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The Authoritative Witness
Character Archetype
The Authoritative Witness
42 films
33 actors
Actors with This Archetype
David Attenborough
Morgan Freeman
Kenneth Branagh
Peter Coyote
Anthony D. Call
Ben Kingsley
Bernard Hill
Charles Dance
Christopher Keith Irvine
Courtney B. Vance
David Ackroyd
David McCullough
Derek Jacobi
Dion Graham
EB
Elijah Bender
Elizabeth Warren
James Lurie
John Hurt
Keanu Reeves
KB
Keith B. Alexander
Laurence Olivier
LK
Linda Kerr
Lynne Adams
Mahershala Ali
Maria Bello
Mathieu Kassovitz
Meryl Streep
Peter Bogdanovich
RP
Robert Polo
Robert Powell
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Films Featuring This Archetype
Self - Narrator
The Green Planet
2022
·
8.8
Self - Narrator
Our Planet
2019
·
8.5
Self - Narrator
Life
2009
·
8.4
Self - Narrator
Frozen Planet
2011
·
8.4
Narrator
The World at War
1973
·
8.3
Self - Narrator
Dynasties
2018
·
8.3
Narrator
Dark Side of the Ring
2019
·
8.3
Self - Narrator
The Hunt
2015
·
8.3
Narrator
Human Planet
2011
·
8.3
Self - Narrator
The Vietnam War
2017
·
8.2
Self - Narrator
Walking with Dinosaurs
1999
·
8.2
Supporting Role
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
·
8.2
Narrator
The War
2007
·
8.1
Narrator
Greatest Events of World War II in Colour
2019
·
8.0
Self - Narrator
Life on Our Planet
2023
·
8.0
Himself - Narrator
Wild China
2008
·
8.0
Supporting Role
The Universe
2007
·
8.0
Self - Narrator
The Dinosaurs
2026
·
7.9
Narrator
The First 48
2004
·
7.9
Narrator
Children of Men
2006
·
7.9
Self - Narrator
Prohibition
2011
·
7.9
Self - Narrator
Brawn: The Impossible Formula 1 Story
2023
·
7.9
Self - Narrator
Our Universe
2022
·
7.8
Supporting Role
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
2014
·
7.8
Narrator
Walking with Beasts
2001
·
7.8
Narrator
Apocalypse: World War I
2014
·
7.7
Narrator
World War II in Colour
2009
·
7.6
Narrator
How It's Made
2001
·
7.6
Narrator
Auschwitz: The Nazis and the Final Solution
2005
·
7.6
Narrator
Explained
2018
·
7.5
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The Didactic Witness
The Measured Witness
The Informative Witness
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