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Jack O'Connell

Jack O'Connell

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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).

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Untitled Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire Sequel

Untitled Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire Sequel

2027

28 Years Later

28 Years Later

2025

as Jimmy Crystal

Sinners

Sinners

2025

Back to Black

Back to Black

2024

as Blake

Ferrari

Ferrari

2023

as Peter Collins

Lady Chatterley's Lover

Lady Chatterley's Lover

2022

as Oliver Mellors

SAS Rogue Heroes

SAS Rogue Heroes

2022

as Paddy Mayne

The North Water

The North Water

2021

as Patrick Sumner

Little Fish

Little Fish

2021

as Jude

Jungleland

Jungleland

2020

as Walter 'Lion' Kaminski

Seberg

Seberg

2019

as Jack Solomon

Trial by Fire

Trial by Fire

2019

as Cameron Todd Willingham

National Theatre Live: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

National Theatre Live: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

2018

as Brick

Godless

Godless

2017

as Roy Goode

Tulip Fever

Tulip Fever

2017

as Willem Brok

Robot & Scarecrow

Robot & Scarecrow

2017

as Scarecrow

The Man with the Iron Heart

The Man with the Iron Heart

2017

as Jan Kubiš

Money Monster

Money Monster

2016

as Kyle Budwell

Home

Home

2016

as Jack

Unbroken

Unbroken

2014

as Louis Zamperini

Lennon or McCartney

Lennon or McCartney

2014

as Self

9 Kisses

9 Kisses

2014

as Boxing Guy

'71

'71

2014

as Gary Hook

Shelter

Shelter

2014

as Private Charlie Miller

Starred Up

Starred Up

2014

as Eric Love

300: Rise of an Empire

300: Rise of an Empire

2014

as Calisto

Skins : Rise

Skins : Rise

2013

as James Cook

The Liability

The Liability

2012

as Adam

Private Peaceful

Private Peaceful

2012

as Charlie Peaceful

Tower Block

Tower Block

2012

as Kurtis

The Somnambulists

The Somnambulists

2012

as Man 10

Weekender

Weekender

2011

as Dylan

The Runaway

The Runaway

2011

as Eamonn Docherty

United

United

2011

as Bobby Charlton

The Hardest Part

The Hardest Part

2010

as Thug

Dive

Dive

2010

as Robert

Harry Brown

Harry Brown

2009

as Marky

Wuthering Heights

Wuthering Heights

2009

as Shepherd Lad

Wayfaring Stranger

Wayfaring Stranger

2009

as Bobby Brewer

Eden Lake

Eden Lake

2008

as Brett

This Is England

This Is England

2007

as Pukey Nicholls

Skins

Skins

2007

as James Cook

Black Dog

Black Dog

2006

as Chris

Waterloo Road

Waterloo Road

2006

as Dale Baxter

Wire in the Blood

Wire in the Blood

2002

as Jack Norton

Doctors

Doctors

2000

as Connor Yates

Holby City

Holby City

1999

as Davey Hunt

The Bill

The Bill

1984

as Ross Trescott

He Bled Neon

He Bled Neon

Love Is a Gun

Love Is a Gun

as Clyde Barrow

Twisting My Melon

Twisting My Melon

as Shaun Ryder