Person

David Attenborough

Acting · Born 1926-05-08 · London, England, UK

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.

Known for

Filmography

2026David Attenborough's 100 Years on Planet EarthSelf
2026Making Life on Earth: Attenborough’s Greatest AdventureSelf
2026Queen Elizabeth II: Her Story, Our CenturySelf
2026Deep Ocean: Kingdom of the CoelacanthSelf - Narrator (voice)
2026A Gorilla Story: Told by David AttenboroughSelf
2026Secret GardenSelf - Presenter
2026Wild LondonSelf
2025KingdomSelf - Narrator (voice)
2025RTL TonightSelf
2025ParenthoodSelf - Narrator (voice)
2025Ocean with David AttenboroughSelf
2025A Deeper Dive with David AttenboroughSelf
2025Simon Schama's Story of UsSelf - Reader
2024Attenborough's Life JourneySelf
2024AsiaSelf : Presenter
2024Secret Lives of OrangutansSelf - Narrator (voice)
2024Fateful PlanetSelf
2024Saving the Storks with Sir David AttenboroughSelf - Narrator (voice)
2024MammalsSelf - Narrator
2024Secret World of SoundSelf - Narrator (voice)
2024Attenborough and the Giant Sea MonsterSelf - Presenter
2023David Attenborough: A Life on EarthSelf
2023Planet Earth IIISelf - Presenter
2023Wild IslesSelf - Presenter
2022How the BBC BeganSelf
2022Frozen Planet IISelf - Presenter
2022Prehistoric PlanetSelf - Presenter
2022Dinosaur ApocalypseSelf - Host
2022Dinosaurs: The Final Day with David AttenboroughSelf - Presenter
2022Great Mammoth MysterySelf - Host
2022David Attenborough's Global AdventureSelf
2022The Green PlanetSelf - Narrator (voice)
2022Attenborough's Wonder of SongSelf - Presenter
2021Attenborough and the Mammoth GraveyardSelf - Narrator
2021The Earthshot Prize: Repairing Our PlanetSelf - Narrator (voice)
2021The Mating GameSelf - Presenter
2021Parkinson at 50Self (archive footage)
2021Breaking Boundaries: The Science of Our PlanetSelf - Narrator
2021Attenborough’s JourneySelf
2021The Year Earth ChangedSelf - Narrator (voice)
2021Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the WorldSelf
2021Attenborough's Life in ColourSelf - Presenter
2021A Perfect PlanetSelf - Narrator (voice)
2020Prince William: A Planet For Us AllSelf
2020Michael Palin: Travels of a LifetimeSelf
2020David Attenborough: A Life on Our PlanetSelf
2020Sir David Attenborough and Sir Michael Palin in ConversationSelf
2020Extinction: The FactsSelf - Presenter
2020The Romantics and Us with Simon SchamaSelf
2020Planet Earth: A CelebrationSelf - Narrator (voice)
2020Gay Byrne's Late Late MomentsSelf
2020Diving Deep: The Life and Times of Mike deGruySelf
2019The ForumSelf
2019Seven Worlds, One PlanetSelf - Narrator (voice)
2019The Living ThamesSelf
2019The Kiwi, The Knight and the QashqaiSelf
2019Climate Change: The FactsSelf - Presenter
2019Our Planet: Behind the ScenesSelf - Narrator
2019Our PlanetSelf - Narrator (voice)
2019Blue Planet UKSelf
2019Timelapse of the Future: A Journey to the End of TimeSelf - Narrator (archive sound)
2019Dragons and DamselsSelf - Narrator
2019Wild KarnatakaSelf - Narrator
2018Whale WisdomSelf - Narrator
2018DynastiesSelf - Narrator
2018Into the JungleSelf - Narrator
2018Deep Ocean: Descent into the Mariana TrenchSelf - Narrator
2018David Attenborough's TasmaniaSelf - Narrator (voice)
2018Pangolins: The World's Most Wanted AnimalSelf - Narrator (voice)
2018The Queen's Green PlanetSelf
2018Attenborough's Wonder of EggsSelf - Presenter
2018Tomorrow's World: People of ScienceSelf
2018Attenborough and the Sea DragonPresenter
2018Deep Ocean: Giants of the Antarctic DeepNarrator
2018The Making of David Attenborough's Ant MountainSelf
2017Attenborough and the Empire of the AntsSelf – Presenter
2017Attenborough and the Giant ElephantSelf - Presenter
2017And the Winner Isn'tSelf
2017Blue Planet IISelf - Presenter
2017Plants Behaving BadlySelf
2017Richmond Park National Nature ReserveSelf
2017Hotel ArmadilloSelf - Narrator
2017Puerto Rico: Island of EnchantmentSelf - Narrator
