
Acting
David Attenborough
Born 8 May 1926 in London, England, UK
325 credits
Sir David Attenborough (born May 8, 1926) is a broadcaster and naturalist. His career as the respected face and voice of natural history programmes has endured for more than 50 years. He is best known for writing and presenting the nine "Life" series, in conjunction with the BBC Natural History Unit, which collectively form a comprehensive survey of all life on the planet. He is also a former senior manager at the BBC, having served as controller of BBC Two and director of programming for BBC Television in the 1960s and 1970s. He is the younger brother of director, producer and actor Richard Attenborough.
Known for
Acting 275
- TBABlue Planet IIISeriesSelf - Presenter
- 2026A Gorilla Story: Told by David AttenboroughFilmSelf
- 2026Wild LondonFilmSelf
- 2026Secret GardenSeriesSelf - Presenter
- 2026David Attenborough's 100 Years on Planet EarthFilmSelf
- 2026Making Life on Earth: Attenborough’s Greatest AdventureFilmSelf
- 2026Queen Elizabeth II: Her Story, Our CenturyFilmSelf
- 2026Deep Ocean: Kingdom of the CoelacanthFilmSelf - Narrator (voice)
- 2025Ocean with David AttenboroughFilmSelf
- 2025ParenthoodSeriesSelf - Narrator
- 2025KingdomSeriesSelf - Narrator (voice)
- 2025RTL TonightSeriesSelf
- 2025Simon Schama's Story of UsSeriesSelf - Reader
- 2025A Deeper Dive with David AttenboroughFilmSelf
- 2024MammalsSeriesSelf - Narrator
- 2024AsiaSeriesSelf : Presenter
- 2024Secret World of SoundSeriesSelf - Narrator (voice)
- 2024Secret Lives of OrangutansFilmSelf - Narrator (voice)
- 2024Attenborough and the Giant Sea MonsterFilmSelf - Presenter
- 2024Fateful PlanetSeriesSelf
- 2024Attenborough's Life JourneyFilmSelf
- 2024Saving the Storks with Sir David AttenboroughFilmSelf - Narrator (voice)
- 2023Planet Earth IIISeriesSelf - Presenter
- 2023Wild IslesSeriesSelf - Presenter
- 2023David Attenborough: A Life on EarthFilmSelf
- 2023Our Planet IISeriesSelf - Narrator (Voice)
- 2022Prehistoric PlanetSeriesSelf - Presenter
- 2022The Green PlanetSeriesSelf - Narrator (voice)
- 2022Frozen Planet IISeriesSelf - Presenter
- 2022Dinosaurs: The Final Day with David AttenboroughFilmSelf - Presenter
- 2022Attenborough's Wonder of SongFilmSelf - Presenter
- 2022David Attenborough's Global AdventureSeriesSelf
- 2022Dinosaur ApocalypseFilmSelf - Host
- 2022Great Mammoth MysteryFilmSelf - Host
- 2022How the BBC BeganSeriesSelf
- 2021The Year Earth ChangedFilmSelf - Narrator (voice)
- 2021A Perfect PlanetSeriesSelf - Narrator (voice)
- 2021Attenborough's Life in ColourSeriesSelf - Presenter
- 2021Breaking Boundaries: The Science of Our PlanetFilmSelf - Narrator
- 2021The Mating GameSeriesSelf - Presenter
- 2021Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the WorldSeriesSelf
- 2021Attenborough and the Mammoth GraveyardFilmSelf - Narrator
- 2021The Earthshot Prize: Repairing Our PlanetSeriesSelf - Narrator (voice)
- 2021Parkinson at 50FilmSelf (archive footage)
- 2021Attenborough’s JourneyFilmSelf
- 2020David Attenborough: A Life on Our PlanetFilmSelf
- 2020Extinction: The FactsFilmSelf - Presenter
- 2020Planet Earth: A CelebrationFilmSelf - Narrator (voice)
