David Attenborough
Acting • Born 1926-05-08
Biography
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.
Filmography
269 credits
Deep Ocean: Giants of the Antarctic Deep
Movie • 2018
Narrator
Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life
Movie • 2009
Presenter
Survival Island
Movie • 1996
Narrator
At Home with Badgers
Movie • 1978
Narrator
A TV Dante
Movie • 1990
Himself
Richard Batterham, Master Potter
Movie • 2017
Self
Satoyama I: Japan's Secret Watergarden
Movie • 1999
Narrator
Hotel Armadillo
Movie • 2017
Self - Narrator
Mountain Lions: Big Cats in High Places
Movie • 2014
Narrator
Puerto Rico: Island of Enchantment
Movie • 2017
Self - Narrator
Sperm Whales: Back from the Abyss
Movie • 1996
Narrator
The Mating Game
Movie • 2013
Narrator
Attenborough’s Journey
Movie • 2021
Self
Attenborough and the Giant Sea Monster
Movie • 2024
Self - Presenter
Flying Monsters 3D with David Attenborough
Movie • 2011
Self - Presenter / Narrator
Kea: The Smartest Parrot
Movie • 2005
Presenter
The Private Life of Plants
Movie • 1995
himself
Bowerbirds: The Art of Seduction
Movie • 2000
Narrator
The Song of the Earth
Movie • 2000
Narrator
Attenborough the Controller
Movie • 2002
Self
Attenborough's Ark
Movie • 2012
Narrator
Attenborough's Big Birds
Movie • 2015
Narrator
Attenborough's Wonder of Song
Movie • 2022
Self - Presenter
Attenborough and the Mammoth Graveyard
Movie • 2021
Self - Narrator
Leopard: The Agent of Darkness
Movie • 1997
Self
Humpback Whale: The Giant of the Oceans
Movie • 1997
Self
Cougars Undercover
Movie • 2015
Self
Islands of the Vampire Birds
Movie • 1999
Narrator
Elsa the Lioness
Movie • 1961
Self
Zoo Quest to West Africa
Movie • 1955
Self
Killer Whales: Wolves of the Sea
Movie • 1993
Narrator
Attenborough and the Giant Egg
Movie • 2011
Self - Presenter
Gorillas Revisited with Sir David Attenborough
Movie • 2006
Presenter
Uncovering Our Earliest Ancestor: The Link
Movie • 2009
Self - Presenter / Narrator
The Amber Time Machine
Movie • 2004
Narrator
A Blank on the Map
Movie • 1971
Himself - Presenter
Dinosaurs: The Final Day with David Attenborough
Movie • 2022
Self - Presenter
The Penguin King
Movie • 2012
Self - Narrator
Parkinson at 50
Movie • 2021
Self (archive footage)
Attenborough's Journey
Movie • 2010
Self
Attenborough: 60 Years in the Wild
Movie • 2012
Self - Presenter
Great Natural Wonders of the World
Movie • 2002
Presenter
The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough
Movie • 2003
Jaguars: Brazil's Super Cats
Movie • 2016
Self
Attenborough at 90
Movie • 2016
Self
Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe
Movie • 2002
Self (voice)
Trek - Spy on the Wildebeest
Movie • 2007
David Attenborough's Natural History Museum Alive
Movie • 2014
Presenter
Snow Leopard: Beyond the Myth
Movie • 2008
Narrator
When Björk Met Attenborough
Movie • 2013
Self
Galapagos with David Attenborough
Movie • 2013
Self - Presenter
Deep Blue
Movie • 2003
Self
Fabulous Frogs
Movie • 2014
Self - Narrator
Secret Lives of Orangutans
Movie • 2024
Self - Narrator (voice)
Edwardian Insects on Film
Movie • 2013
Self
A War on Science
Movie • 2006
Self
Attenborough's Paradise Birds
Movie • 2015
Presenter - Narrator
Africa's Fishing Leopards
Movie • 2015
Narrator (voice)
Tiger: The Elusive Princess
Movie • 1999
Narrator (voice)
Tales of Television Centre
Movie • 2012
Self
Cheetahs: Growing Up Fast
Movie • 2017
Self - Narrator (voice)
General Studies: An Everyday Miracle