2017Cheetahs: Growing Up FastSelf - Narrator (voice)
2017Richard Batterham, Master PotterSelf
2017Planet Earth II: A World of WonderSelf - Presenter
2016Planet Earth IISelf - Narrator
2016Jaguars: Brazil's Super CatsSelf
2016Deep Ocean: Lights in the AbyssSelf - Narrator
2016Zoo Quest in ColourSelf - Presenter
2016Attenborough's Life That GlowsSelf - Presenter
2016Attenborough at 90Self
2016Attenborough's Passion ProjectsSelf - Presenter
2016Attenborough at 90: Behind the LensSelf
2016Wild CitySelf - Narrator (voice)
2016David Attenborough's Wild CitySelf - Narrator
2016Attenborough and the Giant DinosaurSelf - Presenter
2015Reef DiariesSelf - Narrator
2015Great Barrier Reef with David AttenboroughSelf - Presenter
2015Cue the Queen: Celebrating the Christmas SpeechSelf
2015Cougars UndercoverSelf
2015The HuntSelf - Narrator (voice)
2015Afrique sauvage - L'avenir en marchePresenter
2015David Attenborough Meets President ObamaSelf
2015Attenborough's Big BirdsNarrator
2015Legends of the Deep: Deep Sea SharksSelf - Narrator
2015Africa's Fishing LeopardsNarrator (voice)
2015Attenborough's Paradise BirdsPresenter - Narrator
2015David Attenborough's Conquest of the SkiesSelf - Presenter
2015Deep Ocean: The Lost World of the PacificSelf – Narrator
2015Deep OceanSelf - Narrator
2014Life StorySelf - Presenter
2014Björk: Biophilia LiveSelf - Opening Sequence (voice)
2014Sir David Attenborough – A Life on EarthDavid Attenborough
2014Mountain Lions: Big Cats in High PlacesNarrator
2014Fabulous FrogsSelf - Narrator
2014The Bat Man of MexicoSelf
2014Conquest of The Skies 3D自己
2014David Attenborough's Natural History Museum AlivePresenter
2013Autopsy on a DreamSelf
2013David Attenborough's Rise of Animals: Triumph of the VertebratesSelf - Presenter
2013When Björk Met AttenboroughSelf
2013The Mating GameNarrator
2013Micro Monsters with David AttenboroughPresenter
2013Galapagos with David AttenboroughSelf - Presenter
2013Edwardian Insects on FilmSelf
2013Legends of the Deep: The Giant SquidSelf - Narrator
2013David Attenborough's Natural CuriositiesSelf - Presenter
2013David Attenborough: The Early YearsSelf
2013WinterwatchSelf
2013AfricaSelf - Narrator (voice)
2013Galapagos 3D with David AttenboroughSelf - Presenter
2012Attenborough: 60 Years in the WildSelf - Presenter
2012Attenborough: 60 Years in the WildSelf - Presenter
2012Attenborough's ArkNarrator
2012The Penguin KingSelf - Narrator
2012Voice
2012Hummingbirds: Jewelled MessengersSelf - Narrator (voice)
2012Kingdom of PlantsSelf - Narrator
2012Tales of Television CentreSelf
2012Hot TunaNarrator
2012Superfish: Bluefin Tuna
2012Secrets of Wild IndiaNarrator
2011Frozen PlanetSelf - Narrator
2011Brave New World with Stephen HawkingSelf
2011Animal HouseSelf
2011The Jonathan Ross ShowSelf
2011Great Thinkers: In Their Own WordsSelf
2011All Watched Over by Machines of Loving GraceSelf
2011Flying Monsters 3D with David AttenboroughSelf - Presenter / Narrator
2011Desert SeasSelf - Narrator (voice)
2011The Secrets of Scott's HutSelf
2011Attenborough and the Giant EggSelf - Presenter
2011MadagascarSelf - Presenter
2010Mad and Bad: 60 Years of Science on TVSelf
2010First LifeSelf - Presenter
2010Attenborough's JourneySelf
2010Jane Goodall - Beauty and the BeastsSelf
2010Genius of BritainSelf
2010In Confidence
2010Birds of ParadiseSelf
2009Water Life A World of Water导演
2009LifeSelf - Narrator (voice)
2009Uncovering Our Earliest Ancestor: The LinkSelf - Presenter / Narrator
2009Nature's Great EventsSelf - Presenter
2009Charles Darwin and the Tree of LifePresenter
2009SkavlanSelf - Guest
2008NHKスペシャル映像詩里山II 命めぐる水辺Narrator
2008Clever MonkeysNarrator
2008SuperfishSelf - Narrator
2008Tiger: Spy In The Jungle
2008Life in Cold BloodSelf - Narrator (voice)
2008Snow Leopard: Beyond the MythNarrator
2007The Alan Titchmarsh ShowSelf
2007Attenborough Explores... Our Fragile WorldHimself - Presenter
