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Josh O'Connor is a British actor who won an Emmy and a Golden Globe for his role as Prince Charles in The Crown. He also starred in God's Own Country, Peaky Blinders, Emma and other films and TV shows.
Josh O'Connor is a British actor, originally from Cheltenham, England. He trained as an actor at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. He has become known to a wide audience for portraying Prince Charles in the Netflix series The Crown, for which he was nominated for a BAFTA.
- January 1, 1
- 1.85 m
- Cheltenham, England, UK
Apr 29, 2024 · The English actor talks about transforming into a cocky American tennis star, being schooled in tennis, and adjusting to the miseries of fame. He also reveals his musical preferences and his resistance to press tours.
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- He initially didn't want to audition for The Crown. Despite playing such a famed member of the Royal family, O’Connor at first had no interest in auditioning for the role of Prince Charles.
- He won an Emmy the first time he attended the awards ceremony. After a two-season stint as a young Prince Charles in The Crown, O’Connor won his very first Primetime Emmy Award for the role in 2021, which, coincidentally, was the first time he ever attended the ceremony.
- He’s helped birth over 150 lambs. O’Connor didn’t grow up on a farm, but picked up farm skills later, during the filming for God’s Own Country (2017). In the film, O’Connor played Johnny Saxby, a young sheep farmer whose life is changed by a Romanian worker (played by Baptiste star Alec Secareanu) he meets.
- Drama helped him live with dyslexia. O’Connor has discussed what it is like having dyslexia, something the actor admitted to living with for many years.
Mar 28, 2021 · Josh O'Connor says neither her nor Jessie Buckley tried to act like a teenager, as in Shakespeare's text Shakespeare most likely wrote Romeo and Juliet in 1595 at a time when roles on stage...
Josh O'Connor is a British actor, originally from Cheltenham, England. He trained as an actor at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. He has become known to a wide audience for portraying Prince Charles in the Netflix series The Crown, for which he was nominated for a BAFTA.
Apr 19, 2019 · The 28-year-old actor—best known for his breakout role in Francis Lee’s tender, queer West Yorkshire drama God’s Own Country and the BBC’s new six-part adaptation of Les...