- 2020Michael Palin: Travels of a LifetimeSeriesSelf
- 2020Diving Deep: The Life and Times of Mike deGruyFilmSelf
- 2020The Romantics and Us with Simon SchamaSeriesSelf
- 2020Sir David Attenborough and Sir Michael Palin in ConversationFilmSelf
- 2020Prince William: A Planet For Us AllFilmSelf
- 2020Gay Byrne's Late Late MomentsSeriesSelf - Guest (archive footage)
- 2019Our PlanetSeriesSelf - Narrator (voice)
- 2019Seven Worlds, One PlanetSeriesSelf - Narrator (voice)
- 2019Our Planet: Behind the ScenesFilmSelf - Narrator
- 2019Timelapse of the Future: A Journey to the End of TimeFilmSelf - Narrator (archive sound)
- 2019Climate Change: The FactsFilmSelf - Presenter
- 2019Wild KarnatakaFilmSelf - Narrator
- 2019The ForumFilmSelf
- 2019Dragons and DamselsFilmSelf - Narrator
- 2019The Kiwi, The Knight and the QashqaiFilmSelf
- 2019The Living ThamesFilmSelf
- 2019Blue Planet UKSeriesSelf
- 2018DynastiesSeriesSelf - Narrator
- 2018Attenborough and the Sea DragonFilmPresenter
- 2018David Attenborough's TasmaniaFilmSelf - Narrator (voice)
- 2018The Queen's Green PlanetFilmSelf
- 2018Deep Ocean: Descent into the Mariana TrenchFilmSelf - Narrator
- 2018Pangolins: The World's Most Wanted AnimalFilmSelf - Narrator (voice)
- 2018Into the JungleFilmSelf - Narrator
- 2018Whale WisdomFilmSelf - Narrator
- 2018The Making of David Attenborough's Ant MountainFilmSelf
- 2018Attenborough's Wonder of EggsFilmSelf - Presenter
- 2018Deep Ocean: Giants of the Antarctic DeepFilmNarrator
- 2018Timelapse of the Entire UniverseFilmSelf - Narrator (archive sound)
- 2018Tomorrow's World: People of ScienceSeriesSelf
- 2017Blue Planet IISeriesSelf - Presenter
- 2017Planet Earth II: A World of WonderFilmSelf - Presenter
- 2017And the Winner Isn'tFilmSelf
- 2017Attenborough and the Giant ElephantFilmSelf - Presenter
- 2017Attenborough and the Empire of the AntsFilmSelf – Presenter
- 2017Cheetahs: Growing Up FastFilmSelf - Narrator (voice)
- 2017Richard Batterham, Master PotterFilmSelf
- 2017Hotel ArmadilloFilmSelf - Narrator
- 2017Puerto Rico: Island of EnchantmentFilmSelf - Narrator
- 2017Richmond Park National Nature ReserveFilmSelf
- 2017Plants Behaving BadlySeriesSelf
- 2016Planet Earth IISeriesSelf - Narrator
- 2016Attenborough's Life That GlowsFilmSelf - Presenter
- 2016Attenborough and the Giant DinosaurFilmSelf - Presenter
- 2016Wild CitySeriesSelf - Narrator (voice)
- 2016Zoo Quest in ColourFilmSelf - Presenter
- 2016Attenborough at 90: Behind the LensFilmSelf
- 2016Attenborough's Passion ProjectsSeriesSelf - Presenter
- 2016Attenborough at 90FilmSelf
- 2016Deep Ocean: Lights in the AbyssFilmSelf - Narrator
- 2016David Attenborough's Wild CitySeriesSelf - Narrator
- 2016Jaguars: Brazil's Super CatsFilmSelf
- 2015The HuntSeriesSelf - Narrator (voice)
- 2015Great Barrier Reef with David AttenboroughSeriesSelf - Presenter
- 2015David Attenborough's Conquest of the SkiesSeriesSelf - Presenter
- 2015Attenborough's Paradise BirdsFilmPresenter - Narrator
- 2015Deep Ocean: The Lost World of the PacificFilmSelf – Narrator
- 2015David Attenborough Meets President ObamaFilmSelf
- 2015Deep OceanSeriesSelf - Narrator
- 2015Attenborough's Big BirdsFilmNarrator
