Jack O'Connell

After graduating from Performing Arts College and making his acting debut in 2005 Jack O'Connell has gone from strength to strength in his varied career. Jack has been seen in David Mackenzie's Film 4 backed Starred Up, in which he played young prisoner Eric opposite Rupert Friend. The gritty prison based father-son drama premiered to great acclaim at the Toronto Film Festival, and also screened at the London, Tribeca and LA Film Festivals. The role also earned Jack a British Independent Film Award nomination for Best Actor, and contributed towards his nomination for the South Bank Sky Arts Times Breakthrough Award.

Jack filmed the lead role in Angelina Jolie's new film Unbroken, a chronicle of the life of Louis Zamperini, an Olympic runner who was taken prisoner by Japanese forces during World War II. Jack can be seen in 71, a thriller based on the troubles in Belfast, which screened in competition at the Berlin Film Festival and was released in the UK. Jack was filming Weinstein's Tulip Fever opposite Dane DeHaan, Alicia Vikander and Holliday Grainger.Jack also featured in the role of Calisto in 300: Rise of an Empire, the prequel to Warner Bros epic 300.

In 2012 audiences saw Jack as lead character Charlie Peaceful in Pat O'Connor's Private Peaceful. This adaptation of Michael Morpurgo's novel follows the rites of passage of two brothers in the early 20th century. Jack also starred as Kurtis in thriller Tower Block alongside other British talent including Sheridan Smith and Russell Tovey; and as Adam in thriller The Liability. Jack reprised the character he played in Skins in feature length film Skins Rise charting the development of his character since the last time viewers saw him.

2011 saw Jack star in both film and television. In The Runaway Jack starred as Eamonn in the critically acclaimed Sky drama alongside Keith Allen and Alan Cumming. In the same year he starred as Bobby Charlton in United, the BBC Two dramatization of the 1958 Munich Air Crash. For film he played the role of Dylan in Karl Golden's Weekender. Following the wild adventures of two friends who move from Manchester's rave scene to the clubs of Ibiza. In 2006 Jack had his film debut with the role of Pukey in the controversial and critically acclaimed British film This is England.

He followed up with role of villain Brett in James Watkins' horror film Eden Lake in which he appeared opposite with Michael Fassbender and Kelly Reilly. In 2009 he won the role of Marky in Daniel Barber's crime thriller Harry Brown and later starred in TV movies Wuthering Heights and Dive, directed by Dominic Savage. Jack's theatre credits include Scarborough at the Royal Court, The Spidermen, The Musicians and Just.

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