Movie • 1981
Narrator
The Trials of Life
Movie • 1990
Self - Presenter
Attenborough and the Giant Dinosaur
Movie • 2016
Self - Presenter
Autopsy on a Dream
Movie • 2013
Self
The Dragons of Galapagos
Movie • 1998
Narrator
The Lost Gods of Easter Island
Movie • 2000
Himself - Presenter
Attenborough at 90: Behind the Lens
Movie • 2016
Self
Zoo Quest in Colour
Movie • 2016
Self - Presenter
Attenborough's Life That Glows
Movie • 2016
Self - Presenter
David Attenborough Meets President Obama
Movie • 2015
Self
Aliens From Inner Space
Movie • 1983
Narrator
The Kiwi, The Knight and the Qashqai
Movie • 2019
Self
Superfish: Bluefin Tuna
Movie • 2012
Desert Seas
Movie • 2011
Self - Narrator (voice)
David Attenborough: A Life on Earth
Movie • 2023
Self
Hummingbirds: Jewelled Messengers
Movie • 2012
Self - Narrator (voice)
Legends of the Deep: Deep Sea Sharks
Movie • 2015
Self - Narrator
Attenborough and the Giant Elephant
Movie • 2017
Self - Presenter
And the Winner Isn't
Movie • 2017
Self
A Zed & Two Noughts
Movie • 1985
Himself - Documentary Narrator (voice)
Attenborough and the Sea Dragon
Movie • 2018
Presenter
Attenborough's Wonder of Eggs
Movie • 2018
Self - Presenter
The Queen's Green Planet
Movie • 2018
Self
Attenborough Explores... Our Fragile World
Movie • 2007
Himself - Presenter
Animal House
Movie • 2011
Self
Bears: Spy in the Woods
Movie • 2004
The Greatest Wildlife Show on Earth
Movie • 1999
Presenter - Narrator
Satoyama II: Japan's Secret Watergarden
Movie • 2004
Narrator
Pangolins: The World's Most Wanted Animal
Movie • 2018
Self - Narrator (voice)
Life on Air: David Attenborough's 50 Years in Television
Movie • 2002
Self
Lions: Spy in the Den
Movie • 2000
Narrator
Deep Ocean: Descent into the Mariana Trench
Movie • 2018
Self - Narrator
David Attenborough's Tasmania
Movie • 2018
Self - Narrator (voice)
Mad and Bad: 60 Years of Science on TV
Movie • 2010
Self
Björk: Biophilia Live
Movie • 2014
Self - Opening Sequence (voice)
Climate Change: The Facts
Movie • 2019
Self - Presenter
Planet Earth II: A World of Wonder
Movie • 2017
Self - Presenter
Our Planet: Behind the Scenes
Movie • 2019
Self - Narrator
Wild Karnataka
Movie • 2019
Self - Narrator
Whale Wisdom
Movie • 2018
Self - Narrator
Diving Deep: The Life and Times of Mike deGruy
Movie • 2020
Self
David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet
Movie • 2020
Self
The Forum
Movie • 2019
Self
Dragons and Damsels
Movie • 2019
Self - Narrator
Into the Jungle
Movie • 2018
Self - Narrator
Deep Ocean: The Lost World of the Pacific
Movie • 2015
Self – Narrator
Smart Sharks: Swimming With Roboshark
Movie • 2003
Self
David Attenborough: The Early Years
Movie • 2013
Self
The Bat Man of Mexico
Movie • 2014
Self
Richmond Park National Nature Reserve
Movie • 2017
Self
Extinction: The Facts
Movie • 2020
Self - Presenter
Prince William: A Planet For Us All
Movie • 2020
Self
Sir David Attenborough and Sir Michael Palin in Conversation
Movie • 2020
Self
Attenborough and the Empire of the Ants
Movie • 2017
Self – Presenter
The Secrets of Scott's Hut
Movie • 2011
Self
Attenborough in Paradise
Movie • 1996
Self - Narrator
Desert Lions
Movie • 2006
Self - Narrator (voice)
World of Wildlife: African Big Cats
Movie • 1995
Self - Narrator
Legends of the Deep: The Giant Squid
Movie • 2013
Self - Narrator
Clever Monkeys
Movie • 2008
Narrator
The Year Earth Changed
Movie • 2021
Self - Narrator (voice)
Can We Save Planet Earth?
