Josh O'Connor - age: 33

Josh O'Connor

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ABOUT

Josh O'Connor (born 20 May 1990) is an English actor. He is known for his portrayal of Prince Charles in seasons 3 and 4 of the Netflix drama The Crown, for which he was nominated for a BAFTA.

He is also known for his portrayal of Johnny Saxby in the 2017 film God's Own Country, directed by Francis Lee, for which he won a British Independent Film Award for Best Actor and his portrayal of Lawrence Durrell in the ITV series The Durrells. He also appeared as Marius in BBC One's miniseries of Victor Hugo's novel Les Misérables.

BEFORE FAME

In 2012, O'Connor appeared in Lewis. In 2015, he played Rich in the biographical drama film The Program about the cyclist Lance Armstrong, directed by Stephen Frears. The following year, he took over the role of Donaghy in Florence Foster Jenkins, starring Meryl Streep and Hugh Grant.

From 2016 to 2019, he played the role of Lawrence "Larry" Durrell in the ITV comedy-drama The Durrells. In 2017, he starred as Johnny Saxby in the British drama film God's Own Country, directed by Francis Lee. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on 23 January 2017. For his performance, he received a British Independent Film Award for Best Actor.

On the stage, he has appeared with the Royal Shakespeare Company in The Shoemaker's Holiday and Oppenheimer, at the Donmar Warehouse in Versailles, and Southwark Playhouse in Farragut North.

O'Connor starred alongside Laia Costa in Harry Wootliff's critically acclaimed directorial debut Only You, which premiered in competition at The London Film Festival on 19 October 2018. For his performance, he received his second British Independent Film Award for Best Actor.

RELATED TO

O'Connor was born in 1990 to John, a teacher, and Emily, a midwife. The middle son in a family of three boys, his older brother is an artist and his younger brother Seb is an ecological economist.

O'Connor was brought up in Cheltenham, England. He comes from an artistic family, telling Interview, "I wanted to be an artist; it was an artist or be an actor. This seems to be working right now." He is the grandson of the British sculptor John Bunting. His maternal aunt is a British writer and commentator Madeleine Bunting. His ancestry is Irish, English, Scottish, and, through his matrilineal great-grandmother, Ashkenazi and Sephardi Jewish.

He attended St Edward's School, Cheltenham, and then trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, from which he graduated in 2011.

FUN FACTS

Actor Josh O'Connor were born on Wednesday, birthstone is Pearl, the seaon was Spring in the Chinese year of Horse, it is 157 days until Josh O'Connor next birthday.

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