Jack O’Connell is one of the stars of the series SAS Rogue Heroes, and fans want to know more about the star’s life off-screen.
After bursting onto screens as in This is England and Skins, Jack became a beloved actor, with his charming devil-may-care attitude winning the hearts of the British public.
The actor is one of the stars of SAS Rogue Heroes, alongside Connor Swindells and Alfie Allen.
Fans who have watched the series are keen to know more about Jack’s private life, including his relationship status.
Does Jack O’Connell have a girlfriend?
Jack O’Connell has famously been linked to several famous actresses and models during his career.
The actor has been linked to Kaya Scodelario, Tulisa Contostavlos, and Cara Delevingne.
In 2023 the star was linked to Imogen Coates, a hairstylist who the paparazzi snapped him with in London and Ibiza.
There has been no confirmation if the pair are still together and the actor keeps his life off social media.
Where is Jack O’Connell from and who are his family?
Jack is from Alvaston in Derbyshire but has lived in East London since 2014.
He was born to Johnny Patrick O’Connell who was Irish and died from pancreatic cancer in 2009 when Jack was 18.
His mother Alison is English and worked for an airline before taking on management of Jack’s career. Jack also has a younger sister named Megan who also works as an actor.
The actor’s family was working class and he has previously spoken about facing money troubles in his youth.
‘I just grew up there, playing football and doing all the normal stuff. My mum and dad worked every hour of the day. My mum had two jobs and still had bailiffs coming around.
‘I remember the bailiffs coming and nabbing our TV. I was halfway through watching Pingu, and they f*****g nabbed the TV,’ he told Hollywood Authentic.
‘I remember my mum having to be really crafty with how she’d get food on the table and whatnot. And that was despite my dad working his arse off. He worked himself into the ground. ‘In terms of my relationship with him, I never got to speak to him as an adult, which is the biggest bereavement I still feel. With that kind of loss, you never get over it. You just cope.
‘I had 18 years with a fine, fine man. I know lads that never even had a day with theirs. So it is what it is. But he got to see the start of where I was getting to with work.’
He also revealed that he was in and out of court during his teenage years.
‘When I was younger, I got into a lot of trouble and was made to feel guilty for a long time,’ he told The Guardian in 2014. ‘I was in and out of court, and then I had a young offender’s referral order for a year. And that was at the time when I was trying to be an actor at the Royal Court.’
Jack O’Connell’s past TV and movie roles
Jack is best known for his work on the British television series Skins.
He is also known for his roles in This Is England, Eden Lake, Dive and United.
The actor quickly became a film star and went on to appear in the war biopic Unbroken as Louis Zamperini in 2014, Money Monster, Trial By Fire, and Lady Chatterley’s Lover.
In 2024, the actor played Blake Fielder-Civil in the biopic Back to Black about Amy Winehouse.
What has Jack O’Connell said about SAS Rogue Heroes?
The actor said he was keen to be involved in the project after the script was ‘floating around’ for years.
‘For years there have been stories and scripts floating around about him, perhaps not so much focused on the unit as a whole.
‘But Paddy Mayne’s story is so cinema-worthy, so TV-worthy, that I was already aware of him through being sent scripts and hearing rumours about certain projects that never came into fruition.
‘When this one came along, I was already geared to wanting to be involved,’ he told Media Shotz.
SAS Rogue Heroes season one and two are available to stream on BBC iPlayer.
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