David Attenborough
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 8 May 1926 · London, England, UK
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 174
- 2026David Attenborough's 100 Years on Planet Earth as Self
- 2026Making Life on Earth: Attenborough’s Greatest Adventure as Self
- 2026Queen Elizabeth II: Her Story, Our Century as Self
- 2026Deep Ocean: Kingdom of the Coelacanth as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2026A Gorilla Story: Told by David Attenborough as Self
- 2026In Flight Movie as Narrator
- 2026Wild London as Self
- 2025Horizon: Death of the Oceans as Himself
- 2025Ocean with David Attenborough as Self
- 2025A Deeper Dive with David Attenborough as Self
- 2024Attenborough's Life Journey as Self
- 2024Secret Lives of Orangutans as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2024Saving the Storks with Sir David Attenborough as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2024Prehistoric Planet Immersive - Triceratops Forest as Narrator
- 2024Prehistoric Planet Immersive - Pterosaur Beach as Narrator
- 2024Attenborough and the Jurassic Sea Monster as Self
- 2024Attenborough and the Giant Sea Monster as Self - Presenter
- 2023David Attenborough: A Life on Earth as Self
- 2023Our Planet II as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2022Dinosaur Apocalypse as Self - Host
- 2022Dinosaurs: The Final Day with David Attenborough as Self - Presenter
- 2022Great Mammoth Mystery as Self - Host
- 2022Great Mammoth Mystery as Self - Host
- 2022Attenborough's Wonder of Song as Self - Presenter
- 2021Attenborough and the Mammoth Graveyard as Self - Narrator
- 2021Parkinson at 50 as Self (archive footage)
- 2021Breaking Boundaries: The Science of Our Planet as Self - Narrator
- 2021Attenborough’s Journey as Self
- 2021The Year Earth Changed as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2020Prince William: A Planet For Us All as Self
- 2020Sir David Attenborough and Sir Michael Palin in Conversation as Self
- 2020David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet as Self
- 2020Extinction: The Facts as Self - Presenter
- 2020Planet Earth: A Celebration as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2020Chris Packham: 7.7 Billion People and Counting as Self
- 2020Diving Deep: The Life and Times of Mike deGruy as Self
- 2019The Forum as Self
- 2019The Living Thames as Self
- 2019The Kiwi, The Knight and the Qashqai as Self
- 2019Climate Change: The Facts as Self - Presenter
- 2019Our Planet: Behind the Scenes as Self - Narrator
- 2019Timelapse of the Future: A Journey to the End of Time as Self - Narrator (archive sound)
- 2019Dragons and Damsels as Self - Narrator
- 2019Wild Karnataka as Self - Narrator
- 2018Whale Wisdom as Self - Narrator
- 2018Into the Jungle as Self - Narrator
- 2018Deep Ocean: Descent into the Mariana Trench as Self - Narrator
- 2018David Attenborough's Tasmania as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2018Pangolins: The World's Most Wanted Animal as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2018The Queen's Green Planet as Self
- 2018Attenborough's Wonder of Eggs as Self - Presenter
- 2018Timelapse of the Entire Universe as Self - Narrator (archive sound)
- 2018Attenborough and the Sea Dragon as Presenter
- 2018The Making of David Attenborough's Ant Mountain as Self
- 2018Deep Ocean: Giants of the Antarctic Deep as Narrator
- 2017David Attenborough's Ant Mountain as Self - Presenter
- 2017Attenborough and the Empire of the Ants as Self – Presenter
- 2017Attenborough and the Giant Elephant as Self - Presenter
- 2017And the Winner Isn't as Self
- 2017Richmond Park National Nature Reserve as Self
- 2017Hotel Armadillo as Self - Narrator
- 2017Puerto Rico: Island of Enchantment as Self - Narrator
- 2017Cheetahs: Growing Up Fast as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2017Richard Batterham, Master Potter as Self
- 2017Planet Earth II: A World of Wonder as Self - Presenter
- 2016Jaguars: Brazil's Super Cats as Self
- 2016Deep Ocean: Lights in the Abyss as Self - Narrator
