Jack O'Connell
Jack O'Connell (born August 1, 1990 in Alvaston , Derby , England ) is a British actor .
Life
Jack O'Connell was best known in Germany for his role as James Cook in the British television series Skins - Hautnah and that of a teenager in the drama Eden Lake (2008).
He began his film and television career in 2005 when he took on a role in an episode of the soap opera Doctors . In the same year he starred in several episodes of the series The Bill . In 2006 he made his feature film debut in This Is England . Since then he has appeared in cinema and television productions.
In 2014 he played the lead role as the athlete and prisoner of war Louis Zamperini , the story of which the film tells, under the direction of Angelina Jolie in the war drama Unbroken . In 2017, he played the Czechoslovak resistance fighter Jan Kubiš in The Power of Evil , who carried out the assassination attempt on Reinhard Heydrich together with Jozef Gabčík .
Filmography (selection)
- 2005: Doctors (TV series, episode 7x19)
- 2005: The Bill (TV series, 4 episodes)
- 2006: This Is England
- 2007: Waterloo Road (TV series, episode 2x09)
- 2007: Holby City (TV series, episode 9x31)
- 2007: Hautnah - Die Methode Hill ( Wire in the Blood , TV series, episode 5x3)
- 2008: Eden Lake
- 2009: Emily Brontë's Sturmhöhe ( Wuthering Heights , miniseries)
- 2009: Harry Brown
- 2009-2013: Skins - Close Up ( Skins , TV series, 18 episodes)
- 2010: Dive (TV movie)
- 2011: United
- 2011: The Runaway (TV series, 6 episodes)
- 2011: Weekender
- 2012: Tower Block
- 2012: Private Peaceful - My Brother Charlie (Private Peaceful)
- 2012: Last Hitman (The Liability)
- 2012: The Somnambulists
- 2013: Walls of Violence (Starred Up)
- 2014: '71
- 2014: 300: Rise of an Empire
- 2014: Unbroken
- 2014: Shelter (short film)
- 2016: Home (short film)
- 2016: Money Monster
- 2017: The power of evil (The Man with the Iron Heart)
- 2017: Robot And Scarecrow (short film)
- 2017: tulips fever (Tulip Fever)
- 2017: Godless (TV series, 7 episodes)
- 2019: Jean Seberg - Against all Enemies (Seberg)
- 2019: Jungleland
- 2020: Little Fish
Awards (selection)
- 2015: BAFTA Award for Best Young Actor
- 2015: Chopard Trophy of the Cannes International Film Festival
Web links
- Jack O'Connell in the Internet Movie Database (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | O'Connell, Jack |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 1, 1990 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Alvaston , Derby, England, UK |