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.
He is also known from God's Own Country (2017), and the series The Durrells and Les Misérables.
A movie, a book and song he would take with him if he was stranded on an island would be: The Great Beauty (2013) (movie), The Brooklyn Follies by Paul Auster (book)
Recomposed by Max Richter: Vivaldi - The Four Seasons: Spring (song).
His aunt (mother's sister) is writer and commentator Madeleine Bunting. His maternal grandfather was sculptor John Bunting.
Both of his maternal grandparents were artists. They taught him how to draw, which is something he has continued.
Joined the 'Clifton Hot Air Balloon Appreciation Society' when he was younger, even though he never went up in a balloon because he had (and still has) a fear of heights.