Josh O'Connor
Acting
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
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Doctor Who
Peaky Blinders
Saturday Night Live
The Graham Norton Show
The Crown
Father Brown
Lewis
Ripper Street
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
The Durrells
Cinderella
Les Misérables
Challengers
Emma.
The History of Sound
Lee
The Mastermind
Mothering Sunday
La Chimera
Hope Gap
Florence Foster Jenkins
God's Own Country
The Riot Club
The Program
Bridgend
Only You
Hide and Seek
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