Will Attenborough
Will Attenborough | |
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Born | Will Grant Oliver Attenborough 26 June 1991 |
Occupation | Actor |
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Relatives | Richard Attenborough (grandfather) Sheila Sim (grandmother) David Attenborough (great-uncle) |
Will Grant Oliver Attenborough (born 26 June 1991) is a British actor known for his roles in Photograph 51, The Hollow Crown, Dunkirk, and The Outpost.
Career[]
He played the lead role in Jeremy Herrin's production of Another Country in the West End, and starred opposite Nicole Kidman in Photograph 51.[1] He has had roles in Sam Mendes-produced The Hollow Crown, Channel 4's Utopia, Home Fires, Denial starring Rachel Weisz, and the Oscar-winning Dunkirk.[2][3][4] His grandfather, actor-director Richard Attenborough, appeared in Dunkirk (1958).
Attenborough won The Moth London Grandslam in 2018.[5] In 2019, he played Ed Faulkner, a veteran of the Battle of Kamdesh, in The Outpost, based on Jake Tapper's book on the War in Afghanistan.[6][7] He stars in BBC One's Our Girl as Oliver Hurst.[8]
Attenborough is an advocate for Fossil Free UK and helped secure mayor of London Sadiq Khan's commitment to divest City Hall's £5bn pension fund of fossil fuel stocks.[9] In 2017, Attenborough launched a campaign, with actress Leila Mimmack and Academy Award-winner Mark Rylance, for Equity, the performers' union, to move its fossil fuel investments into clean energy.
Personal life[]
Attenborough has identified as queer. He says he rejected pressure to stay quiet about his sexuality when starting his career.[10]
He is the son of theatre director Michael Attenborough and actress Karen Lewis. He is the grandson of actor-director Richard Attenborough and actress Sheila Sim, as well as great-nephew of naturalist David Attenborough.[11]
He is Ashkenazi Jewish through his mother.[12] His great-grandparents also adopted two Jewish refugee girls from the Kindertransport.[13]
Filmography[]
Film[]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2003 | Kaena: The Prophecy | Sambo | English version; voice |
2016 | Denial | Thomas Skelton-Robinson | |
2017 | Dunkirk | Second Lieutenant | |
2018 | Hunter Killer | Kaplan | |
2018 | Where Hands Touch | Gunter | |
2019 | The Outpost | PV1 Ed Faulkner |
Television[]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1998 | Holding the Baby | Josh | Episode: "Au revoir l'amour" |
2012 | The Hollow Crown | Gloucester | 2 episodes |
2014 | In the Flesh | William Smith | Episode #2.2 |
2014 | Utopia | Ben | Episode #2.3 |
2015 | Father Brown | Jacob Francis | Episode: "The Time Machine" |
2015 | Midwinter of the Spirit | James Lydon | 3 episodes |
2015 | You, Me and the Apocalypse | Bobby Jr. | Episode: "What Happens to Idiots" |
2015–2016 | Home Fires | David Brindsley | 8 episodes |
2016 | War & Peace | Artillery Officer | Episode #1.5 |
2016 | Post Coital | Hal | 6 episodes |
2017–2018 | Major Crimes | Dylan / Carl | 4 episodes |
2020 | Our Girl | 2nd Lt. Hurst | 6 episodes |
References[]
- ^ "Another Country review – Will Attenborough in the Cambridge spies drama". the Guardian. 2014-04-05. Retrieved 2021-06-05.
- ^ "Another Country review – Will Attenborough in the Cambridge spies drama". the Guardian. 2014-04-05. Retrieved 2021-06-05.
- ^ Reilly, Elaine (2016-04-21). "Daniel Ryan: 'Will kept leaving Home Fires to get on a train and go back to Nicole Kidman!' | News | TV News". What's on TV. Retrieved 2021-06-05.
- ^ "Will Attenborough brings Dunkirk to life on Film-ish". FUBAR Radio. 2018-02-06. Retrieved 2021-06-05.
- ^ "Andy Bell & more". FUBAR Radio. 2019-03-18. Retrieved 2021-06-05.
- ^ Times-News, Michael D. Abernethy /. "The Hidden Battle: Local veteran's fight with PTSD gets national attention". The Times-News. Retrieved 2021-06-05.
- ^ Siegel, Tatiana (2018-05-03). "Jake Tapper's 'Outpost' Film Enlists Scott Eastwood, Orlando Bloom to Star (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2021-06-05.
- ^ "BBC One - Our Girl, Series 4, Episode 1". BBC. Retrieved 2021-06-05.
- ^ "Lammy and Khan commit to divestment if elected as London mayor". the Guardian. 2015-08-27. Retrieved 2021-06-05.
- ^ "JLGB Live Virtual – TV, Film and West End Actor Will Attenborough Q&A". JLGB. 2020-06-02. Retrieved 2021-06-05.
- ^ "Richard Attenborough's grandson to make West End debut". Express.co.uk. 2014-02-04. Retrieved 2021-06-05.
- ^ Attenborough, Michael. "OPINION: The Jewish Attenborough 'siblings' changed our lives". jewishnews.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 2021-06-05.
- ^ Brooks, Richard. "The Attenborough sisters who escaped Hitler". ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2021-06-05.
External links[]
- British male film actors
- British male stage actors
- British environmentalists
- Living people
- 1991 births
- People educated at St Paul's School, London