Name
Jack O'Connell
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1990-08-01 (36 years old)
Place of Birth
Derby, 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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- 2024 Back to Black as Blake
- 2009 Harry Brown as Marky
- 2008 Eden Lake as Brett
- 2011 United as Bobby Charlton
- 2014 300: Rise of an Empire as Calisto
- 2011 Weekender as Dylan
- 2012 Private Peaceful as Charlie Peaceful
- 2012 Tower Block as Kurtis
- 2012 The Liability as Adam
- 2014 Starred Up as Eric Love
- 2014 '71 as Gary Hook
- 2014 Unbroken as Louis Zamperini
- 2017 Tulip Fever as Willem Brok
- 2023 Ferrari as Peter Collins
- 2007 This Is England as Pukey Nicholls
- 2014 Shelter as Private Charlie Miller
- 2017 The Man with the Iron Heart as Jan Kubiš
- 2016 Money Monster as Kyle Budwell
- 2025 Sinners as Remmick
- 2025 28 Years Later as Sir Jimmy Crystal
- 2016 Home as Jack
- 2006 Black Dog as Chris
- 2010 The Hardest Part as Thug
- 2012 The Somnambulists as Man 10
- 2009 Wayfaring Stranger as Bobby Brewer
- 2017 Robot & Scarecrow as Scarecrow (voice)
- 2019 Trial by Fire as Cameron Todd Willingham
- 2018 National Theatre Live: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof as Brick
- 2019 Seberg as Jack Solomon
- 2020 Jungleland as Walter 'Lion' Kaminski
- 2021 Little Fish as Jude
- 2014 Lennon or McCartney as Self
- 2022 Lady Chatterley's Lover as Oliver Mellors
- 2027 Godzilla x Kong: Supernova
- 2026 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple as Sir Jimmy Crystal
- 2025 Dancing with the Devil: The Making of Sinners as Self
- 2026 Ink as Larry Lamb
- 2013 Skins: Rise as James Cook
- 2014 9 Kisses as Boxing Guy
- 2027 A Quiet Place Part III
- 2025 Blues in the Night: The Music of Sinners as Self
- Soon The End of the World as We Know It
- 2007 Skins ( 20 episodes ) as James Cook
- 2010 Dive ( 2 episodes ) as Robert Wisley
- 2011 The Runaway ( 6 episodes ) as Eamonn Docherty
- 2002 Wire in the Blood ( 1 episode ) as Jack Norton
- 1999 Holby City ( 1 episode ) as Davey Hunt
- 2006 Waterloo Road ( 1 episode ) as Dale Baxter
- 1984 The Bill ( 4 episodes ) as Ross Trescott
- 2000 Doctors ( 1 episode ) as Connor Yates
- 2022 SAS Rogue Heroes ( 12 episodes ) as Paddy Mayne
- 2017 Godless ( 7 episodes ) as Roy Goode
- 2009 Wuthering Heights ( 2 episodes ) as Shepherd Lad
- 2007 The Graham Norton Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2021 The North Water ( 5 episodes ) as Patrick Sumner
- 2014 Variety Studio: Actors on Actors ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2006 The One Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
