Jack O'Connell

Jack O'Connell

CountryUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
GenderMale
BirthdayAug 1, 1990
BiographyJack 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 the coming-of-age film This Is England (2006), the horror-thriller Eden Lake (2008), the television dramas Dive (2010) and United (2011), Sinners (2025) 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. He has since starred in the thriller Money Monster (2016), the biographical drama Trial by Fire (2018), the BBC miniseries The North Water (2021), the BBC series SAS: Rogue Heroes (2022–2025), the Amy Winehouse biographical film Back to Black (2024), the period horror film Sinners (2025), and the post-apocalyptic horror film 28 Years Later (2025).

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Known For

SAS: Rogue Heroes
To Be Determined

SAS: Rogue Heroes

as Paddy Mayne
Dive
Ended

Dive

as Robert
Godless
Ended

Godless

as Roy Goode
Skins
Ended

Skins

as James Cook
The North Water
Ended

The North Water

as Patrick Sumner
The Runaway
Ended

The Runaway

as Eamonn

Part of Crew

SAS: Rogue Heroes
To Be Determined

SAS: Rogue Heroes

as Executive Producer

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