James O’Connell

Actor, Anatomy of a Suicide

James O’Connell trained at the VCA, graduating with a Bachelor of Dramatic Art in 2012; at ANU, graduating with a Bachelor of Laws/Bachelor of Arts (Theatre Studies) in 2007; and again at ANU, graduating with a Grad Dip (Legal Practice - with merit) in 2008.

As an actor his credits for theatre include:

• Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Michael Cassel Group/Sonia Freedman Productions)
• Therese Raquin (Dirty Pretty Theatre/ Critical Stages)
• Resplendence (Old Fitz)
• Mill on the Floss (OpticNerve)
• Detroit (Darlinghurst Theatre Company)
• Lonesome West (KIN Collective)
• Savages (45 Downstairs)
• Danny and the Deep Blue Sea (PONY.CHILD)

His credits for television include:

• Lambs of God (Foxtel)
• Bite Club (Nine Network)
• Dead Lucky (SBS)
• Underbelly Files: Chopper (Screentime)
• Top of the Lake: China Girl (See-Saw Films)
• Home and Away (Seven Network)
• Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries (ABC)
• The Secret River (ABC)
• Gallipoli (Endemol Australia/Nine Network)
• Neighbours (Fremantle Media)
• Doctor Blake Mysteries (January Productions)
• Jack Irish – Dead Point (Essential Media)

His credits for film include:

• Hacksaw Ridge
• The Nightingale
• War Machine

Awards and nominations include: 

• Green Room Award Nominee: Male Performer, Independent Theatre for Lonesome West (2015)
• Greenroom Award Nominee: Ensemble, Independent Theatre for Savages (2014)
• Greenroom Award Nominee: Male Performer, Independent Theatre for Danny and the Deep Blue Sea