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Jack O'Connell

Acting Born Aug 1, 1990 Derby, Derbyshire, England, UK 24 credits

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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Known for

The Graham Norton Show

as Self
Film

28 Years Later: The Bone Temple

as Sir Jimmy Crystal
Film

Sinners

as Remmick
Film

28 Years Later

as Jimmy Crystal
Film

Lady Chatterley's Lover

as Oliver Mellors
Film

Ferrari

as Peter Collins

Full filmography

  • Skins (2007) as James Cook
  • The Graham Norton Show (2007) as Self
  • Holby City (1999) as Davey Hunt
  • 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2026) as Sir Jimmy Crystal
  • Sinners (2025) as Remmick
  • Waterloo Road (2006) as Dale Baxter
  • Variety Studio: Actors on Actors (2014) as Self
  • The One Show (2006) as Self
  • The Bill (1984) as Ross Trescott
  • Doctors (2000) as Connor Yates
  • 28 Years Later (2025) as Jimmy Crystal
  • SAS Rogue Heroes (2022) as Paddy Mayne
  • Godless (2017) as Roy Goode
  • 300: Rise of an Empire (2014) as Calisto
  • Wire in the Blood (2002) as Jack Norton
  • Eden Lake (2008) as Brett
  • Lady Chatterley's Lover (2022) as Oliver Mellors
  • The North Water (2021) as Patrick Sumner
  • Unbroken (2014) as Louis Zamperini
  • Ferrari (2023) as Peter Collins
  • Wuthering Heights (2009) as Shepherd Lad
  • Money Monster (2016) as Kyle Budwell
  • Godzilla x Kong: Supernova (2027)
  • Back to Black (2024) as Blake