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Josh O'Connor

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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).

Notable films

Where to start

Highlights from credits and KinoChain journeys.

Disclosure Day

As Dr. Daniel Kellner

The Riot Club

Appears in a KinoChain journey

Challengers

As Patrick Zweig

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

As Fr. Jud Duplenticy

La Chimera

As Arthur

Emma.

As Mr. Elton

God's Own Country

As Johnny Saxby

Lee

As Antony Penrose

Chains

KinoChain journeys

Public chains that pass through their films — or name them as a bridge.

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The University of British Cinema

From the dreaming spires of Cambridge to the redbrick campuses of the provinces, a journey through the British university film and what it reveals about class,...

8 films

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