Known For
Acting
Birthday
May 20, 1990 (age 36)
Place of Birth
Southampton, Hampshire, England, UK
Also Known As
- Joshua O'Connor
- Joshua Mathias O'Connor
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).
Known For - Movies
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
as Fr. Jud Duplenticy
Cinderella
as Ballroom Palace Guard
Challengers
as Patrick Zweig
Disclosure Day
as Daniel Kellner
The Mastermind
as James Blaine Mooney
The History of Sound
as David
Emma.
as Mr. Elton
Lee
as Antony Penrose
God's Own Country
as Johnny Saxby
La Chimera
as Arthur
Known For - TV Shows
Peaky Blinders
as James
Doctor Who
as Piotr
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self - Guest
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
The Crown
as Prince Charles
Father Brown
as Leo Beresford
Great Performances
as Romeo
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self