Name
Richard Dawkins
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1941-03-26 (85 years old)
Place of Birth
Nairobi, Kenya Colony
Biography
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 of creationism and intelligent design. In his 1986 book The Blind Watchmaker, he argued against the watchmaker analogy, an argument for the existence of a supernatural creator based upon the complexity of living organisms. Instead, he described evolutionary processes as analogous to a blind watchmaker. He has since written several popular science books, and makes regular television and radio appearances, predominantly discussing these topics. He has been referred to in the media as "Darwin's Rottweiler," a reference to English biologist T. H. Huxley, who was known as "Darwin's Bulldog" for his advocacy of Charles Darwin's evolutionary ideas. In his 2006 book The God Delusion, Dawkins contends that a supernatural creator almost certainly does not exist and that religious faith is a delusion—a fixed false belief. As of January 2010, the English-language version had sold more than two million copies and had been translated into 31 languages, making it his most popular book to date.
Known For
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Michael, a struggling actor, dies right after a bad breakup. He finds himself awakening in...
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A documentary about how a dominant cultural and demographic institution both sustains thei...
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Scientists Richard Dawkins and Lawrence Krauss travel the globe promoting a scientific wor...
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In this horrifyingly modern fairytale lurks an online Boogeyman and two 12-year-old girls ...
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Vehicle of Spirit is a release from Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish. Two shows have...
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Having to prove the existence of God to an atheist is like having to prove the existence o...
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Pro-intelligent design scholars and scientists are often chastised, fired or denied tenure...
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In this two-part Channel 4 series, Professor Richard Dawkins challenges what he describes ...
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Did Jesus exist? This film starts with that question, then goes on to examine Christianity...
- 2007 The Enemies of Reason as Self
- 2008 Atheist Alliance International Convention 2007 as Self
- 2005 The God Who Wasn't There as Self
- 2008 Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed as Self
- 2010 Sex, Drugs & Religion as Self
- 2006 Root of All Evil? as Self
- 2009 Dawkins vs Lennox: Has Science Buried God? as Self
- 1987 The Blind Watchmaker as Self
- 2008 The Genius of Charles Darwin as Self - Host
- 2009 A Universe from Nothing as Self
- 2008 Discussions with Richard Dawkins, Episode 1: The Four Horsemen as Self
- 2022 Science Friction as Self
- 2013 The Unbelievers as Self
- 2006 The Trouble with Atheism as Self
- 2012 The Reality of Me as Self
- 2013 Speciesism: The Movie as Self
- 2007 The God Delusion Debate as Self
- 2012 Something From Nothing: A Conversation with Richard Dawkins and Lawrence Krauss as Self
- 2015 Breath of Life as Self
- 2006 A War on Science as Self
- 2018 The Fool as Self (archive footage)
- 2016 The Atheist Delusion as Self (archive footage)
- 2011 The Future Is Now! as The Scientist
- 2016 Beware the Slenderman as Self
- 2016 Nightwish: Vehicle Of Spirit as Self - Special Appearance
- 2010 Robin Ince: Nine Lessons and Carols for Godless People as Self
- 2017 Losing Our Religion as Self
- 2017 Ex Libris: The New York Public Library as Self
- 2017 Supersapiens: the Rise of the Mind as Self
- 2020 Intersect as Q42 / Computer
- 2001 The Mind's Big Bang as Self
- 2010 Faith School Menace? as Self
- 2015 Patterns of Evidence: The Exodus as Self (uncredited archive footage)
- Soon Evolution - Darwin's Dangerous Idea as Apresentador
- 2016 Nightwish: Live Ratina Stadion, Tampere as Self - Special Appearance
- 2002 Reich: Three Tales as Self
- 2018 Ordinary Savage: The Origins of Violence and Hurt Feelings as Self
- 2007 The Big Questions ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 2001 Richard & Judy ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2019 La entrevista de ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2005 The Colbert Report ( 1 episode )
- 2006 The Root of All Evil? ( 10 episodes )
- 2008 The Genius of Charles Darwin ( 3 episodes ) as Presenter
- 1996 Break the Science Barrier ( 3 episodes ) as Presenter
- 2009 Inside Nature's Giants ( 18 episodes ) as Presenter
- 2005 Doctor Who ( 1 episode ) as Richard Dawkins
- 2004 Atheism: A Rough History of Disbelief ( 3 episodes ) as Self - Biologist
- 2011 All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace ( 3 episodes ) as Self
- 2021 Great Minds ( 5 episodes ) as Self
- 2015 StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1989 The Simpsons ( 1 episode ) as Richard Dawkins (voice)
- 2011 Brave New World with Stephen Hawking ( 5 episodes ) as Self
- 2011 Great Thinkers: In Their Own Words ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2010 Genius of Britain ( 5 episodes ) as Presenter
- 2008 Q&A ( 2 episodes ) as Self - Panellist
- 2003 Real Time with Bill Maher ( 6 episodes ) as Self
- 1996 The Daily Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1997 HARDtalk ( 1 episode )
- 2009 The Meaning of Life ( 1 episode ) as Self