- 2015Legends of the Deep: Deep Sea SharksFilmSelf - Narrator
- 2015Africa's Fishing LeopardsFilmNarrator (voice)
- 2015Cue the Queen: Celebrating the Christmas SpeechFilmSelf
- 2015Reef DiariesFilmSelf - Narrator
- 2015Cougars UndercoverFilmSelf
- 2014Life StorySeriesSelf - Presenter
- 2014Björk: Biophilia LiveFilmSelf - Opening Sequence (voice)
- 2014David Attenborough's Natural History Museum AliveFilmPresenter
- 2014Fabulous FrogsFilmSelf - Narrator
- 2014The Bat Man of MexicoFilmSelf
- 2014Mountain Lions: Big Cats in High PlacesFilmNarrator
- 2014Conquest of The Skies 3DFilm编剧, 自己
- 2014Sir David Attenborough – A Life on EarthFilmDavid Attenborough, Self
- 2013AfricaSeriesSelf - Narrator (voice)
- 2013David Attenborough's Rise of Animals: Triumph of the VertebratesSeriesSelf - Presenter
- 2013David Attenborough's Natural CuriositiesSeriesSelf - Presenter
- 2013Micro Monsters with David AttenboroughSeriesPresenter
- 2013Galapagos 3D with David AttenboroughSeriesSelf - Presenter
- 2013WinterwatchSeriesSelf
- 2013When Björk Met AttenboroughFilmSelf
- 2013Galapagos with David AttenboroughFilmSelf - Presenter
- 2013Autopsy on a DreamFilmSelf
- 2013Legends of the Deep: The Giant SquidFilmSelf - Narrator
- 2013David Attenborough: The Early YearsFilmSelf
- 2013Edwardian Insects on FilmFilmSelf
- 2013The Mating GameFilmNarrator
- 2012Kingdom of PlantsSeriesSelf - Narrator
- 2012VoiceSeries
- 2012Secrets of Wild IndiaSeriesNarrator
- 2012Attenborough: 60 Years in the WildSeriesSelf - Presenter
- 2012The Penguin KingFilmSelf - Narrator
- 2012Attenborough: 60 Years in the WildFilmSelf - Presenter
- 2012Hummingbirds: Jewelled MessengersFilmSelf - Narrator (voice)
- 2012Attenborough's ArkFilmNarrator
- 2012Tales of Television CentreFilmSelf
- 2012Superfish: Bluefin TunaFilm
- 2012Hot TunaFilmNarrator
- 2011Frozen PlanetSeriesSelf - Narrator
- 2011The Jonathan Ross ShowSeriesSelf
- 2011All Watched Over by Machines of Loving GraceSeriesSelf
- 2011MadagascarSeriesSelf - Presenter
- 2011Flying Monsters 3D with David AttenboroughFilmSelf - Presenter / Narrator
- 2011Brave New World with Stephen HawkingSeriesSelf
- 2011Attenborough and the Giant EggFilmSelf - Presenter
- 2011Desert SeasFilmSelf - Narrator (voice)
- 2011Great Thinkers: In Their Own WordsSeriesSelf
- 2011Animal HouseFilmSelf
- 2011The Secrets of Scott's HutFilmSelf
- 2010First LifeSeriesSelf - Presenter
- 2010Birds of ParadiseFilmSelf
- 2010Attenborough's JourneyFilmSelf
- 2010Genius of BritainSeriesSelf
- 2010Mad and Bad: 60 Years of Science on TVFilmSelf
- 2010Jane Goodall - Beauty and the BeastsFilmSelf
- 2010In ConfidenceSeries
- 2009LifeSeriesSelf - Narrator (voice)
- 2009SkavlanSeriesSelf - Guest
- 2009Nature's Great EventsSeriesSelf - Presenter
- 2009Charles Darwin and the Tree of LifeFilmPresenter
- 2009Uncovering Our Earliest Ancestor: The LinkFilmSelf - Presenter / Narrator
- 2009Water Life A World of WaterFilm导演
- 2008Life in Cold BloodSeriesSelf - Narrator (voice)
- 2008Tiger: Spy In The JungleSeries
- 2008SuperfishFilmSelf - Narrator
- 2008Snow Leopard: Beyond the MythFilmNarrator
- 2008Clever MonkeysFilmNarrator
- 2008NHKスペシャル 映像詩 里山II 命めぐる水辺FilmNarrator
