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Jack O'Connell

Born · August 1, 1990 (34 years old)

Known For: Acting

Place of Birth: Derby, Derbyshire, England, UK

Bio

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

300: Rise of an Empire

300: Rise of an Empire

Unbroken

Unbroken

Money Monster

Money Monster

Eden Lake

Eden Lake

Godzilla x Kong: Supernova

2027

28 Years Later

Jimmy Crystal

2025

Sinners

Remmick

2025

Back to Black

Blake

2024

Ferrari

Peter Collins

2023

Lady Chatterley's Lover

Oliver Mellors

2022

SAS Rogue Heroes

Paddy Mayne · (12 episodes)

2022

The North Water

Patrick Sumner · (5 episodes)

2021

Little Fish

Jude

2021

Jungleland

Walter 'Lion' Kaminski

2020

Seberg

Jack Solomon

2019

Trial by Fire

Cameron Todd Willingham

2019

National Theatre Live: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Brick

2018

Godless

Roy Goode · (7 episodes)

2017

Tulip Fever

Willem Brok

2017

Robot & Scarecrow

Scarecrow

2017

The Man with the Iron Heart

Jan Kubiš

2017

Money Monster

Kyle Budwell

2016

Home

Jack

2016

Unbroken

Louis Zamperini

2014

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

Self · (1 episode)

2014

Lennon or McCartney

Self

2014

9 Kisses

Boxing Guy

2014

'71

Gary Hook

2014

Shelter

Private Charlie Miller

2014

Starred Up

Eric Love

2014

300: Rise of an Empire

Calisto

2014

The Liability

Adam

2012

Private Peaceful

Charlie Peaceful

2012

Tower Block

Kurtis

2012

The Somnambulists

Man 10

2012

Weekender

Dylan

2011

The Runaway

Eamonn Docherty · (6 episodes)

2011

United

Bobby Charlton

2011

The Hardest Part

Thug

2010

Harry Brown

Marky

2009

Wuthering Heights

Shepherd Lad · (2 episodes)

2009

Wayfaring Stranger

Bobby Brewer

2009

Eden Lake

Brett

2008

This Is England

Pukey Nicholls

2007

He Bled Neon

Black Dog

Chris

2006

Love Is a Gun

Clyde Barrow

Twisting My Melon

Shaun Ryder

Dive

Robert · (2 episodes)

2010

The Graham Norton Show

Self · (1 episode)

2007

Skins

James Cook · (20 episodes)

2007

The One Show

Self · (1 episode)

2006

Waterloo Road

Dale Baxter · (1 episode)

2006

Wire in the Blood

Jack Norton · (1 episode)

2002

Doctors

Connor Yates · (1 episode)

2000

Holby City

Davey Hunt · (1 episode)

1999

The Bill

Ross Trescott · (4 episodes)

1984