Josh O'Connor
Acting
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).
Known for
Cinderella
2015 · Movie
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
2025 · Movie
Challengers
2024 · Movie
Disclosure Day
Releases Jun 10, 2026
Emma.
2020 · Movie
The History of Sound
2025 · Movie
Lee
2024 · Movie
God's Own Country
2017 · Movie
La Chimera
2023 · Movie
The Mastermind
2025 · Movie
Florence Foster Jenkins
2016 · Movie
Hope Gap
2019 · Movie
Mothering Sunday
2021 · Movie
The Program
2015 · Movie
The Riot Club
2014 · Movie
Rebuilding
2025 · Movie
Only You
2019 · Movie
The Wipers Times
2013 · Movie
The Netflix Afterparty: The Best Shows of the Worst Year
2020 · Movie
Aisha
2022 · Movie
National Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet
2021 · Movie
Bonus Track
2024 · Movie
Bridgend
2015 · Movie
The Colour of His Hair
2017 · Movie
Hide and Seek
2014 · Movie
Best Man
2016 · Movie
Boys on Film 18: Heroes
2018 · Movie
The Eschatrilogy: Book of the Dead
2012 · Movie
The Magnificent Eleven
2013 · Movie
Three Incestuous Sisters
— · Movie
Dark Matter
— · Movie
Jean Cocteau
2024 · Movie