Josh O'Connor
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).
53 acting credits
Acting · 53
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Peaky Blinders
2013
Doctor Who
2005
The Graham Norton Show
2007
Saturday Night Live
1975
Golden Globe Awards
1944
The Crown
2016
Great Performances
1971
Father Brown
2013
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
Disclosure Day
2026
Lewis
2007
Ripper Street
2012
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
2025
Cinderella
2015
Law & Order: UK
2009
Challengers
2024
The Durrells
2016
Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma
2023
Les Misérables
2018
Emma.
2020
Lee
2024
The History of Sound
2025
The Mastermind
2025
God's Own Country
2017
Florence Foster Jenkins
2016
Mothering Sunday
2021
Skip Intro
2026
Hope Gap
2019
London Irish
2013
Rebuilding
2025
The Riot Club
2014
La Chimera
2023
The Program
2015
Bonus Track
2024
Bridgend
2015
National Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet
2021
Only You
2019
The Wipers Times
2013
Aisha
2022
The Colour of His Hair
2017
Hide and Seek
2014
The Netflix Afterparty: The Best Shows of the Worst Year
2020
Jack of Spades
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The Magnificent Eleven
2013
Three Incestuous Sisters
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Best Man
2016
Boys on Film 18: Heroes
2018
The Eschatrilogy: Book of the Dead
2012
Dark Matter
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Jean Cocteau
2024
Holding on for a Good Time
2015