Londoner Will was born on June 26 1991 and is part of an illustrious cultural family, being the grandson of actor-director Richard Attenborough and his actress wife Sheila Sim, nephew of actress Charlotte Attenborough and great nephew of TV wildlife expert David Attenborough, as well as having a father - Michael - and brother -Tom - who are stage directors. Will recalls his first role treading the boards as playing one of Jason's Argonauts at primary school and after attending St Paul's School in London he read English at Cambridge University, graduating in 2013. Though in 2012 he had already appeared in BBC television's Shakespearean season 'The Hollow Crown' and on leaving university he went into the Chichester Festival Theatre's revival of 'Another Country', transferring with the play to London to excellent notices. In 2015 he was back in the West End with Nicole Kidman in 'Photograph 15' as well as having key roles in two television drama serials 'Home Fires' and 'Midwinter of the Spirit'.
