Josh O'Connor

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

Disclosure Day 2026 ★ 7.4
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery 2025 ★ 7.2
The Mastermind 2025 ★ 5.7
The History of Sound 2025 ★ 6.8
Challengers 2024 ★ 6.9
Lee 2024 ★ 7.0
La Chimera 2023 ★ 7.3
Mothering Sunday 2021 ★ 5.4
Emma. 2020 ★ 7.0
Hope Gap 2019 ★ 6.4
Les Misérables 2018 ★ 7.3
God's Own Country 2017 ★ 7.7
The Crown 2016 ★ 8.2
The Durrells 2016 ★ 7.4
Florence Foster Jenkins 2016 ★ 6.7
Cinderella 2015 ★ 6.8
The Program 2015 ★ 6.4
Peaky Blinders 2013 ★ 8.5
Father Brown 2013 ★ 7.6
Ripper Street 2012 ★ 7.4
Law & Order: UK 2009 ★ 7.0
Lewis 2007 ★ 7.6
Doctor Who 2005 ★ 7.6
Great Performances 1971 ★ 6.1