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).
31 movies · 21 shows
Disclosure Day
2026·7.4
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
2025·7.2
Rebuilding
2025·6.5
The Mastermind
2025·5.7
The History of Sound
2025·6.8
Bonus Track
2024·6.2
Lee
2024·7.0
Jean Cocteau
2024·0.0
Challengers
2024·6.9
La Chimera
2023·7.3
Aisha
2022·6.1
Mothering Sunday
2021·5.4
National Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet
2021·6.1
The Netflix Afterparty: The Best Shows of the Worst Year
2020·6.1
Emma.
2020·7.0
Hope Gap
2019·6.4
Only You
2019·6.6
Boys on Film 18: Heroes
2018·4.1
God's Own Country
2017·7.7
The Colour of His Hair
2017·5.9
Best Man
2016·5.2
Florence Foster Jenkins
2016·6.7
The Program
2015·6.4
Holding on for a Good Time
2015·0.0
Cinderella
2015·6.8
Bridgend
2015·5.2
The Riot Club
2014·5.9
Hide and Seek
2014·4.7
The Wipers Times
2013·6.3
The Magnificent Eleven
2013·2.6
The Eschatrilogy: Book of the Dead
2012·3.6