Jack O'Connell

Born: 1990-08-01

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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28 Years Later

as uncredited
Released: 2025-06-16

It's been almost three decades since the rage virus escaped a biological weapons laboratory, and...

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as Calisto
Released: 2014-03-05

Greek general Themistocles attempts to unite all of Greece by leading the charge that will...

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Eden Lake

as Brett
Released: 2008-09-12

When a young couple goes to a remote wooded lake for a romantic getaway, their quiet weekend is...

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Back to Black

as Blake
Released: 2024-04-11

The extraordinary story of Amy Winehouse’s early rise to fame from her early days in Camden...

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Ferrari

as Peter Collins
Released: 2023-12-14

Set during the summer of 1957. Ex-racecar driver, Enzo Ferrari, is in crisis. Bankruptcy stalks...

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Unbroken

as Louis Zamperini
Released: 2014-12-25

A chronicle of the life of Louis Zamperini, an Olympic runner who was taken prisoner by Japanese...

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as Cameron Todd Willingham
Released: 2019-05-17

The tragic and controversial story of Cameron Todd Willingham, who was executed in Texas for...

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Lady Chatterley's Lover

as Oliver Mellors
Released: 2022-11-22

Unhappily married aristocrat Lady Chatterley begins a torrid affair — and falls deeply in love —...

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'71

as Gary Hook
Released: 2014-10-10

A young British soldier must find his way back to safety after his unit accidentally abandons...

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as Marky
Released: 2009-11-11

An elderly ex-serviceman and widower looks to avenge his best friend's murder by doling out his...

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The Man with the Iron Heart

as Jan Kubiš
Released: 2017-05-25

With the Third Reich at its peak in 1942, the Czech resistance in London plans the most...

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Money Monster

as Kyle Budwell
Released: 2016-05-12

Financial TV host Lee Gates and his producer Patty are put in an extreme situation when an irate...

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Jungleland

as Walter 'Lion' Kaminski
Released: 2020-11-06

Stanley manages his boxer brother Lion but when a devastating loss in the ring leaves the pair...

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Sinners

as uncredited
Released: 2025-03-05

Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers return to their hometown to start...

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Tulip Fever

as Willem Brok
Released: 2017-07-13

An artist falls for a married young woman while he's commissioned to paint her portrait. The two...

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Starred Up

as Eric Love
Released: 2014-03-21

19-year-old Eric, arrogant and ultra-violent, is prematurely transferred to the same adult...

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Seberg

as Jack Solomon
Released: 2019-12-13

An ambitious young FBI agent is assigned to investigate iconic actress Jean Seberg when she...

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Little Fish

as Jude
Released: 2021-02-05

A couple fights to hold their relationship together as a memory loss virus spreads and threatens...

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The Liability

as Adam
Released: 2012-11-24

When 19-year-old Adam agrees to do a day's driving for his mum's gangster boyfriend Peter, it...

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Private Peaceful

as Charlie Peaceful
Released: 2012-10-12

Set in the fields of Devon and the WW1 battlefields of Flanders, two brothers fall for the same...

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Tower Block

as Kurtis
Released: 2012-09-19

A year after witnessing a murder, residents of Tower Block 31 find themselves being picked off...

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United

as Bobby Charlton
Released: 2011-01-02

United is based on the true story of Manchester United's legendary "Busby Babes", the youngest...

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This Is England

as Pukey Nicholls
Released: 2007-04-27

A story about a troubled boy growing up in England, set in 1983. He comes across a few skinheads...

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Lennon or McCartney

as Self
Released: 2014-12-12

550 artists were interviewed over ten years. At some point during those interviews, they were...

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9 Kisses

as Boxing Guy
Released: 2014-12-11

2014's best actors pair up in a series of intimate encounters.

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Weekender

as Dylan
Released: 2011-09-01

The exploits of two friends who make the move from partying at illegal warehouse raves to...

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National Theatre Live: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

as Brick
Released: 2018-02-22

Tennessee Williams’ twentieth century masterpiece Cat on a Hot Tin Roof played a strictly...

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The Hardest Part

as Thug
Released: 2010-10-01

An aging actor finally secures the audition of a lifetime. But just how badly does he want the role?

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Robot & Scarecrow

as Scarecrow
Released: 2017-06-04

A love story between a robot and a scarecrow who meet and fall for each other at a summer music...

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Love Is a Gun

as Clyde Barrow
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A thrilling, gritty and emotional story of two of history’s most famous lovers, Bonnie Parker,...

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The Somnambulists

as Man 10
Released: 2012-04-30

British servicemen and women reflect on the action they saw in Basra during the Iraq War.

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Wayfaring Stranger

as Bobby Brewer
Released: 2009-04-23

When he is released from a young Offender's Institute, Bobby Brewer a wayward 16 year old, is...

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Black Dog

as Chris
Released: 2006-11-27

When fourteen- year- old Chris is sent across the city to deliver a tonic to his sick...

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The Graham Norton Show

as Self
First aired: 2007-02-22

Each week celebrity guests join Irish comedian Graham Norton to discuss what's being going on...

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Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

as Self
First aired: 2014-12-21

PBS SoCal and Variety take you inside the biggest movies and TV shows of the past year through...

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Skins

as James Cook
First aired: 2007-01-25

Irreverent comedy drama which follows the messy lives, loves, delirious highs and inevitable...

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Holby City

as Davey Hunt
First aired: 1999-01-12

Drama series about life on the wards of Holby City Hospital, following the highs and lows of the...

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Waterloo Road

as Dale Baxter
First aired: 2006-03-09

Waterloo Road is a UK television drama series the first broadcast was in the United Kingdom on...

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Doctors

as Connor Yates
First aired: 2000-03-27

Set in the fictional Midlands town of Letherbridge, defined as being close to the city of...

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The Bill

as Ross Trescott
First aired: 1984-10-16

The daily lives of the men and women at Sun Hill Police Station as they fight crime on the...

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SAS Rogue Heroes

as Paddy Mayne
First aired: 2022-10-30

The dramatised account of how the world’s greatest Special Forces unit, the SAS, was formed...

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Wire in the Blood

as Jack Norton
First aired: 2002-11-14

Clinical psychologist Dr Tony Hill's uncanny ability to see into the minds of murderers means he...

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Godless

as Roy Goode
First aired: 2017-11-22

A ruthless outlaw terrorizes the West in search of a former member of his gang, who’s found a...

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The North Water

as Patrick Sumner
First aired: 2021-07-14

Henry Drax is a harpooner and brutish killer whose amorality has been shaped to fit the...

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Wuthering Heights

as Shepherd Lad
First aired: 2009-08-30

Foundling Heathcliff is raised by the wealthy Earnshaws in Yorkshire but in later life launches...

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Dive

as Robert
First aired: 2010-07-08

Dive is a two-part British television drama starring Aisling Loftus, Jack O'Connell and Gina...

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The Runaway

as Eamonn Docherty
First aired: 2011-03-31

Childhood friends Cathy Connor and Eamonn Docherty were brought up together in the heart of...

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