Josh O'Connor
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).
Acting
TV
Peaky Blinders
as James
2013
Movie
Cinderella
as Ballroom Palace Guard
2015
TV
Doctor Who
as Piotr
2005
Movie
Challengers
as Patrick Zweig
2024
Movie
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
as Fr. Jud Duplenticy
2025
TV
The Crown
as Prince Charles
2016
Movie
Emma.
as Mr. Elton
2020
Movie
Florence Foster Jenkins
as Donaghy
2016
Movie
The Riot Club
as Ed Montgomery
2014
Movie
God's Own Country
as Johnny Saxby
2017
Movie
Lee
as Antony Penrose
2024
Movie
La Chimera
as Arthur
2023
Movie
The Program
as Rich
2015
TV
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
1975
TV
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Daniel Kellner (archive footage) (uncredited)
2015
TV
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
2007
TV
Ripper Street
as P.C. Bobby Grace
2012
Movie
The Mastermind
as James Blaine Mooney
2025
Movie
Hope Gap
as Jamie
2019
TV
Father Brown
as Leo Beresford
2013
TV
Les Misérables
as Marius
2018
Movie
Only You
as Jake
2019
Movie
Mothering Sunday
as Paul Sheringham
2021
TV
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self - Guest
2014
