Josh O'Connor

ActingBorn 1990-05-20 (35)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).

Josh O'Connor

Known For

Peaky Blinders

The Crown

God's Own Country

Father Brown

London Irish

Doctor Who

Lewis

The Durrells

Ripper Street

Les Misérables

Filmography

Disclosure Day

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

Rebuilding

The Mastermind

The History of Sound

Bonus Track

Lee

Jean Cocteau

Challengers

Big Cat

La Chimera

Faut Voir - L'hebdo cinéma

Aisha

Mothering Sunday

National Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet

The Netflix Afterparty: The Best Shows of the Worst Year

Emma.

Hope Gap

Only You

Les Misérables

Boys on Film 18: Heroes

God's Own Country

The Colour of His Hair

The Crown

Best Man

Florence Foster Jenkins

The Durrells

The Program

Cinderella

Bridgend

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

The Riot Club

Hide and Seek

Late Night with Seth Meyers

London Irish

Peaky Blinders

The Wipers Times

The Magnificent Eleven

Father Brown

Ripper Street

The Eschatrilogy: Book of the Dead

The Graham Norton Show

Lewis

Doctor Who

Saturday Night Live

Great Performances

Golden Globe Awards

Dark Matter