Movie • 2006
Planet Earth: A Celebration
Movie • 2020
Self - Narrator (voice)
Breaking Boundaries: The Science of Our Planet
Movie • 2021
Self - Narrator
Birds of Paradise
Movie • 2010
Self
The Making of David Attenborough's Ant Mountain
Movie • 2018
Self
Superfish
Movie • 2008
Self - Narrator
Cue the Queen: Celebrating the Christmas Speech
Movie • 2015
Self
Timelapse of the Future: A Journey to the End of Time
Movie • 2019
Self - Narrator (archive sound)
Hot Tuna
Movie • 2012
Narrator
The Making Of The Trials Of Life - Once More Into The Termite Mound
Movie • 1990
Self
Squirrel on My Shoulder
Movie • 1979
Narrator
Attenborough's Life Journey
Movie • 2024
Self
Barn Owl: Bird of Darkness
Movie • 1991
Ocean with David Attenborough
Movie • 2025
Self
The Minsmere Year
Movie • 2004
Saving the Storks with Sir David Attenborough
Movie • 2024
Self - Narrator (voice)
Living with Dinosaurs
Movie • 2000
Presenter
A Deeper Dive with David Attenborough
Movie • 2025
Self
The Living Thames
Movie • 2019
Self
Conquest of The Skies 3D
Movie • 2014
自己
Conquest of The Skies 3D
Movie • 2014
编剧
Water Life A World of Water
Movie • 2009
导演
Deep Ocean: Kingdom of the Coelacanth
Movie • 2025
Self - Narrator (voice)
My Favourite Attenborough Moment
Movie • 2006
Self (archive footage)
Your Favourite Attenborough Moment
Movie • 2006
Self (archive footage)
Birds of the Sun God
Movie • 1987
Narrator
Jane Goodall - Beauty and the Beasts
Movie • 2010
Self
Deep Ocean: Lights in the Abyss
Movie • 2016
Self - Narrator
Baobab, Portrait of a Tree
Movie
Narrator (voice)
Wild London
Movie • 2026
Self
Sir David Attenborough – A Life on Earth
Movie • 2014
David Attenborough
Sir David Attenborough – A Life on Earth
Movie • 2014
Self
The Life of Josiah Fong --- PREQUEL
Movie
Narrator
This Morning
TV • 1988
Self
The One Show
TV • 2006
Self - Guest
Life in Cold Blood
TV • 2008
Self - Narrator (voice)
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
TV • 2001
Self - Guest
Horizon
TV • 1964
The Terry and Gaby Show
TV • 2003
First Life
TV • 2010
Self - Presenter
Attenborough's Life in Colour
TV • 2021
Self - Presenter
Life in the Undergrowth
TV • 2005
Self
Wildlife Specials
TV • 1995
State of the Planet
TV • 2000
Self - Presenter
Zoo Quest
TV • 1954
The Living Planet
TV • 1984
Self
Trials of Life
TV • 1990
Self - Narrator (voice)
Life in the Freezer
TV • 1993
Self - Presenter
The Life of Birds
TV • 1998
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Life of Mammals
TV • 2002
Self - Presenter
The Blue Planet
TV • 2001
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
TV • 2007
Self
Life on Earth
TV • 1979
Self - Presenter
Lost Worlds, Vanished Lives
TV • 1989
Presenter - Narrator
Natural World
TV • 1983
Presenter
Nature's Great Events
TV • 2009
Self - Presenter
The Earthshot Prize: Repairing Our Planet
TV • 2021
Self - Narrator (voice)
The First Eden
TV • 1987
Presenter - Narrator
The Tribal Eye
TV • 1975
Are We Changing Planet Earth?
