Josh O'Connor

Josh O'Connor

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).

On screen

  • Disclosure Day
  • The History of Sound
  • Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
  • Rebuilding
  • The Mastermind
  • Lee
  • Challengers
  • Bonus Track
  • Jean Cocteau
  • La Chimera
  • Aisha
  • Mothering Sunday
  • National Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet
  • Emma.
  • The Netflix Afterparty: The Best Shows of the Worst Year
  • Only You
  • Hope Gap
  • Boys on Film 18: Heroes
  • God's Own Country
  • The Colour of His Hair
  • Florence Foster Jenkins
  • Best Man
  • Bridgend
  • The Program
  • Cinderella
  • Holding on for a Good Time
  • Hide and Seek
  • The Riot Club
  • The Wipers Times
  • The Magnificent Eleven
  • The Eschatrilogy: Book of the Dead
  • Dark Matter

Behind the camera

  • Bonus Track

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