Josh O'Connor
Acting • Born 1990-05-20
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).
Filmography
51 credits
Lee
Movie • 2024
Antony Penrose
The History of Sound
Movie • 2025
David
Challengers
Movie • 2024
Patrick Zweig
La Chimera
Movie • 2023
Arthur
The Wipers Times
Movie • 2013
Dodd
Hide and Seek
Movie • 2014
Max
Bonus Track
Movie • 2024
Jonno
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
Movie • 2025
Fr. Jud Duplenticy
Rebuilding
Movie • 2025
Dusty
Bridgend
Movie • 2015
Jamie
Florence Foster Jenkins
Movie • 2016
Donaghy
The Riot Club
Movie • 2014
Ed Montgomery
God's Own Country
Movie • 2017
Johnny Saxby
The Eschatrilogy: Book of the Dead
Movie • 2012
Zombie
The Magnificent Eleven
Movie • 2013
Andy
The Program
Movie • 2015
Rich
Only You
Movie • 2019
Jake
The Colour of His Hair
Movie • 2017
Peter
Hope Gap
Movie • 2019
Jamie
Boys on Film 18: Heroes
Movie • 2018
Peter (segment "The Colour Of His Hair")
Emma.
Movie • 2020
Mr. Elton
Mothering Sunday
Movie • 2021
Paul Sheringham
Best Man
Movie • 2016
Donald
National Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet
Movie • 2021
Romeo
Dark Matter
Movie
Jack
Aisha
Movie • 2022
Conor Healy
Cinderella
Movie • 2015
Ballroom Palace Guard
Disclosure Day
Movie • 2026
Daniel Kellner
The Mastermind
Movie • 2025
James Blaine Mooney
Jean Cocteau
Movie • 2024
Narrator (voice)
Jack of Spades
Movie
The Netflix Afterparty: The Best Shows of the Worst Year
Movie • 2020
Self
Holding on for a Good Time
Movie • 2015
Charlie
Three Incestuous Sisters
Movie
Paris
The Crown
TV • 2016
Prince Charles
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Nominee
Great Performances
TV • 1971
Romeo
Father Brown
TV • 2013
Leo Beresford
The Durrells
TV • 2016
Lawrence Durrell
London Irish
TV • 2013
James
Ripper Street
TV • 2012
P.C. Bobby Grace
Doctor Who
TV • 2005
Piotr
Lewis
TV • 2007
Charlie Stephenson
Peaky Blinders
TV • 2013
James
Les Misérables
TV • 2018
Marius
The Graham Norton Show
TV • 2007
Self
Faut Voir - L'hebdo cinéma
TV • 2023
Self - Guest
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV • 2014
Self
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Host
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV • 2014
Self - Guest
Law & Order: UK
TV • 2009
Rob Fellows