
Cast
Josh O'Connor
Acting
Cast
Josh O'Connor
Known for
Acting
Born
1990-05-20
From
Southampton, Hampshire, England, UK
Also known as Joshua O'Connor, Joshua Mathias O'Connor
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).

Disclosure Day
as Daniel Kellner

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
as Fr. Jud Duplenticy

Cinderella
as Ballroom Palace Guard

Challengers
as Patrick Zweig

Emma.
as Mr. Elton

Lee
as Antony Penrose

The Mastermind
as James Blaine Mooney

The History of Sound
as David

Rebuilding
as Dusty

La Chimera
as Arthur

Florence Foster Jenkins
as Donaghy

God's Own Country
as Johnny Saxby

The Program
as Rich

Hope Gap
as Jamie

The Riot Club
as Ed Montgomery

Mothering Sunday
as Paul Sheringham

Only You
as Jake

Aisha
as Conor Healy

Hide and Seek
as Max

National Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet
as Romeo

Bridgend
as Jamie

Bonus Track
as Jonno

The Magnificent Eleven
as Andy

Three Incestuous Sisters
as Paris

The Wipers Times
as Dodd

Jack of Spades

Dark Matter
as Jack

The Netflix Afterparty: The Best Shows of the Worst Year
as Self

Boys on Film 18: Heroes
as Peter (segment "The Colour Of His Hair")

The Eschatrilogy: Book of the Dead
as Zombie

Jean Cocteau
as Narrator (voice)

The Colour of His Hair
as Peter

Best Man
as Donald

Holding on for a Good Time
as Charlie