Actor
· Acting
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 50
Disclosure Day
as Daniel Kellner
2026
Skip Intro
as Self
2026
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
as Fr. Jud Duplenticy
2025
Rebuilding
as Dusty
2025
The Mastermind
as James Blaine Mooney
2025
The History of Sound
as David
2025
Bonus Track
as Jonno
2024
Lee
as Antony Penrose
2024
Jean Cocteau
as Narrator (voice)
2024
Challengers
as Patrick Zweig
2024
La Chimera
as Arthur
2023
Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma
as Self - Guest
2023
Aisha
as Conor Healy
2022
Mothering Sunday
as Paul Sheringham
2021
National Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet
as Romeo
2021
The Netflix Afterparty: The Best Shows of the Worst Year
as Self
2020
Emma.
as Mr. Elton
2020
Hope Gap
as Jamie
2019
Only You
as Jake
2019
Les Misérables
as Marius
2018
Boys on Film 18: Heroes
as Peter (segment "The Colour Of His Hair")
2018
God's Own Country
as Johnny Saxby
2017
The Colour of His Hair
as Peter
2017
The Crown
as Prince Charles
2016
Best Man
as Donald
2016
Florence Foster Jenkins
as Donaghy
2016
The Durrells
as Lawrence Durrell
2016
The Program
as Rich
2015
Cinderella
as Ballroom Palace Guard
2015
Bridgend
as Jamie
2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self
2014
The Riot Club
as Ed Montgomery
2014
Hide and Seek
as Max
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self - Guest
2014
London Irish
as James
2013
Peaky Blinders
as James
2013
The Wipers Times
as Dodd
2013
The Magnificent Eleven
as Andy
2013
Father Brown
as Leo Beresford
2013
Ripper Street
as P.C. Bobby Grace
2012
The Eschatrilogy: Book of the Dead
as Zombie
2012
Law & Order: UK
as Rob Fellows
2009
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
2007
Lewis
as Charlie Stephenson
2007
Doctor Who
as Piotr
2005
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
1975
Great Performances
as Romeo
1971
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
1944
Dark Matter
as Jack
Three Incestuous Sisters
as Paris