TV • 2006
The People of Paradise
TV • 1960
The Miracle of Bali
TV • 1969
Life
TV • 2009
Self - Narrator (voice)
Natural World
TV • 1983
Narrator (voice)
The Jonathan Ross Show
TV • 2011
Self
Eastward With Attenborough
TV • 1973
Tiger: Spy In The Jungle
TV • 2008
Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1955-1958
TV • 1955
Madagascar
TV • 2011
Self - Presenter
David Attenborough's Rise of Animals: Triumph of the Vertebrates
TV • 2013
Self - Presenter
Africa
TV • 2013
Self - Narrator (voice)
All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace
TV • 2011
Self
David Attenborough's Global Adventure
TV • 2022
Self
Natural World
TV • 1983
Narrator
NOVA
TV • 1974
Narrator
Nature
TV • 1982
Narrator (voice)
Life Story
TV • 2014
Self - Presenter
David Attenborough's Natural Curiosities
TV • 2013
Self - Presenter
Planet Earth
TV • 2006
Self - Narrator
Frozen Planet
TV • 2011
Self - Narrator
The Mating Game
TV • 2021
Self - Presenter
The Hunt
TV • 2015
Self - Narrator (voice)
David Attenborough's Conquest of the Skies
TV • 2015
Self - Presenter
Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World
TV • 2021
Self
Great Barrier Reef with David Attenborough
TV • 2015
Self - Presenter
Folk Britannia
TV • 2006
Self
Kingdom of Plants
TV • 2012
Self - Narrator
Skavlan
TV • 2009
Self - Guest
The Romantics and Us with Simon Schama
TV • 2020
Self
Brave New World with Stephen Hawking
TV • 2011
Self
Planet Earth II
TV • 2016
Self - Narrator
Horizon
TV • 1964
Self
Prehistoric Planet
TV • 2022
Self - Presenter
Micro Monsters with David Attenborough
TV • 2013
Presenter
Blue Planet UK
TV • 2019
Self
Blue Planet II
TV • 2017
Self - Presenter
Tomorrow's World: People of Science
TV • 2018
Self
Wogan
TV • 1982
Self
Galapagos 3D with David Attenborough
TV • 2013
Self - Presenter
Plants Behaving Badly
TV • 2017
Self
Horizon
TV • 1964
Himself / Narrator
Attenborough: 60 Years in the Wild
TV • 2012
Self - Presenter
Going Live!
TV • 1987
Self
Our Planet
TV • 2019
Self - Narrator (voice)
Dynasties
TV • 2018
Self - Narrator
Blue Planet III
TV
Self - Presenter
Wild Isles
TV • 2023
Self - Presenter
Mammals
TV • 2024
Self - Narrator
Frozen Planet II
TV • 2022
Self - Presenter
Attenborough's Passion Projects
TV • 2016
Self - Presenter
The Private Life of Plants
TV • 1995
Self - Presenter
Planet Earth III
TV • 2023
Self - Presenter
Great Thinkers: In Their Own Words
TV • 2011
Self
Genius of Britain
TV • 2010
Self
Goldene Kamera
TV • 1984
Self
Adventure
TV • 1963
Seven Worlds, One Planet
TV • 2019
Self - Narrator (voice)
Nature
TV • 1982
Host
Michael Palin: Travels of a Lifetime
TV • 2020
Self
The Graham Norton Show
TV • 2007
Self
The Green Planet
TV • 2022
Self - Narrator (voice)
How the BBC Began
TV • 2022
Self
Natural World
TV • 1983
Self - Host
Science Is News
TV • 1959
Self - Presenter
Natural World
TV • 1983
Self - Narrator
Deep Ocean
TV • 2015
Self - Narrator
Wildlife on One
TV • 1977
Narrator
Voice
TV • 2012
Secrets of Wild India
TV • 2012
Narrator
A Perfect Planet
TV • 2021
Self - Narrator (voice)
Wild City
TV • 2016
Self - Narrator (voice)
Asia
TV • 2024
Self : Presenter
Parkinson
TV • 1998
Self
Attenborough in Paradise
TV • 1996
Fabulous Animals
TV • 1975
Self - Presenter
Nature
TV • 1982
Self
Simon Schama's Story of Us
TV • 2025
Self - Reader
Winterwatch
TV • 2013
Self
Parenthood
TV • 2025
Self - Narrator (voice)
Secret World of Sound
TV • 2024
Self - Narrator (voice)
Omnibus
TV • 1967
Self
Echo and Other Elephants
TV • 2005
Self - Narrator (voice)
Kingdom
TV • 2025
Self - Narrator (voice)
The World About Us
TV • 1967
Narrator
David Attenborough's Wild City
TV • 2016
Self - Narrator
Fateful Planet
TV • 2024
Self
Dynasties II
TV