Owen Cooper

Some Lesser Known Facts About Owen Cooper

• In 2025, Owen Cooper was cast in the British crime psychological thriller drama television miniseries titled ‘Adolescence’ in which he played the character of Jamie Miller. The series was released on Netflix.

  

• During the shoot of the TV miniseries titled ‘Adolescence,’ an acting teacher was brought in to help Owen Cooper before filming his episodes.

• Owen’s performance in the Netflix series was received positively by the audience. The director of the series Philip Barantini was hugely impressed by Owen’s acting, and he was quoted as saying in an interview that
  

  He just absolutely blew me away. Actors train for years and years and still can’t really master what Owen has mastered, which is basically just being in the moment and listening and being truthful. A lot of actors can’t do what he can do.”

• Owen Cooper is the first person in his entire family to make a career in acting. He attended ‘The Drama Mob’ theatre group, which was co-founded by the English actress Tina O’Brien, to polish his acting skills. He was quoted as saying in an interview that
  

  I don’t know what it was that made me want to do it, but I just wanted to do it. And then I went to lessons and enjoyed it. And then I got into a little agency thing, and then I got a self-tape request for Adolescence. And everything came from that really.”

• Owen basically aimed to become a professional footballer since his childhood days.

• Owen Cooper is part of his school’s football team.

• Owen Cooper has been cast in two other projects, and they are the drama films titled ‘Wuthering Heights’ (2026) and the BBC Three television series titled ‘Film Club’ (2025).

• According to Owen, he had zero acting experience before he was cast in the psychological thriller drama television miniseries titled ‘Adolescence’ (2025).

• English actor Stephen Graham, who played the character of Owen’s father in the TV series ‘Adolescence,’ recommended Owen’s name to his agent for the upcoming film ‘Wuthering Heights’ (2026).

• In September 2025, Owen won the Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie award for Adolescence at the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards, becoming the youngest actor ever to receive an Emmy at 15.