Actor

Richard Attenborough

August 29, 1923 · Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK

Richard Samuel Attenborough, Baron Attenborough, Kt, CBE (August 29, 1923 – August 24, 2014) was an English actor, filmmaker, entrepreneur, and politician. He was the President of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) and the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). Attenborough joined the Royal Air Force during World War II and served in the film unit. He went on several bombing raids over Europe and filmed action from the rear gunner's position. As a film director and producer, Attenborough won two Academy Awards for Gandhi in 1983. He also won four BAFTA Awards and four Golden Globe Awards.

Notable work

8
Jurassic Park (1993)
as Hammond
6.6
The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
as John Hammond
7.9
The Great Escape (1963)
as Bartlett 'Big X'
7.6
Gandhi (1982)
Director
7.2
Elizabeth (1998)
as Sir William Cecil
7.4
Chaplin (1992)
Director
6.8
Miracle on 34th Street (1994)
as Kris Kringle
7.2
A Bridge Too Far (1977)
as Lunatic with Glasses (uncredited) and Director
6.6
Return to Jurassic Park (2011)
as Self (archive footage)
7.3
Hamlet (1996)
as English Ambassador
7.8
A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
as An English Pilot
7.2
The Flight of the Phoenix (1965)
as Lew Moran

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