The father to the famed adventurer Rick O'Connell, Jack O'Connell left his family and, upon finding his son twenty years later, was estranged somewhat from him, and became closer to his grandson, Alex O'Connell, with whom Jack set off in a quest to find the famed Scarab Amulet. Jack reconciled with his son and gradually went on to find Medjai artifacts for the Medjai order.