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Jack O'Connell

Jack O'Connell

Acting1990Derby, Derbyshire, England, UK

Biography

Jack O'Connell (born 1 August 1990) is an English actor. He first gained recognition for playing James Cook in the British television series Skins (2009–2010, 2013). He is also known for his roles in This Is England (2006), the slasher film Eden Lake (2008), the television dramas Dive (2010) and  United (2011), and the Netflix Wild West miniseries Godless (2017), for which he received a Critics' Choice Television Award nomination.

O'Connell gave critically acclaimed performances in the independent films Starred Up (2013) and '71 (2014), garnering nominations for the British Independent Film Awards. He subsequently starred as war hero Louis Zamperini in the war film Unbroken (2014) and received the BAFTA Rising Star Award. He has since starred in the thriller Money Monster (2016), the biographical drama Trial by Fire (2018), the BBC miniseries The North Water (2021), the BBC series SAS: Rogue Heroes (2022–2025), the Amy Winehouse biographical film Back to Black (2024) and the period horror film Sinners (2025).

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Acting History

Future
Ink
as Larry Lamb
2026
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
as Sir Lord Jimmy Crystal
2025
Sinners
as Remmick
28 Years Later
as Jimmy Crystal
The One Show
TVas Self1 eps
SAS Rogue Heroes
TVExecutive Producer6 eps
2023
Enzo Ferrari
as Peter Collins
2022
Lady Chatterley's Lover
as Oliver Mellors
SAS Rogue Heroes
TVas Paddy Mayne12 eps
2021
The North Water
TVas Patrick Sumner5 eps
2020
Jungleland
as Walter 'Lion' Kaminski
2019
Trial by Fire
as Cameron Todd Willingham
Seberg
as Jack Solomon
2017
Tulip Fever
as Willem Brok
Robot & Scarecrow
as Scarecrow
Godless
TVas Roy Goode7 eps
2016
Money Monster
as Kyle Budwell
2015
The Graham Norton Show
TVas Self1 eps
2014
Shelter
as Private Charlie Miller
Unbroken
as Louis Zamperini
'71
as Gary Hook
Starred Up
as Eric Love
2012
Private Peaceful
as Charlie Peaceful
Tower Block
as Kurtis
2011
United
as Bobby Charlton
Weekender
as Dylan
2009
Harry Brown
as Marky
Wayfaring Stranger
as Bobby Brewer
Skins
TVas James Cook20 eps
Wuthering Heights
TVas Shepherd Lad
2008
Eden Lake
as Brett
2007
This Is England
as Pukey Nicholls
Waterloo Road
TVas Dale Baxter1 eps
Wire in the Blood
TVas Jack Norton1 eps
2006
Black Dog
as Chris
2000
Doctors
TVas Connor Yates
1999
Holby City
TVas Davey Hunt
1984
The Bill
TVas Ross Trescott

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
8/1/1990(35 years old)
Place of Birth
Derby, Derbyshire, England, UK
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