Richard Dawkins
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 26, 1941 (age 85)
- Birthplace
- 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
Filmography
Evolution - Darwin's Dangerous Idea
Movie · as Apresentador
Network First
TV · 1 ep
Science Friction
Movie · as Self
Great Minds
TV · as Self · 5 eps
Intersect
Movie · as Q42 / Computer
La entrevista de
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Fool
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Ordinary Savage: The Origins of Violence and Hurt Feelings
Movie · as Self
Losing Our Religion
Movie · as Self
Ex Libris: The New York Public Library
Movie · as Self
Supersapiens: the Rise of the Mind
Movie · as Self
The Atheist Delusion
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Beware the Slenderman
Movie · as Self
Nightwish: Vehicle Of Spirit
Movie · as Self - Special Appearance
Nightwish: Live Ratina Stadion, Tampere
Movie · as Self - Special Appearance
Breath of Life
Movie · as Self
Patterns of Evidence: The Exodus
Movie · as Self (uncredited archive footage)
StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Unbelievers
Movie · as Self
Speciesism: The Movie
Movie · as Self
The Reality of Me
Movie · as Self
Something From Nothing: A Conversation with Richard Dawkins and Lawrence Krauss
Movie · as Self
The Future Is Now!
Movie · as The Scientist
All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Brave New World with Stephen Hawking
TV · as Self · 5 eps
Great Thinkers: In Their Own Words
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Sex, Drugs & Religion
Movie · as Self
Robin Ince: Nine Lessons and Carols for Godless People
Movie · as Self
Faith School Menace?
Movie · as Self
Genius of Britain
TV · as Presenter · 5 eps
Dawkins vs Lennox: Has Science Buried God?
Movie · as Self
A Universe from Nothing
Movie · as Self
Inside Nature's Giants
TV · as Presenter · 18 eps
The Meaning of Life
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed
Movie · as Self
The Genius of Charles Darwin
Movie · as Self - Host
Discussions with Richard Dawkins, Episode 1: The Four Horsemen
Movie · as Self
The Genius of Charles Darwin
TV · as Presenter · 3 eps
Q&A
TV · as Self - Panellist · 2 eps
The Enemies of Reason
Movie · as Self
The God Delusion Debate
Movie · as Self
The Big Questions
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Root of All Evil?
Movie · as Self
The Trouble with Atheism
Movie · as Self
A War on Science
Movie · as Self
The Root of All Evil?
TV · 10 eps
The God Who Wasn't There
Movie · as Self
The Colbert Report
TV · 1 ep
Doctor Who
TV · as Richard Dawkins · 1 ep
Atheism: A Rough History of Disbelief
TV · as Self - Biologist · 3 eps
Real Time with Bill Maher
TV · as Self · 6 eps
Reich: Three Tales
Movie · as Self
The Mind's Big Bang
Movie · as Self
Richard & Judy
TV · as Self · 1 ep
HARDtalk
TV · 1 ep
Break the Science Barrier
TV · as Presenter · 3 eps
The Daily Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Simpsons
TV · as Richard Dawkins (voice) · 1 ep
The Blind Watchmaker
Movie · as Self