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 in Luca Guadagninos Challengers (2024) and Rian Johnsons Wake Up Dead Man (2025).
Filmography (11)
Disclosure Day
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
as Fr. Jud Duplenticy
Rebuilding
as Dusty
The Mastermind
as James Blaine "JB" Mooney
The History of Sound
as David
Lee
as Antony Penrose
Challengers
as Patrick Zweig
La Chimera
as Arthur
Mothering Sunday
as Paul Sheringham
Emma.
as Mr. Elton
God's Own Country
as Johnny Saxby