Josh O'Connor
Acting
- Born:
- 1990-05-20
- Place of birth:
- Southampton, Hampshire, England, UK
Biography
Joshua Mathias O'Connor (born May 20, 1990) is a British actor. After training at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, he had supporting roles in television series such as Doctor Who in 2013 and Peaky Blinders in 2014. He had his breakthrough playing the lead role of a sheep farmer in Francis Lee's romantic drama God's Own Country (2017), for which he won a British Independent Film Award. For portraying a young Charles III in the Netflix drama series The Crown (2019–2020), O'Connor won a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award. He has since starred in the period dramas Emma (2020) and La Chimera (2023) as well as Luca Guadagnino's Challengers (2024) and Rian Johnson's Wake Up Dead Man (2025).
Known For
Filmography
National Theatre Live: Golden Boy
Encountering the Unknown: Inside DISCLOSURE DAY
FULL DISCLOSURE: THE REALITY BEHIND SPIELBERG'S DISCLOSURE DAY
Disclosure Day
Shut Up Evan
Skip Intro
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
Rebuilding
The Mastermind
The History of Sound
Bonus Track
Lee
Jean Cocteau
Challengers
La Chimera
Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma
Aisha
Mothering Sunday
National Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet
The Netflix Afterparty: The Best Shows of the Worst Year
Emma.
Hope Gap
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Only You
Les Misérables
Boys on Film 18: Heroes
God's Own Country
The Colour of His Hair
The Crown
Best Man
Florence Foster Jenkins
The Durrells
The Program
Holding on for a Good Time
Cinderella
Bridgend
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
The Riot Club
Hide and Seek
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
London Irish
Peaky Blinders
The Wipers Times
The Magnificent Eleven
Father Brown
Ripper Street
The Eschatrilogy: Book of the Dead
Law & Order: UK
The Graham Norton Show
Lewis
Doctor Who
Saturday Night Live
Great Performances
Golden Globe Awards
Dark Matter
Jack of Spades
Three Incestuous Sisters