Josh O'Connor
Biography
Josh O'Connor is an English actor who trained at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and graduated in 2011. He began screen work in 2012 and soon appeared in The Riot Club (2014), Bridgend (2015), and The Wipers Times (2013). His breakthrough came as a sheep farmer in Francis Lee's God's Own Country (2017), a performance that won him the British Independent Film Award for Best Actor. From 2016 to 2019 he played Larry Durrell in the ITV series The Durrells, and he gained recognition as Charles, Prince of Wales, in The Crown, winning a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe. Later films include Emma. (2020), Only You (2019), Hope Gap (2019), Mothering Sunday (2021), Lee (2023), Challengers (2024), The Mastermind (2025), The History of Sound (2025), Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025), and Disclosure Day (2026). He also played Romeo in a Royal National Theatre television adaptation.
36years old
Turns 37 on May 20in 191 days
- Born Southampton
- Star sign: TaurusLast day of the sign, on the Gemini cusp
- Joshua Mathias O'Connor (birth name)Also credited as Joshua O'Connor
Movie Career
- Films
- 18
- Career span
- 13 years2013 to 2026
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Getting ready for a role
For his part as Johnny Saxby, a young sheep farmer in the 2017 British drama God's Own Country, O'Connor learned the proper techniques and physicality by laboring in the fields between takes alongside a Yorkshire farmer, and he birthed over 150 lambs.
First role
O'Connor's first professional play was as Ben Fowles in Farragut North at the Southwark Playhouse in 2013, a performance that led to his role in Versailles at the Donmar Warehouse.
Early training
O'Connor trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, graduating in 2011, and signed with an agent during his third year.
Big break
O'Connor initially did not want to play Prince Charles in The Crown and had to be persuaded to audition by creator Peter Morgan.
Josh O'Connor movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
- Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery2025 Comedy, Mystery, Thrilleras Fr. Jud Duplenticy
IMDb rating 7.3260K votes
Most often with
Four actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Box office
What Josh O'Connor's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$401 million
11 of the 18 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 18 films: 11 worldwide figure; 2 never in cinemas; 4 figure not found; 1 too new to count.
- 11Worldwide figure
- 2Never in cinemas
- 4Figure not found
- 1Too new to count
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 99% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$241M60.1% of the total
- 2$94M23.5% of the total
- 3$25M6.3% of the total
- 4$24M5.9% of the total
- 5$4.0M1.0% of the total
- 6$3.2M0.8% of the total
- 7$2.6M0.6% of the total
- 8$2.3M0.6% of the total
$5.4 millionfrom the other 3 films with a worldwide figure, 1% of the total