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Josh O'Connor

Highest Rated: 98% Aisha (2022)

Lowest Rated: 40% Hide & Seek (2014)

Birthday: May 20, 1990

Birthplace: Southampton, England, UK

British actor Josh O'Connor first impressed appeared in period dramas "Peaky Blinders" (BBC Two, 2013-), "Ripper Street" (BBC One, 2012-16) and "The Durrells" (ITV, 2016-) but achieved his major breakthrough playing a troubled gay farmer in "God's Own Country" (2017). Born in Cheltenham in 1990 to an English teacher father and midwife mother, O'Connor studied at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and a year after graduating made his screen debut in an episode of detective spin-off "Lewis" (ITV1, 2006-2015). After playing a zombie in low-budget horror "The Eschatrilogy: Book of the Dead" (2013), he guested as ill-fated Soviet soldier Piotr in "Doctor Who" (BBC One, 1963-), made one-off appearances in "Law and Order: UK" (ITV One, 2009-2014) and ex-pat sitcom "London Irish" (Channel 4, 2013), and portrayed Private Dodd in "The Wipers Times" (BBC Two, 2013), the true-life tale of a satirical trench magazine formed during WWI. O'Connor then ventured into the film world with roles as an amateur league soccer player in "The Magnificent Eleven" (2013), Irvine Welsh's loose adaptation of the similar-named classic western, one of four twentysomethings who escape London to start their own polyamorous utopia in indie "Hide and Seek" (2014), and a privileged fine-dining toff in ruling elite satire "The Riot Club" (2014). He returned to television with numerous period crime drama roles including Ada's writer housemate James in "Peaky Blinders" (BBC Two, 2013-), PC Bobby Grace in "Ripper Street" (BBC One, 2012-16) and prime suspect Leo Beresford in "Father Brown" (BBC One, 2013-). O'Connor then impressed as shy vicar's son Jamie in "Bridgend" (2015), the exploration of the eponymous Welsh town's suicide epidemic, played a ballroom palace guard in Kenneth Branagh's live-action remake of "Cinderella" (2015) and enjoyed a minor role in Lance Armstrong biopic "The Program" (2015). After briefly showing up as Donaghy in the crowd-pleasing comedy drama "Florence Foster Jenkins" (2016), O'Connor then bagged the recurring role of eldest son Lawrence in the adaptation of Gerald Durrell's autobiographical The Corfu Trilogy, "The Durrells" (ITV1, 2016-). A year later he earned glowing reviews for his measured performance as Johnny Saxby, a promiscuous sheep farmer who embarks on a relationship with a Romanian migrant worker, in LGBT drama "God's Own Country" (2017).

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Highest rated movies

98% 81% Aisha Watchlist 98% 88% God's Own Country Watchlist
96% 91% Only You
Watchlist
94% 74% La Chimera Watchlist 88% 68% Florence Foster Jenkins Watchlist 88% 74% Challengers Watchlist 86% Bonus Track Watchlist 86% 72% EMMA. Watchlist
81% 40% Bridgend
Watchlist
77% 65% Mothering Sunday Watchlist

Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery Unknown (Character) - 2025
88% 74% Challengers Patrick Zweig (Character) $50.1M 2024
86% No Score Yet Bonus Track Jonno (Character),
Writer,
Executive Producer
- 2023
66% 94% Lee Antony Penrose (Character) $2.0M 2023
94% 74% La Chimera Arthur (Character) $998.7K 2023
98% 81% Aisha Conor Healy (Character) - 2022
77% 65% Mothering Sunday Paul Sheringham (Character) $274.3K 2021
86% 72% EMMA. Mr. Elton (Character) $9.9M 2020
63% 70% Hope Gap Jamie (Character) $95.8K 2019
96% 91% Only You Jake (Character) - 2018
98% 88% God's Own Country Johnny Saxby (Character) $281.5K 2017
88% 68% Florence Foster Jenkins Donaghy (Character) $27.4M 2016
81% 40% Bridgend Unknown (Character) - 2016
No Score Yet 87% Bridgend Jamie (Character) - 2015
40% 5% Hide & Seek Max (Character) - 2014
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Wiper Times Dodd (Character) - 2013
No Score Yet 24% The Magnificent Eleven Andy (Character) - 2013

TV

Credit
94% 91% The Durrells Larry Durrell (Character) 2016-2019 2021-2022
No Score Yet No Score Yet Variety Studio: Actors on Actors Guest 2021
No Score Yet 61% Late Night With Seth Meyers Guest 2021
No Score Yet No Score Yet Great Performances Romeo (Character) 2021
No Score Yet 28% The Drew Barrymore Show Guest 2020
81% 92% The Crown Prince Charles (Character) 2019-2020
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Talk Guest 2020
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Graham Norton Show Guest 2020
88% 79% Les Misérables Marius (Character) 2019
94% 91% Ripper Street Unknown (Guest Star) 2014
90% 64% Doctor Who Piotr (Guest Star) 2013