- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- March 26, 1941
- Place of Birth
- Nairobi, Kenya Colony
Richard Dawkins
Clinton Richard Dawkins, FRS, FRSL (born 26 March 1941), known as Richard Dawkins, is a British ethologist, evolutionary biologist and author. He is an emeritus fellow of New College, Oxford, and was the University of Oxford's Professor for Public Understanding of Science from 1995 until 2008. Dawkins came to prominence with his 1976 book The Selfish Gene, which popularised the gene-centered view of evolution and introduced the term meme. In 1982, he introduced into evolutionary biology an influential concept, presented in his book The Extended Phenotype, that the phenotypic effects of a gene are not necessarily limited to an organism's body, but can stretch far into the environment, including the bodies of other organisms. Dawkins is an atheist and humanist, a Vice President of the British Humanist Association and supporter of the Brights movement. He is well known for his criticism o…
Filmography
movieScience Friction
2022 · Self
tvGreat Minds
2021 · Self
movieFaraway Eyes
2021 · Thanks
movieIntersect
2020 · Q42 / Computer
La entrevista de
2019 · Self
movieThe Fool
2018 · Self (archive footage)
movieLosing Our Religion
2017 · Self
movieEx Libris: The New York Public Library
2017 · Self
movieSupersapiens: the Rise of the Mind
2017 · Self
movieNightwish: Vehicle Of Spirit
2016 · Self - Special Appearance
movieNightwish: Live Ratina Stadion, Tampere
2016 · Self - Special Appearance
movieThe Atheist Delusion
2016 · Self (archive footage)
movieBeware the Slenderman
2016 · Self
movieBible Belt Atheist
2015 · Thanks
tvStarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
2015 · Self
movieBreath of Life
2015 · Self
moviePatterns of Evidence: The Exodus
2015 · Self (uncredited archive footage)
movieThe Unbelievers
2013 · Self
movieSpeciesism: The Movie
2013 · Self
movieThe Reality of Me
2012 · Self
tvSex, Death and the Meaning of Life
2012 · Creator
movieSomething From Nothing: A Conversation with Richard Dawkins and Lawrence Krauss
2012 · Self, Writer
tvBrave New World with Stephen Hawking
2011 · Self
tvGreat Thinkers: In Their Own Words
2011 · Self
The Future Is Now!
2011 · The Scientist
tvAll Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace
2011 · Self
movieRobin Ince: Nine Lessons and Carols for Godless People
2010 · Self
movieFaith School Menace?
2010 · Self, Writer
tvGenius of Britain
2010 · Presenter
Sex, Drugs & Religion
2010 · Self
A Universe from Nothing
2009 · Self
tvInside Nature's Giants
2009 · Presenter
tvThe Meaning of Life
2009 · Self
movieDawkins vs Lennox: Has Science Buried God?
2009 · Self
movieThe Genius of Charles Darwin
2008 · Self - Host, Writer
tvThe Genius of Charles Darwin
2008 · Presenter
tvQ&A
2008 · Self - Panellist
Atheist Alliance International Convention 2007
2008 · Self
movieExpelled: No Intelligence Allowed
2008 · Self
movieDiscussions with Richard Dawkins, Episode 1: The Four Horsemen
2008 · Self
movieThe God Delusion Debate
2007 · Self
tvThe Big Questions
2007 · Self
movieThe Enemies of Reason
2007 · Self, Writer
movieThe Trouble with Atheism
2006 · Self
movieA War on Science
2006 · Self
movieRoot of All Evil?
2006 · Self, Writer
tvThe Root of All Evil?
2006
tvThe Colbert Report
2005
movieThe God Who Wasn't There
2005 · Self
tvDoctor Who
2005 · Richard Dawkins
tvAtheism: A Rough History of Disbelief
2004 · Self - Biologist
tvReal Time with Bill Maher
2003 · Self
movieReich: Three Tales
2002 · Self
tvRichard & Judy
2001 · Self
The Mind's Big Bang
2001 · Self
tvHARDtalk
1997
tvBreak the Science Barrier
1996 · Presenter, Writer
tvThe Daily Show
1996 · Self
tvThe Simpsons
1989 · Richard Dawkins (voice)
movieThe Blind Watchmaker
1987 · Self, Book
movieEvolution - Darwin's Dangerous Idea
— · Apresentador, Writer