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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).
As actor
Disclosure Day
The History of Sound
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
Rebuilding
The Mastermind
Lee
Challengers
Bonus Track
Jean Cocteau
La Chimera
Aisha
Mothering Sunday
National Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet
Emma.
The Netflix Afterparty: The Best Shows of the Worst Year
Only You
Hope Gap
Boys on Film 18: Heroes
God's Own Country
The Colour of His Hair
Florence Foster Jenkins
Best Man
Bridgend
The Program
Cinderella
Holding on for a Good Time
Hide and Seek
The Riot Club
The Wipers Times
The Magnificent Eleven