About
Jack O'Connell
Overview
Jack O'Connell (born 1 August 1990) is an English actor who first found fame as James Cook in Skins (2009–2010, 2013). He is also known for Pukey Nicholls in This Is England (2006), roles in the slasher film Eden Lake (2009) and the television dramas Dive (2010), United (2011) and playing the lead, Roy Goode, in the Netflix wild west miniseries Godless (2017).
O'Connell gave critically acclaimed performances in the independent films Starred Up (2013) and '71 (2014). He subsequently starred as war hero Louis Zamperini in the war film Unbroken (2014), for which he received the BAFTA Rising Star Award. He has since starred in the thriller Money Monster (2016), the biographical drama Trial by Fire (2018) and the BBC miniseries The North Water (2021).
Known for
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| 2025 | 28 Years Later | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 2025 | Sinners | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 2024 | Back to Black | Actor | Blake | 62 Fair |
| 2023 | Ferrari | Actor | Peter Collins | 62 Fair |
| 2022 | Lady Chatterley's Lover | Actor | Oliver Mellors | 62 Fair |
| 2022 | SAS Rogue Heroes | Actor | Paddy Mayne | 73 Good |
| 2021 | The North Water | Actor | Patrick Sumner | 72 Good |
| 2021 | Little Fish | Actor | Jude | 62 Fair |
| 2020 | Jungleland | Actor | Walter 'Lion' Kaminski | 60 Fair |
| 2019 | Seberg | Actor | Jack Solomon | 59 Average |
| 2019 | Trial by Fire | Actor | Cameron Todd Willingham | 61 Fair |
| 2018 | Trial by Fire | Actor | Cameron Todd Willingham | N/A N/A |
| 2018 | National Theatre Live: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof | Actor | Brick | 59 Average |
| 2017 | Godless | Actor | Roy Goode | 76 Good |
| 2017 | Tulip Fever | Actor | Willem Brok | 62 Fair |
| 2017 | Robot & Scarecrow | Actor | Scarecrow | 59 Average |
| 2017 | The Man with the Iron Heart | Actor | Jan Kubiš | 62 Fair |
| 2016 | Money Monster | Actor | Kyle Budwell | 63 Fair |
| 2016 | Home | Actor | Jack | 59 Average |
| 2015 | Skins Shorts: Cook | Actor | James Cook | 59 Average |
| 2015 | Skins Shorts: The Three Musketeers | Actor | Cook | 59 Average |
| 2014 | Unbroken | Actor | Louis Zamperini | 72 Good |
| 2014 | Lennon or McCartney | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
| 2014 | 9 Kisses | Actor | Boxing Guy | 59 Average |
| 2014 | '71 | Actor | Gary Hook | 65 Fair |
| 2014 | Shelter | Actor | Private Charlie Miller | N/A N/A |
| 2014 | Starred Up | Actor | Eric Love | 66 Fair |
| 2014 | 300: Rise of an Empire | Actor | Calisto | 60 Fair |
| 2013 | Skins: Rise | Actor | James Cook | N/A N/A |
| 2012 | The Hitman's Apprentice (aka The Liability) | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 2012 | The Liability | Actor | Adam | 58 Average |
| 2012 | Private Peaceful | Actor | Charlie Peaceful | 59 Average |
| 2012 | Tower Block | Actor | Kurtis | 58 Average |
| 2012 | The Somnambulists | Actor | Man 10 | N/A N/A |
| 2011 | Weekender | Actor | Dylan | 59 Average |
| 2011 | The Runaway | Actor | Eamonn Docherty | 70 Good |
| 2011 | United | Actor | Bobby Charlton | 61 Fair |
| 2010 | The Hardest Part | Actor | Thug | N/A N/A |
| 2010 | Dive | Actor | Robert | 67 Fair |
| 2009 | Harry Brown | Actor | Marky | 65 Fair |
| 2009 | Wuthering Heights | Actor | Shepherd Lad | 69 Fair |
| 2009 | Wayfaring Stranger | Actor | Bobby Brewer | N/A N/A |
| 2008 | Eden Lake | Actor | Brett | 66 Fair |
| 2007 | This Is England | Actor | Pukey Nicholls | 70 Good |
| 2006 | Black Dog | Actor | Chris | N/A N/A |
| Twisting My Melon | Actor | Shaun Ryder | N/A N/A |
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| He Bled Neon | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| Love Is a Gun | Actor | Clyde Barrow | N/A N/A |
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