- 2007The Alan Titchmarsh ShowSeriesSelf
- 2007Trek - Spy on the WildebeestFilm
- 2007Attenborough Explores... Our Fragile WorldFilmHimself - Presenter
- 2006Planet EarthSeriesSelf - Narrator
- 2006The One ShowSeriesSelf - Guest
- 2006Are We Changing Planet Earth?Series
- 2006A War on ScienceFilmSelf
- 2006Gorillas Revisited with Sir David AttenboroughFilmPresenter
- 2006Desert LionsFilmSelf - Narrator (voice)
- 2006Can We Save Planet Earth?Film
- 2006My Favourite Attenborough MomentFilmSelf (archive footage)
- 2006Your Favourite Attenborough MomentFilmSelf (archive footage)
- 2006Folk BritanniaSeriesSelf
- 2005Life in the UndergrowthSeriesSelf
- 2005Kea: The Smartest Parrot?FilmSelf - Narrator
- 2005Echo and Other ElephantsSeriesSelf - Narrator (voice)
- 2004ParkinsonSeriesSelf - Guest
- 2004Satoyama: Japan's Secret WatergardenFilmNarrator
- 2004Bears: Spy in the WoodsFilm
- 2004The Amber Time MachineFilmNarrator
- 2004The Minsmere YearFilm
- 2003Deep BlueFilmSelf
- 2003The Terry and Gaby ShowSeries
- 2003The Many Lives of Richard AttenboroughFilm
- 2003Smart Sharks: Swimming With RobosharkFilmSelf
- 2002The Life of MammalsSeriesSelf - Presenter
- 2002Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost TribeFilmSelf (voice)
- 2002Life on Air: David Attenborough's 50 Years in TelevisionFilmSelf
- 2002Great Natural Wonders of the WorldFilmPresenter
- 2002Attenborough the ControllerFilmSelf
- 2001The Blue PlanetSeriesSelf - Narrator (voice)
- 2001Friday Night with Jonathan RossSeriesSelf - Guest
- 2000State of the PlanetSeriesSelf - Presenter
- 2000The Lost Gods of Easter IslandFilmHimself - Presenter
- 2000Lions: Spy in the DenFilmNarrator
- 2000The Song of the EarthFilmNarrator
- 2000Bowerbirds: The Art of SeductionFilmNarrator
- 2000Living with DinosaursFilmPresenter
- 1999Islands of the Vampire BirdsFilmNarrator (voice)
- 1999The Greatest Wildlife Show on EarthFilmPresenter - Narrator
- 1999Satoyama I: Japan's Secret WatergardenFilmNarrator
- 1999Tiger: The Elusive PrincessFilmNarrator (voice)
- 1998The Life of BirdsSeriesSelf - Narrator (voice)
- 1998The Dragons of GalapagosFilmNarrator (voice)
- 1998ParkinsonSeriesSelf
- 1997Leopard: The Agent of DarknessFilmSelf
- 1997Humpback Whale: The Giant of the OceansFilmSelf
- 1996Survival IslandFilmNarrator
- 1996Attenborough in ParadiseFilmSelf - Narrator
- 1996Sperm Whales: Back from the AbyssFilmNarrator
- 1996Attenborough in ParadiseSeries
- 1995The Private Life of PlantsFilmhimself
- 1995The Private Life of PlantsSeriesSelf - Presenter
- 1995Wildlife SpecialsSeries
- 1995Great White Shark - The Silent StalkerFilm
- 1995World of Wildlife: African Big CatsFilmSelf - Narrator
- 1993Life in the FreezerSeriesSelf - Presenter
- 1993Killer Whales: Wolves of the SeaFilmNarrator
- 1991Barn Owl: Bird of DarknessFilm
- 1990Trials of LifeSeriesSelf - Narrator (voice)
- 1990The Trials of LifeFilmSelf - Presenter
- 1990A TV DanteFilmHimself
- 1990The Making Of The Trials Of Life - Once More Into The Termite MoundFilmSelf
- 1989Lost Worlds, Vanished LivesSeriesPresenter - Narrator
- 1988This MorningSeriesSelf
- 1987Going Live!SeriesSelf
- 1987The First EdenSeriesPresenter - Narrator
