Josh O'Connor

Known for ActingBorn 1990-05-20 (age 36)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).Read more

Movies & web series

Peaky Blinders

The Crown

God's Own Country

Father Brown

London Irish

Lewis

Disclosure Day

Doctor Who

The Durrells

La Chimera

Ripper Street

Les Misérables

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

The Graham Norton Show

The History of Sound

Emma.

Lee

Challengers

Law & Order: UK

Cinderella

Florence Foster Jenkins

Hope Gap

Only You

Rebuilding

Saturday Night Live

The Program

Golden Globe Awards

The Wipers Times

National Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet

The Kelly Clarkson Show

The Netflix Afterparty: The Best Shows of the Worst Year

Aisha

Bonus Track

Rosebush Pruning

The Colour of His Hair

The Riot Club

The Mastermind

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Great Performances

Shut Up Evan

Mothering Sunday

Best Man

Bridgend

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Hide and Seek

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

Boys on Film 18: Heroes

The Eschatrilogy: Book of the Dead