Josh O'Connor

Josh O'Connor
O'Connor in 2025
Born
Joshua Mathias O'Connor

(1990-05-20) 20 May 1990
Southampton, England
EducationBristol Old Vic Theatre School (BA)
OccupationActor
Years active2012–present
RelativesJohn Bunting (grandfather)
Madeleine Bunting (aunt)

Joshua Mathias O'Connor (born 20 May 1990) is an English actor. From 2016 to 2019 he had a major role portraying Larry Durrell in ITV's The Durrells. He had his breakthrough playing the lead role of a closeted sheep farmer in Francis Lee's romantic drama God's Own Country (2017), for which he won the BIFA Award for Best Actor.

O'Connor gained wider recognition for his portrayal of Charles, Prince of Wales, in the Netflix drama series The Crown (2019–2020), winning the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for the role. He has since starred in the period drama Emma (2020), the crime drama La chimera (2023), the romantic sports film Challengers (2024), heist drama The Mastermind (2025), and murder mystery Wake Up Dead Man (2025).