- 1987Birds of the Sun GodFilmNarrator
- 1985A Zed & Two NoughtsFilmHimself - Documentary Narrator (voice)
- 1985TelevisionSeries
- 1985The Million Pound Bird BookFilmPresenter
- 1985David Attenborough's Animals of the British Countryside - Land MammalsFilmNarrator
- 1984The Living PlanetSeriesSelf
- 1983Natural WorldSeriesNarrator, Narrator (voice), Presenter, Self - Host, Self - Narrator
- 1983Aliens From Inner SpaceFilmNarrator
- 1982NatureSeriesHost, Narrator (voice), Self
- 1981General Studies: An Everyday MiracleFilmNarrator
- 1980The Spirit of AsiaSeriesSelf
- 1979Life on EarthSeriesSelf - Presenter
- 1979Squirrel on My ShoulderFilmNarrator
- 1978At Home with BadgersFilmNarrator
- 1977Wildlife on OneSeriesNarrator
- 1975The Tribal EyeSeries
- 1975Fabulous AnimalsSeriesSelf - Presenter
- 1975ExplorersSeriesSelf - Narrator
- 1974NOVASeriesNarrator
- 1973Eastward With AttenboroughSeries
- 1971A Blank on the MapFilmHimself - Presenter
- 1971Baobab: Portrait of a TreeFilmNarrator (voice)
- 1969The Miracle of BaliSeries
- 1967OmnibusSeriesSelf
- 1967The World About UsSeriesNarrator
- 1964HorizonSeriesHimself / Narrator, Self
- 1963AdventureSeries
- 1961Elsa the LionessFilmSelf
- 1960The People of ParadiseSeries
- 1959Science Is NewsSeriesSelf - Presenter
- 1955Zoo Quest to West AfricaFilmSelf
- 1955Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1955-1958Series
- 1954Zoo QuestSeries
Directing 1
Writing 38
- 2017Attenborough and the Empire of the AntsFilmWriter
- 2015Great Barrier Reef with David AttenboroughSeriesWriter
- 2015David Attenborough's Conquest of the SkiesSeriesWriter
- 2014David Attenborough's Natural History Museum AliveFilmWriter
- 2014Sir David Attenborough – A Life on EarthFilmWriter
- 2013AfricaSeriesWriter
- 2013David Attenborough's Rise of Animals: Triumph of the VertebratesSeriesScreenplay
- 2013Galapagos 3D with David AttenboroughSeriesWriter
- 2013Galapagos with David AttenboroughFilmWriter
- 2012Attenborough's ArkFilmWriter
- 2011Frozen PlanetSeriesWriter
- 2011Flying Monsters 3D with David AttenboroughFilmWriter
- 2010First LifeSeriesWriter
- 2009Charles Darwin and the Tree of LifeFilmWriter
- 2008Life in Cold BloodSeriesWriter
- 2006Planet EarthSeriesWriter
- 2006Desert LionsFilmScript Consultant
- 2005Life in the UndergrowthSeriesWriter
- 2003Deep BlueFilmWriter
- 2002The Life of MammalsSeriesWriter
- 2000State of the PlanetSeriesWriter
- 2000The Lost Gods of Easter IslandFilmScreenplay
- 2000The Song of the EarthFilmWriter
- 2000Bowerbirds: The Art of SeductionFilmWriter
- 1999Islands of the Vampire BirdsFilmWriter
- 1998The Life of BirdsSeriesWriter
- 1996Survival IslandFilmWriter
- 1996Attenborough in ParadiseFilmWriter
- 1996Attenborough in ParadiseSeriesWriter
- 1995The Private Life of PlantsSeriesWriter
- 1993Life in the FreezerSeriesWriter
- 1985The Million Pound Bird BookFilmWriter
- 1984The Living PlanetSeriesWriter
- 1983Natural WorldSeriesWriter
- 1979Life on EarthSeriesWriter
- 1974NOVASeriesWriter
- 1971A Blank on the MapFilmScreenplay
- 1955Zoo Quest to West AfricaFilmWriter
Created 3
Music 1
Production 4
Crew 3
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