Jack O'Connell
Acting
Jack O'Connell (born 1 August 1990) is an English actor. He first gained recognition for playing James Cook in the British television series Skins (2009–2010, 2013). He is also known for his roles in This Is England (2006), the slasher film Eden Lake (2008), the television dramas Dive (2010) and United (2011), and the Netflix Wild West miniseries Godless (2017), for which he received a Critics' Choice Television Award nomination.
O'Connell gave critically acclaimed performances in the independent films Starred Up (2013) and '71 (2014), garnering nominations for the British Independent Film Awards. He subsequently starred as war hero Louis Zamperini in the war film Unbroken (2014) and received the BAFTA Rising Star Award. He has since starred in the thriller Money Monster (2016), the biographical drama Trial by Fire (2018), the BBC miniseries The North Water (2021), the BBC series SAS: Rogue Heroes (2022–2025), the Amy Winehouse biographical film Back to Black (2024) and the period horror film Sinners (2025).
Known For
Sinners
The Graham Norton Show
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
Skins
28 Years Later
Godless
SAS Rogue Heroes
300: Rise of an Empire
Wire in the Blood
The North Water
Wuthering Heights
Eden Lake
Unbroken
Ferrari
Lady Chatterley's Lover
Back to Black
Trial by Fire
'71
Money Monster
Seberg
Tulip Fever
Starred Up
The Man with the Iron Heart
Harry Brown
United
Little Fish
Jungleland
Tower Block
The Liability
This Is England
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