Josh O'Connor
Known for: Acting
Born: May 20, 1990
Place of birth: 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).
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Filmography
39 movies · 21 TV shows, newest first
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National Theatre Live: Golden Boy
2026
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Encountering the Unknown: Inside DISCLOSURE DAY
2026
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FULL DISCLOSURE: THE REALITY BEHIND SPIELBERG'S DISCLOSURE DAY
2026
7.5
Disclosure Day
2026
5.5
Shut Up Evan
2026
6.0
Rosebush Pruning
2026
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Skip Intro
2026
7.2
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
2025
6.4
Rebuilding
2025
5.7
The Mastermind
2025
6.9
The History of Sound
2025
5.9
Bonus Track
2024
7.0
Lee
2024
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Jean Cocteau
2024
6.9
Challengers
2024
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Big Cat
2024
7.3
La Chimera
2023
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Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma
2023
6.0
Aisha
2022
5.4
Mothering Sunday
2021
6.2
National Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet
2021
6.1
The Netflix Afterparty: The Best Shows of the Worst Year
2020
7.0
Emma.
2020
6.5
Hope Gap
2019
6.3
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
6.6
Only You
2019
7.3
Les Misérables
2018
4.1
Boys on Film 18: Heroes
2018
7.7
God's Own Country
2017
5.9
The Colour of His Hair
2017
8.2
The Crown
2016
5.2
Best Man
2016
6.7
Florence Foster Jenkins
2016
7.5
The Durrells
2016
6.4
The Program
2015
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Holding on for a Good Time
2015
6.8
Cinderella
2015
5.2
Bridgend
2015
4.2
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
5.9
The Riot Club
2014
4.7
Hide and Seek
2014
5.1
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
5.8
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
7.6
London Irish
2013
8.5
Peaky Blinders
2013
6.3
The Wipers Times
2013
2.6
The Magnificent Eleven
2013
7.6
Father Brown
2013
7.4
Ripper Street
2012
3.5
The Eschatrilogy: Book of the Dead
2012
7.0
Law & Order: UK
2009
7.2
The Graham Norton Show
2007
7.6
Lewis
2007
7.6
Doctor Who
2005
6.9
Saturday Night Live
1975
6.1
Great Performances
1971
7.0
Golden Globe Awards
1944
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Dark Matter
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Jack of Spades
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Three Incestuous Sisters
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