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Jack O'Connell

Actor

Jack O'Connell

Born August 1, 1990 in Derby, Derbyshire, England, UK38 films

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.

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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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Sinners posterFirst watchSinners20257.5as RemmickTrying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Unbroken poster7.4Unbroken2014This Is England poster7.5This Is England2007300: Rise of an Empire poster6.1300: Rise of an Empire201428 Years Later: The Bone Temple poster7.128 Years Later: The Bone Temple202628 Years Later poster6.628 Years Later2025Eden Lake poster6.8Eden Lake2008Money Monster poster6.4Money Monster2016Starred Up poster7.1Starred Up2014

Filmography

38 films as actor
  1. 2027A Quiet Place Part III
  2. 2027Godzilla x Kong: Supernova
  3. 2026InkLarry Lamb
  4. 202628 Years Later: The Bone TempleSir Jimmy Crystal
  5. 202528 Years LaterSir Jimmy Crystal
  6. 2025SinnersRemmick
  7. 2024Back to BlackBlake
  8. 2023FerrariPeter Collins
  9. 2022Lady Chatterley's LoverOliver Mellors
  10. 2021Little FishJude
  11. 2020JunglelandWalter 'Lion' Kaminski
  12. 2019SebergJack Solomon
  13. 2019Trial by FireCameron Todd Willingham
  14. 2018National Theatre Live: Cat on a Hot Tin RoofBrick
  15. 2017Tulip FeverWillem Brok
  16. 2017Robot & ScarecrowScarecrow (voice)
  17. 2017The Man with the Iron HeartJan Kubiš
  18. 2016Money MonsterKyle Budwell
  19. 2016HomeJack
  20. 2014UnbrokenLouis Zamperini
  21. 2014'71Gary Hook
  22. 2014ShelterPrivate Charlie Miller
  23. 2014Starred UpEric Love
  24. 2014300: Rise of an EmpireCalisto
  25. 20149 KissesBoxing Guy
  26. 2013Skins: RiseJames Cook
  27. 2012The LiabilityAdam
  28. 2012Private PeacefulCharlie Peaceful
  29. 2012Tower BlockKurtis
  30. 2012The SomnambulistsMan 10
  31. 2011WeekenderDylan
  32. 2011UnitedBobby Charlton
  33. 2010The Hardest PartThug
  34. 2009Harry BrownMarky
  35. 2009Wayfaring StrangerBobby Brewer
  36. 2008Eden LakeBrett
  37. 2007This Is EnglandPukey Nicholls
  38. 2006Black DogChris