About
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).
Filmography
Disclosure Day2026 · Daniel Kellner
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery2025 · Fr. Jud Duplenticy
Rebuilding2025 · Dusty
The Mastermind2025 · James Blaine Mooney
The History of Sound2025 · David
Bonus Track2024 · Jonno
Lee2024 · Antony Penrose
Jean Cocteau2024 · Narrator (voice)
Challengers2024 · Patrick Zweig
La Chimera2023 · Arthur
Aisha2022 · Conor Healy
Mothering Sunday2021 · Paul Sheringham
National Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet2021 · Romeo
The Netflix Afterparty: The Best Shows of the Worst Year2020 · Self
Emma.2020 · Mr. Elton
Hope Gap2019 · Jamie
Only You2019 · Jake
Boys on Film 18: Heroes2018 · Peter (segment "The Colour Of His Hair")
God's Own Country2017 · Johnny Saxby
The Colour of His Hair2017 · Peter