Josh O'Connor

14 titles·Since 2014

May 20, 1990 · Southampton, Hampshire, England, UK

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).

Filmography (14)

Disclosure Day

2026 · Daniel Kellner

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

2025 · Fr. Jud Duplenticy

Rebuilding

2025 · Dusty

The Mastermind

2025 · James Blaine Mooney

The History of Sound

2025 · David

Challengers

2024 · Patrick Zweig

La Chimera

2023 · Arthur

Mothering Sunday

2021 · Paul Sheringham

Emma.

2020 · Mr. Elton

Hope Gap

2019 · Jamie

Only You

2019 · Jake

God's Own Country

2017 · Johnny Saxby

Bridgend

2015 · Jamie

Hide and Seek

2014 · Max

May 20, 1990 · Southampton, Hampshire, England, UK

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).