O’Rear began his professional career working on stage with magicians including David Copperfield and Harry Blackstone, Jr.

[1] In addition to acting and writing screenplays, O'Rear has written for Scary Monsters Magazine, Haunted Attraction Magazine, Comics Interview, and Underground Entertainment, and has been recognized in Fangoria.

[2] O'Rear was one of several actors selected to appear in a set of horror movie trading cards with other genre actors including Debbie Rochon, Ben Chapman, and Gunnar Hansen.

[3] In 2010, O'Rear was turned into an action figure as his Beverly Lane zombie film character.

[4] O'Rear works as an actor, stuntman, and screenwriter and recently appeared in The Dead Matter,[5][6][7] with Andrew Divoff, Tom Savini, and Jason Carter and The Hospital with John Dugan, Daniel Emery Taylor, Scott Tepperman, and April Burril.