Known For
Acting
Born
Mar 26, 1941
Place of Birth
Nairobi, Kenya Colony
Credits
62 titles
Richard Dawkins
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
Science Friction
Self
Great Minds
Self
Faraway Eyes
Thanks
Intersect
Q42 / Computer
La entrevista de
Self
Ordinary Savage: The Origins of Violence and Hurt Feelings
Self
The Fool
Self (archive footage)
Losing Our Religion
Self
Ex Libris: The New York Public Library
Self
Supersapiens: the Rise of the Mind
Self
Nightwish: Vehicle Of Spirit
Self - Special Appearance
Nightwish: Live Ratina Stadion, Tampere
Self - Special Appearance
The Atheist Delusion
Self (archive footage)
Beware the Slenderman
Self
Bible Belt Atheist
Thanks
StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
Self
Breath of Life
Self
Patterns of Evidence: The Exodus
Self (uncredited archive footage)
The Unbelievers
Self
Speciesism: The Movie
Self
The Reality of Me
Self
Sex, Death and the Meaning of Life
Creator
Something From Nothing: A Conversation with Richard Dawkins and Lawrence Krauss
Self
Brave New World with Stephen Hawking
Self
Great Thinkers: In Their Own Words
Self
The Future Is Now!
The Scientist
All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace
Self
Robin Ince: Nine Lessons and Carols for Godless People
Self
Faith School Menace?
Self
Genius of Britain
Presenter
Sex, Drugs & Religion
Self
A Universe from Nothing
Self
Inside Nature's Giants
Presenter
The Meaning of Life
Self
Dawkins vs Lennox: Has Science Buried God?
Self
The Genius of Charles Darwin
Presenter
The Genius of Charles Darwin
Self - Host
Q&A
Self - Panellist
Atheist Alliance International Convention 2007
Self
Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed
Self
Discussions with Richard Dawkins, Episode 1: The Four Horsemen
Self
The God Delusion Debate
Self
The Big Questions
Self
The Enemies of Reason
Self
The Trouble with Atheism
Self
A War on Science
Self
Root of All Evil?
Self
The Root of All Evil?
The Colbert Report
The God Who Wasn't There
Self