Richard。 Attenborough, British film actor and director. He was born in Cambridge on August 29, 1923. He studied at the Royal Academy of Drama. In 1942 he played his first screen role in the film We fight for it. After the second World War, he played an important role in British and American films for many times, and his acting skills became more and more mature. In 1964, he won the Best Actor Award of the British Film Academy for starring in "Batassi's Gun" and "A Rain afternoon gathering". Since then, he has twice won the Best supporting Actor Golden Globe Award from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association for "the Sandstone gunboat" and "Dr. Doolittle". After the 1960s, he began to direct films, such as "Churchill in Youth" and "the distant Bridge". The filming of the Legend of Gandhi began in 1962 and was completed after nearly 20 years of twists and turns. After its release, it won eight awards such as Best Picture and Best Director Oscar, and also won the New York Film critic Best Picture Award. British Film and Television Academy Best Picture and Best Director Award, Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Director Golden Globe Award.