Josh O'Connor
Born: 1990-05-20
• Southampton, 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).
Filmography
Disclosure Day
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
Rebuilding
The Mastermind
The History of Sound
Bonus Track
Lee
Jean Cocteau
Challengers
La Chimera
Aisha
Mothering Sunday
National Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet
The Netflix Afterparty: The Best Shows of the Worst Year
Emma.
Hope Gap
Only You
Boys on Film 18: Heroes
God's Own Country
The Colour of His Hair
Best Man
Florence Foster Jenkins
The Program
No Image
Holding on for a Good Time
Cinderella
Bridgend
The Riot Club
Hide and Seek
The Wipers Times
The Magnificent Eleven
The Eschatrilogy: Book of the Dead
Dark Matter
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Jack of Spades
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Three Incestuous Sisters