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Jack O'Connell

Actor, ProducerBorn August 1, 1990 (35 years)
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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Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Eden Lake
  • Harry Brown
  • '71
  • Starred Up
  • Tulip Fever
  • Tower Block
  • Private Peaceful

Known For

  • Unbroken
  • Godless
  • '71
  • Sinners
  • Starred Up
  • 300: Rise of an Empire
  • Money Monster
  • Eden Lake
  • Skins
  • SAS Rogue Heroes
  • Trial by Fire
  • Back to Black
  • Lady Chatterley's Lover
  • Harry Brown
  • The North Water
  • United
  • Killing Heydrich
  • Seberg
  • Tulip Fever
  • The Hitman's Apprentice
  • Little Fish
  • Jungleland

Featured Videos

    Filmography

    2027
    2026
    2025
    28 Years Later · as Jimmy Crystal
    2025
    Sinners · as Remmick
    2024
    Back to Black · as Blake
    2023
    Ferrari · as Peter Collins
    2022
    Lady Chatterley's Lover · as Oliver Mellors
    2022
    SAS Rogue Heroes (TV Series) · as Paddy Mayne
    2021
    The North Water (TV Series) · as Patrick Sumner
    2020
    Little Fish · as Jude
    2019
    Jungleland · as Walter 'lion' Kaminski
    2019
    Seberg · as Jack Solomon
    2018
    Trial by Fire · as Cameron Todd Willingham
    2018
    2017
    Godless (TV Series) · as Roy Goode
    2017
    Tulip Fever · as Willem Brok
    2017
    Killing Heydrich · as Jan Kubiš
    2016
    Money Monster · as Kyle Budwell
    2016
    Home · as Jack
    2014
    Unbroken · as Louis Zamperini
    2014
    9 Kisses · as Boxing Guy
    2014
    '71 · as Gary Hook
    2014
    2013
    Starred Up · as Eric Love
    2012
    2012
    Private Peaceful · as Charlie Peaceful
    2012
    2011
    Weekender · as Dylan
    2011
    United · as Bobby Charlton
    2010
    The Runaway (TV Series) · as Eamonn Docherty
    2010
    Dive (TV Series) · as Robert
    2010
    Dive · as Robert
    2009
    2009
    Wuthering Heights (2009) (TV Series) · as Shepherd Lad
    2008
    Eden Lake · as Brett
    2007
    Skins (TV Series) · as James Cook
    2006
    This Is England · as Pukey Nicholls
    2006
    Waterloo Road (TV Series) · as Dale Baxter
    2002
    Wire in the Blood (TV Series) · as Jack Norton
    2000
    Doctors (TV Series) · as Connor Yates
    1999
    Holby City (TV Series) · as Davey Hunt
    1984
    The Bill (TV Series) · as Ross Trescott

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