Josh O'Connor
Actor
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).
Filmography
Challengers
as Patrick Zweig 2024
Emma.
as Mr. Elton 2020
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
as Fr. Jud Duplenticy 2025
Florence Foster Jenkins
as Donaghy 2016
The Riot Club
as Ed Montgomery 2014
God's Own Country
as Johnny Saxby 2017
Lee
as Antony Penrose 2024
The Program
as Rich 2015
La Chimera
as Arthur 2023
Hope Gap
as Jamie 2019
Only You
as Jake 2019
Mothering Sunday
as Paul Sheringham 2021
The Mastermind
as James Blaine "JB" Mooney 2025
Bridgend
as Jamie 2015
Hide and Seek
as Max 2014
The History of Sound
as David 2025