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Josh O'Connor

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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).

Films Featuring Josh O'Connor

Lee

20247.0

The History of Sound

20256.8

Challengers

20246.9

La Chimera

20237.3

The Wipers Times

20136.3

Hide and Seek

20144.7

Bonus Track

20245.9

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

20257.2

Rebuilding

20256.4

Bridgend

20155.2

Florence Foster Jenkins

20166.7

The Riot Club

20145.9

God's Own Country

20177.7

The Magnificent Eleven

20132.6

The Program

20156.4

The Eschatrilogy: Book of the Dead

20123.5

Only You

20196.6

The Colour of His Hair

20175.9

Hope Gap

20196.4

Boys on Film 18: Heroes

20184.1

Emma.

20207.0

Mothering Sunday

20215.4

Best Man

20165.2

National Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet

20216.1

Dark Matter

Aisha

20226.1

Cinderella

20156.8

Disclosure Day

20267.4

The Mastermind

20255.7

Jean Cocteau

2024

Jack of Spades

Jack of Spades

The Netflix Afterparty: The Best Shows of the Worst Year

20206.1

Holding on for a Good Time

2015

Three Incestuous Sisters

Three Incestuous Sisters

Golden Boy

Golden Boy

FULL DISCLOSURE: THE REALITY BEHIND SPIELBERG'S DISCLOSURE DAY

2026

Encountering the Unknown: Inside DISCLOSURE DAY

2026

National Theatre Live: Golden Boy

2026