Jack O'Connell (born 1 August 1990) is an English actor. He is best known for playing Pukey Nicholls in This Is England (2006), Marky in Harry Brown (2009), James Cook in the E4 teen drama Skins, Eric in Starred Up (2014), and for starring as Louis Zamperini in the Angelina Jolie-directed war drama Unbroken (2014).In 2015, O'Connell won the BAFTA Rising Star Award.