Jack O'Connell

About

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:...

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Holby CitySeries • 1999SkinsSeries • 2007SinnersMovie • 2025DoctorsSeries • 2000The BillSeries • 1984Waterloo RoadSeries • 200628 Years LaterMovie • 202528 Years Later: The Bone TempleMovie • 2026SAS Rogue HeroesSeries • 2022300: Rise of an EmpireMovie • 2014GodlessSeries • 2017Wire in the BloodSeries • 2002The North WaterSeries • 2021Tulip FeverMovie • 2017UnbrokenMovie • 2014Money MonsterMovie • 2016FerrariMovie • 2023Eden LakeMovie • 2008The Man with the Iron HeartMovie • 2017Lady Chatterley's LoverMovie • 2022'71Movie • 2014Trial by FireMovie • 2019Back to BlackMovie • 2024Starred UpMovie • 2014