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, great nephew of TV wildlife expert David Attenborough, son of actress Karen Lewis, as well as having a father - Michael Attenborough - and brother -Tom Attenborough - who are stage directors. Will read English at Cambridge University, graduating in 2013. In 2012 he had already appeared in BBC television's Shakespearean season The Hollow Crown (2012) 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 Kid man' in 'Photograph 15' as well as having key roles in two television drama series Home Fires (2015) and Midwinter of the Spirit (2015).