2007The Graham Norton ShowSelf
2007Trek - Spy on the Wildebeest
2006The One ShowSelf - Guest
2006Can We Save Planet Earth?
2006Are We Changing Planet Earth?
2006Your Favourite Attenborough MomentSelf (archive footage)
2006Gorillas Revisited with Sir David AttenboroughPresenter
2006My Favourite Attenborough MomentSelf (archive footage)
2006Desert LionsSelf - Narrator (voice)
2006Planet EarthSelf - Narrator
2006Folk BritanniaSelf
2006A War on ScienceSelf
2005Life in the UndergrowthSelf
2005Kea: The Smartest ParrotPresenter
2005Echo and Other ElephantsSelf - Narrator (voice)
2004Bears: Spy in the Woods
2004Satoyama: Japan's Secret WatergardenNarrator
2004The Amber Time MachineNarrator
2004The Minsmere Year
2003The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough
2003Smart Sharks: Swimming With RobosharkSelf
2003The Terry and Gaby Show
2003Deep BlueSelf
2002Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost TribeSelf (voice)
2002Life on Air: David Attenborough's 50 Years in TelevisionSelf
2002The Life of MammalsSelf - Presenter
2002Attenborough the ControllerSelf
2002Great Natural Wonders of the WorldPresenter
2001Friday Night with Jonathan RossSelf - Guest
2001The Blue PlanetSelf - Narrator (voice)
2000Bowerbirds: The Art of SeductionNarrator
2000Lions: Spy in the DenNarrator
2000State of the PlanetSelf - Presenter
2000Living with DinosaursPresenter
2000The Lost Gods of Easter IslandHimself - Presenter
2000The Song of the EarthNarrator
1999The Greatest Wildlife Show on EarthPresenter - Narrator
1999Tiger: The Elusive PrincessNarrator (voice)
1999Islands of the Vampire BirdsNarrator (voice)
1999Satoyama I: Japan's Secret WatergardenNarrator
1998The Life of BirdsSelf - Narrator (voice)
1998The Dragons of GalapagosNarrator (voice)
1998ParkinsonSelf
1997Leopard: The Agent of DarknessSelf
1997Humpback Whale: The Giant of the OceansSelf
1996Sperm Whales: Back from the AbyssNarrator
1996Attenborough in ParadiseSelf - Narrator
1996Attenborough in Paradise
1996Survival IslandNarrator
1995World of Wildlife: African Big CatsSelf - Narrator
1995Wildlife Specials
1995The Private Life of Plantshimself
1995The Private Life of PlantsSelf - Presenter
1995Great White Shark - The Silent Stalker
1993Life in the FreezerSelf - Presenter
1993Killer Whales: Wolves of the SeaNarrator
1991Barn Owl: Bird of Darkness
1990The Making Of The Trials Of Life - Once More Into The Termite MoundSelf
1990Trials of LifeSelf - Narrator (voice)
1990The Trials of LifeSelf - Presenter
1990A TV DanteHimself
1989Lost Worlds, Vanished LivesPresenter - Narrator
1988This MorningSelf
1987Going Live!Self
1987The First EdenPresenter - Narrator
1987Birds of the Sun GodNarrator
1985A Zed & Two NoughtsHimself - Documentary Narrator (voice)
1985David Attenborough's Animals of the British Countryside - Land MammalsNarrator
1985The Million Pound Bird BookPresenter
1985Television
1984Goldene KameraSelf
1984The Living PlanetSelf
1983Aliens From Inner SpaceNarrator
1983Natural WorldPresenter
1982NatureNarrator (voice)
1982WoganSelf
1981General Studies: An Everyday MiracleNarrator
1980The Spirit of AsiaSelf
1979Squirrel on My ShoulderNarrator
1979Life on EarthSelf - Presenter
1978At Home with BadgersNarrator
1977Wildlife on OneNarrator
1975Fabulous AnimalsSelf - Presenter
1975ExplorersSelf - Narrator
1975The Tribal Eye
1974NOVANarrator
1973Eastward With Attenborough
1971A Blank on the MapHimself - Presenter
1971Baobab: Portrait of a TreeNarrator (voice)
1969The Miracle of Bali
1967The World About UsNarrator
1967OmnibusSelf
1964Horizon
1963Adventure
1961Elsa the LionessSelf
1960The People of Paradise
1959Science Is NewsSelf - Presenter
1955Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1955-1958
1955Zoo Quest to West AfricaSelf
1954Zoo Quest
—Blue Planet IIISelf - Presenter
—Flying CasanovasCreator

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