Will Attenborough | |
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Born | William Grant Oliver Attenborough 26 June 1991 Hammersmith, London, England |
Alma mater | Queens' College, Cambridge |
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Relatives | Tom Attenborough (brother) Richard Attenborough (grandfather) Sheila Sim (grandmother) David Attenborough (great-uncle) |
William Grant Oliver Attenborough (born 26 June 1991) is an English actor. On television, he is known for his role in the BBC One series Our Girl (2020). His films include Dunkirk (2017) and The Outpost (2020).
Attenborough was born in West London. He is the son of theatre director Michael Attenborough and actress Karen Lewis, the grandson of actor-director Richard Attenborough and actress Sheila Sim, as well as great-nephew of naturalist Sir David Attenborough. [1] He is Jewish. [2] His great-grandparents also adopted two Jewish refugee girls from the Kindertransport. [3]
Attenborough played the lead role in Jeremy Herrin's production of Another Country in the West End, and starred opposite Nicole Kidman onstage in Photograph 51 . [4] 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 . [5] [6] [7]
Attenborough won The Moth London Grandslam in 2018. [8] 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. [9] [10] He stars in BBC One's Our Girl as Oliver Hurst. [11]
Attenborough was a campaigner 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. [12] In 2017, Attenborough launched a campaign, with actress Leila Mimmack and Mark Rylance, for Equity, the performers' union, to move its fossil fuel investments into clean energy.
In 2023, he co-founded the Green Rider campaign, which enables actors and TV & Film workers to create cleaner, greener and fairer productions. [13]
Attenborough identifies as part of the LGBTQ community. [14]
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 |
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 |
2023 | The Diplomat | Stuart Baron | 1 episode |
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