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In 2021, O'Connor won a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award for his role as Charles, Prince of Wales, in the Netflix drama series The Crown (2019–2020). He has since starred in the period drama Emma (2020), the comedy-drama La Chimera (2023) and the romantic sports film Challengers (2024).
33 Videos. 91 Photos. Josh O'Connor is a British actor, originally from Cheltenham, England. He trained as an actor at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. He has become known to a wide audience for portraying Prince Charles in the Netflix series The Crown, for which he was nominated for a BAFTA.
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- Cheltenham, England, UK
- He initially didn't want to audition for The Crown. Despite playing such a famed member of the Royal family, O’Connor at first had no interest in auditioning for the role of Prince Charles.
- He won an Emmy the first time he attended the awards ceremony. After a two-season stint as a young Prince Charles in The Crown, O’Connor won his very first Primetime Emmy Award for the role in 2021, which, coincidentally, was the first time he ever attended the ceremony.
- He’s helped birth over 150 lambs. O’Connor didn’t grow up on a farm, but picked up farm skills later, during the filming for God’s Own Country (2017). In the film, O’Connor played Johnny Saxby, a young sheep farmer whose life is changed by a Romanian worker (played by Baptiste star Alec Secareanu) he meets.
- Drama helped him live with dyslexia. O’Connor has discussed what it is like having dyslexia, something the actor admitted to living with for many years.
Sep 19, 2021 · ‘The Crown’ Star Josh O’Connor Wins Emmy for Best Lead Drama Actor. He takes home the award with his first nomination for the Netflix series. By Rick Porter. September 19, 2021 8:24pm. Josh...
Sep 22, 2021 · Sep 22, 2021 8:00am PT. ‘The Crown’ Star Josh O’Connor on His Emmy Win and Why He’s Eager to Shed Prince Charles. By. Michael Schneider. Nicol Biesek for Variety. Josh O’Connor learned...
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Sep 19, 2021 · Josh O’Connor took home the Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series on Sunday night, for his portrayal of Prince Charles in Netflix ‘s hit The Crown. 73rd Annual Primetime...
Mini Bio. Josh O'Connor is a British actor, originally from Cheltenham, England. He trained as an actor at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. He has become known to a wide audience for portraying Prince Charles in the Netflix series The Crown, for which he was nominated for a BAFTA.
