Jack O'Connell is an English actor. He first gained recognition for playing James Cook in the British television series Skins. He is also known for his roles in This Is England (2006), the slasher film Eden Lake (2009), 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 in 2016
O'Connell at the premiere of Harry Brown in November 2009
O'Connell at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2013
Skins (British TV series)
Skins is a British teen comedy drama television series that follows the lives of a group of teenagers in Bristol, South West England, through the two years of sixth form. Its controversial story-lines have explored issues like dysfunctional families, mental illness, adolescent sexuality, gender, substance abuse, death, and bullying.
Hannah Murray, who played Cassie Ainsworth during the first generation
Jack O'Connell, who played James Cook during the second generation
Dakota Blue Richards, who played Franky Fitzgerald during the third generation
Filming scene from "Pandora" at the Bristol Harbour