Will Attenborough
William Attenborough (born 26 June 1991) is an English actor and climate campaigner.
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| Will Attenborough |
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| William Attenborough (1991-06-26) 26 June 1991Hammersmith, London, England |
| Queens' College, Cambridge |
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| 1998–present |
| Michael Attenborough |
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| Tom Attenborough (brother) |
| Richard Attenborough (grandfather) |
| Sheila Sim (grandmother) |
| Frederick Attenborough (great-grandfather) |
| Jane Attenborough (aunt) |
| Charlotte Attenborough (aunt) |
| David Attenborough (great-uncle) |
| John Attenborough (great-uncle) |
| Gerald Sim (great-uncle) |
William Attenborough (born 26 June 1991) is an English actor and climate campaigner.
Attenborough was born in Hammersmith, 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.
He is Jewish. His great-grandparents also adopted two Jewish refugee girls from the Kindertransport.
On 26 December 2004, his aunt Jane Holland and 15-year-old cousin, Lucy, were killed in the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.
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. 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.
Attenborough won The Moth London Grandslam in 2018. In 2019, he played Ed Faulkner in The Outpost, based on Jake Tapper's book on the war in Afghanistan. He stars in BBC One's Our Girl as Oliver Hurst.
As a campaigner for 350.org, Attenborough helped secure mayor of London Sadiq Khan's commitment to shift City Hall's £5bn pension fund out of fossil fuel investments. Attenborough also launched a campaign with actors Leila Mimmack and Mark Rylance that successfully moved Equity's pension investments out of fossil fuels and into clean energy.
In 2023, he co-founded the Green Rider campaign, which enables actors and film workers to take action on climate change within the screen industry.
Attenborough identifies as queer.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Kaena: The Prophecy | Sambo | English version; voice |
| 2016 | Denial | Thomas Skelton-Robinson | |
| 2017 | Dunkirk | Second Lieutenant | |
| 2018 | Hunter Killer | Kaplan | |
| Where Hands Touch | Gunter | ||
| 2019 | The Outpost | PV1 Ed Faulkner | |
| 2024 | Touchdown | Jerry | |
| No Way Up | Kyle |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Utopia | Ben | Episode #2.3 | |
| 2015 | Father Brown | Jacob Francis | Episode: "The Time Machine" |
| Midwinter of the Spirit | James Lydon | 3 episodes | |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 2025 | Outrageous | Joss | 6 episodes |
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- Will Attenborough at IMDb