Actor
Jack O'Connell
August 1, 1990 · Derby, Derbyshire, England, UK
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.
Notable work
6.1300: Rise of an Empire (2014)
as Calisto
7.5Sinners (2025)
as Remmick
7.4Unbroken (2014)
as Louis Zamperini
6.4Money Monster (2016)
as Kyle Budwell
6.628 Years Later (2025)
as Jimmy Crystal
6.8Eden Lake (2008)
as Brett
7.128 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2026)
as Sir Jimmy Crystal
7.5This Is England (2007)
as Pukey Nicholls
8.1Skins (2007)
as James Cook
6.4Ferrari (2023)
as Peter Collins
6.8'71 (2014)
as Gary Hook
6.8Harry Brown (2009)
as Marky
Film and television data provided by TMDB. This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB.