Jack O'Connell
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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Jack O'Connell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, is a full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Skins
The Graham Norton Show
Holby City
Sinners
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
The One Show
Waterloo Road
All Movies (41)
- A Quiet Place Part III2027
- Godzilla x Kong: Supernova2027
- 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple2026 · as Sir Jimmy Crystal
- 28 Years Later2025 · as Jimmy Crystal
- Dancing with the Devil: The Making of Sinners2025 · as Self
- Sinners2025 · as Remmick
- Back to Black2024 · as Blake
- Ferrari2023 · as Peter Collins
- Lady Chatterley's Lover2022 · as Oliver Mellors
- Little Fish2021 · as Jude
- Jungleland2020 · as Walter 'Lion' Kaminski
- Seberg2019 · as Jack Solomon
- Trial by Fire2019 · as Cameron Todd Willingham
- National Theatre Live: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof2018 · as Brick
- Tulip Fever2017 · as Willem Brok
- Robot & Scarecrow2017 · as Scarecrow (voice)
- The Man with the Iron Heart2017 · as Jan Kubiš
- Money Monster2016 · as Kyle Budwell
- Home2016 · as Jack
- Unbroken2014 · as Louis Zamperini
- Lennon or McCartney2014 · as Self
- '712014 · as Gary Hook
- Shelter2014 · as Private Charlie Miller
- Starred Up2014 · as Eric Love
- 300: Rise of an Empire2014 · as Calisto
- 9 Kisses2014 · as Boxing Guy
- Skins: Rise2013 · as James Cook
- The Liability2012 · as Adam
- Private Peaceful2012 · as Charlie Peaceful
- Tower Block2012 · as Kurtis
- The Somnambulists2012 · as Man 10
- Weekender2011 · as Dylan
- United2011 · as Bobby Charlton
- The Hardest Part2010 · as Thug
- Harry Brown2009 · as Marky
- Wayfaring Stranger2009 · as Bobby Brewer
- Eden Lake2008 · as Brett
- This Is England2007 · as Pukey Nicholls
- Black Dog2006 · as Chris
- Twisting My Melon— · as Shaun Ryder
- Ink— · as Larry Lamb
All TV Shows (15)
- SAS Rogue Heroes2022 · as Paddy Mayne
- The North Water2021 · as Patrick Sumner
- Godless2017 · as Roy Goode
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors2014 · as Self
- The Runaway2011 · as Eamonn Docherty
- Dive2010 · as Robert Wisley
- Wuthering Heights2009 · as Shepherd Lad
- The Graham Norton Show2007 · as Self
- Skins2007 · as James Cook
- The One Show2006 · as Self
- Waterloo Road2006 · as Dale Baxter
- Wire in the Blood2002 · as Jack Norton
- Doctors2000 · as Connor Yates
- Holby City1999 · as Davey Hunt
- The Bill1984 · as Ross Trescott