Josh O'Connor
1990-05-20 (1990)Southampton, Hampshire, England, UKActing
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).
Known For
Peaky Blinders
TV • 2013
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV • 2014
Doctor Who
TV • 2005
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
The Graham Norton Show
TV • 2007
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Great Performances
TV • 1971
The Crown
TV • 2016
Father Brown
TV • 2013
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV • 2014
Lewis
TV • 2007
Ripper Street
TV • 2012
Law & Order: UK
TV • 2009
The Durrells
TV • 2016
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
MOVIE • 2025
Disclosure Day
MOVIE • 2026
Cinderella
MOVIE • 2015
Faut Voir - L'hebdo cinéma
TV • 2023