Josh 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).

Selected Filmography

• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon(2014)TV Series · 1 epas Self - Guest
• The Kelly Clarkson Show(2019)TV Series · 1 epas Self
• Late Night with Seth Meyers(2014)TV Series · 1 epas Self - Guest
• Saturday Night Live(1975)TV Series · 1 epas Self - Host
• The Graham Norton Show(2007)TV Series · 1 epas Self
• Doctor Who(2005)TV Series · 1 epas Piotr
• Disclosure Day(2026)as Dr. Daniel Kellner
• Peaky Blinders(2013)TV Series · 3 epsas James
• The Crown(2016)TV Series · 14 epsas Prince Charles
• Golden Globe Awards(1944)TV Series · 1 epas Self - Nominee
• Great Performances(1971)TV Series · 1 epas Romeo
• Father Brown(2013)TV Series · 1 epas Leo Beresford
• Variety Studio: Actors on Actors(2014)TV Series · 2 epsas Self
• Lewis(2007)TV Series · 1 epas Charlie Stephenson
• Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma(2023)TV Series · 1 epas Self - Guest
• Ripper Street(2012)TV Series · 8 epsas P.C. Bobby Grace
• Challengers(2024)as Patrick Zweig
• Cinderella(2015)as Ballroom Palace Guard
• Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery(2025)as Fr. Jud Duplenticy
• Law & Order: UK(2009)TV Series · 1 epas Rob Fellows