Josh O'Connor
Award-winning British actor celebrated for his Emmy and Golden Globe-winning portrayal of Prince Charles in Netflix's The Crown.
Josh O'Connor - Personal Information
- Name: Josh O'Connor
- Date of Birth: May 20, 1990
- Place of Birth: Southampton, Hampshire, England, UK
- Gender: Male
- Job Title: Actor
- Crew Jobs: Executive Producer, Story
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
A selection of Josh O'Connor's most notable recent screen performances across film and television.
- Disclosure Day (2026) as Daniel Kellner
- Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025) as Fr. Jud Duplenticy
- Rebuilding (2025) as Dusty
- The Mastermind (2025) as James Blaine Mooney
- The History of Sound (2025) as David
- Bonus Track (2024) as Jonno
- Lee (2024) as Antony Penrose
- Jean Cocteau (2024) as Narrator (voice)
- Challengers (2024) as Patrick Zweig
- La Chimera (2023) as Arthur
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