Jack O'Connell (actor)

Jack O'Connell (born 1 August 1990) is an English actor. Known for his roles as dark, volatile and menacing characters, he has received various accolades, including a British Academy Film Award, an Actor Award and a Gotham Award. 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), 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–present), the Amy Winehouse biographical film Back to Black (2024), the horror film Sinners (2025), and as Jimmy Crystal in the post-apocalyptic horror films 28 Years Later (2025) and 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2026).