Josh O'Connor
Known for ActingBorn 1990-05-20Southampton, Hampshire, England, UK
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
Disclosure Day
2026 · as Daniel Kellner
Cinderella
2015 · as Ballroom Palace Guard
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
2025 · as Fr. Jud Duplenticy
Challengers
2024 · as Patrick Zweig
Emma.
2020 · as Mr. Elton
Lee
2024 · as Antony Penrose
God's Own Country
2017 · as Johnny Saxby
The Mastermind
2025 · as James Blaine Mooney
La Chimera
2023 · as Arthur
Hope Gap
2019 · as Jamie
The Riot Club
2014 · as Ed Montgomery
The History of Sound
2025 · as David
The Program
2015 · as Rich
National Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet
2021 · as Romeo
Dark Matter
as Jack
Mothering Sunday
2021 · as Paul Sheringham
Florence Foster Jenkins
2016 · as Donaghy
Jack of Spades