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Will Attenborough

Will Attenborough

British actor


William Grant Oliver Attenborough (born 26 June 1991) is a British 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).

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Early life, family and education

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]

Career

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 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.[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.

Personal life

Attenborough identifies as part of the LGBT community.[13]

Filmography

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References

  1. "Richard Attenborough's grandson to make West End debut". Express.co.uk. 4 February 2014. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  2. Attenborough, Michael. "OPINION: The Jewish Attenborough 'siblings' changed our lives". jewishnews.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  3. Brooks, Richard. "The Attenborough sisters who escaped Hitler". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  4. "Will Attenborough brings Dunkirk to life on Film-ish". FUBAR Radio. 6 February 2018. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  5. "Andy Bell & more". FUBAR Radio. 18 March 2019. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  6. Times-News, Michael D. Abernethy /. "The Hidden Battle: Local veteran's fight with PTSD gets national attention". The Times-News. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  7. Siegel, Tatiana (3 May 2018). "Jake Tapper's 'Outpost' Film Enlists Scott Eastwood, Orlando Bloom to Star (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  8. "Lammy and Khan commit to divestment if elected as London mayor". the Guardian. 27 August 2015. Retrieved 5 June 2021.

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