCarthy in the thriller film Turpentine, directed by Craig Zobel.^[24] In May 2026, Storrie had a cameo appearance in For All Mankind.^[25] The same month, he was cast in the A24 period film Please, directed by Halina Reijn.^[26]

Beginning in June 2026, Storrie had a four episode arc in the nineteenth season of the crime drama series Criminal Minds.^[27][28] His role was expanded from a planned one-episode appearance after his performance impressed showrunner Erica Messer and the production team.^[29]

In December 2025, he wrapped production on his feature directorial debut Transaction Planet.^[30]

Storrie has a matching "sex sells" tattoo with his Heated Rivalry co-star Williams, which commemorates both their friendship and their work on the series.^[31]