Thomas Frederick Richard Attenborough (born 13 October 1986) is an English voice actor and theatre director. He is the son of theatre director

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, grandson of the late film actor and director

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and the great nephew of broadcaster

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Life

Born in October 1986, the first of two boys for

and Karen, his wife. Attenborough was raised in London and attended St Paul's School. He then went to

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to study English Literature. He graduated in 2009 and became artistic director of Rhapsody of Words Productions in 2010. In 2011 he won a runner-up prize for the JMK Award, and in 2012 was made an Associate Artist of HighTide Festival Theatre. In 2016 he became associate director of the

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, Newbury.

Career

Voice acting

His career began as a voiceover artist. After joined Hobson's International's children's division, he voiced

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in ''

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'' and

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in the ''Harry Potter'' video games.

Directing

Attenborough works as a freelance theatre director in and around London. His first job was as an assistant director to Rachel Chavkin on ''The American Capitalism Project''. Since then his career has included work at the National Theatre, the Minerva Theatre Chichester, the

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, MCS Oxford, The Old Vic, the Menier Chocolate Factory, the Hampstead Theatre, Theatre Royal Bath and the West End. Early productions included ''

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'' by

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at The Gallery Soho in London, and the regional premiere of ''

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'' by

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for Derby LIVE. Rhapsody of Words presented a revival of Conor McPherson's play ''Port Authority'' at the

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, starring

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, John Rogan and Andrew Nolan in 2012. They then produced Rashid Razaq's new play, ''The President and the Pakistani'', at the Waterloo East Theatre. Both productions were directed by Attenborough. Their production of ''Cinderella and the Beanstalk'', the world's first 3-man family pantomime, at Theatre503, which premiered in December 2014 and returned in 2015 to sell-out audiences and great critical acclaim. Attenborough directed a new play by Rob Hayes, ''Step 9 (of 12)'', starring

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, at London's Trafalgar Studios in May 2012. He directed revivals of ''Abigail's Party'' and ''Noises Off'', both of which toured the UK in the first half of 2013. In 2015 Attenborough directed

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's new play ''The Wasp'' at the Hampstead Theatre Downstairs, starring

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and

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. He also had hits with ''The Whipping Man'' at Theatre Royal Plymouth and the Pulitzer-Prize winning ''Dinner with Friends'' at Park Theatre. ''The Wasp'' transferred to the West End in 2016, with Buring reprising her role opposite

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. In 2016 Attenborough also directed a major UK tour of

Noël Coward Sir Noël Peirce Coward (16 December 189926 March 1973) was an English playwright, composer, director, actor, and singer, known for his wit, flamboyance, and what ''Time'' magazine called "a sense of personal style, a combination of cheek and ...

's ''

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'', as well as the regional premiere of ''Untold Stories'' by

Alan Bennett Alan Bennett (born 9 May 1934) is an English actor, author, playwright and screenwriter. Over his distinguished entertainment career he has received numerous awards and honours including two BAFTA Awards, four Laurence Olivier Awards, and tw ...

. In March 2017, Attenborough directed the West End debut of Tony Award Winner Stephen Karam's play ''

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'' at London's Trafalgar Studios. He works as an English teacher at St Paul's Girls' School.

Filmography

Film

Video games

References

External links

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