Josh O'Connor
ActingAlso Known As
Joshua O'Connor, Joshua Mathias 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).
Movies
(34 total)
Cinderella
as Ballroom Palace Guard
Challengers
as Patrick Zweig
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
as Fr. Jud Duplenticy
Emma.
as Mr. Elton
Florence Foster Jenkins
as Donaghy
The Riot Club
as Ed Montgomery
God's Own Country
as Johnny Saxby
Lee
as Antony Penrose
La Chimera
as Arthur
The Program
as Rich
Hope Gap
as Jamie
The Mastermind
as James Blaine Mooney
Only You
as Jake
Mothering Sunday
as Paul Sheringham
Bridgend
as Jamie
The History of Sound
as David
Hide and Seek
as Max
Rebuilding
as Dusty
The Wipers Times
as Dodd
Aisha
as Conor Healy
TV Shows
(17 total)
Peaky Blinders
as James
Doctor Who
as Piotr
The Crown
as Prince Charles
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
Ripper Street
as P.C. Bobby Grace
Les Misérables
as Marius
Father Brown
as Leo Beresford
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self - Guest
The Durrells
as Lawrence Durrell
Lewis
as Charlie Stephenson
Law & Order: UK
as Rob Fellows
Great Performances
as Romeo
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
London Irish
as James
Faut Voir - L'hebdo cinéma
as Self - Guest