- 2016Zoo Quest in Colour as Self - Presenter
- 2016Attenborough's Life That Glows as Self - Presenter
- 2016Attenborough at 90 as Self
- 2016Attenborough at 90: Behind the Lens as Self
- 2016Attenborough and the Giant Dinosaur as Self - Presenter
- 2015Reef Diaries as Self - Narrator
- 2015Cue the Queen: Celebrating the Christmas Speech as Self
- 2015Cougars Undercover as Self
- 2015David Attenborough Meets President Obama as Self
- 2015Attenborough's Big Birds as Narrator
- 2015Legends of the Deep: Deep Sea Sharks as Self - Narrator
- 2015Africa's Fishing Leopards as Narrator (voice)
- 2015Attenborough's Paradise Birds as Presenter - Narrator
- 2015Deep Ocean: The Lost World of the Pacific as Self – Narrator
- 2014Björk: Biophilia Live as Self - Opening Sequence (voice)
- 2014Sir David Attenborough – A Life on Earth as David Attenborough
- 2014Mountain Lions: Big Cats in High Places as Narrator
- 2014Fabulous Frogs as Self - Narrator
- 2014The Bat Man of Mexico as Self
- 2014Conquest of The Skies 3D as 编剧
- 2014David Attenborough's Natural History Museum Alive as Presenter
- 2013Autopsy on a Dream as Self
- 2013When Björk Met Attenborough as Self
- 2013The Mating Game as Narrator
- 2013Galapagos with David Attenborough as Self - Presenter
- 2013Edwardian Insects on Film as Self
- 2013Legends of the Deep: The Giant Squid as Self - Narrator
- 2013David Attenborough: The Early Years as Self
- 2012Attenborough: 60 Years in the Wild as Self - Presenter
- 2012Attenborough's Ark as Narrator
- 2012The Penguin King as Self - Narrator
- 2012Hummingbirds: Jewelled Messengers as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2012Tales of Television Centre as Self
- 2012Kingdom of Plants 3D as 编剧
- 2012Hot Tuna as Narrator
- 2012Superfish: Bluefin Tuna
- 2011Animal House as Self
- 2011Flying Monsters 3D with David Attenborough as Self - Presenter / Narrator
- 2011Desert Seas as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2011The Secrets of Scott's Hut as Self
- 2011Attenborough and the Giant Egg as Self - Presenter
- 2010Mad and Bad: 60 Years of Science on TV as Self
- 2010Attenborough's Journey as Self
- 2010Jane Goodall - Beauty and the Beasts as Self
- 2010Birds of Paradise as Self
- 2009Water Life A World of Water as 导演
- 2009Uncovering Our Earliest Ancestor: The Link as Self - Presenter / Narrator
- 2009Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life as Presenter
- 2008NHKスペシャル 映像詩 里山II 命めぐる水辺 as Narrator
- 2008Clever Monkeys as Narrator
- 2008Superfish as Self - Narrator
- 2008Snow Leopard: Beyond the Myth as Narrator
- 2007Attenborough Explores... Our Fragile World as Himself - Presenter
- 2007Trek - Spy on the Wildebeest
- 2006Can We Save Planet Earth?
- 2006Your Favourite Attenborough Moment as Self (archive footage)
- 2006Gorillas Revisited with Sir David Attenborough as Presenter
- 2006My Favourite Attenborough Moment as Self (archive footage)
- 2006Desert Lions as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2006A War on Science as Self
- 2005Kea: The Smartest Parrot? as Self - Narrator
- 2004Bears: Spy in the Woods
- 2004Satoyama II: Japan's Secret Watergarden as Narrator
- 2004The Amber Time Machine as Narrator
- 2004The Minsmere Year
- 2003The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough
- 2003Smart Sharks: Swimming With Roboshark as Self
- 2003Deep Blue as Self
- 2002Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe as Self (voice)
- 2002Life on Air: David Attenborough's 50 Years in Television as Self
- 2002Attenborough the Controller as Self
- 2002Great Natural Wonders of the World as Presenter
- 2000Bowerbirds: The Art of Seduction as Narrator
- 2000Lions: Spy in the Den as Narrator
- 2000Living with Dinosaurs as Presenter
- 2000The Lost Gods of Easter Island as Himself - Presenter
- 2000The Song of the Earth as Narrator
- 1999The Greatest Wildlife Show on Earth as Presenter - Narrator
- 1999Tiger: The Elusive Princess as Narrator (voice)
- 1999Islands of the Vampire Birds as Narrator (voice)
- 1999Satoyama I: Japan's Secret Watergarden as Narrator
- 1998The Dragons of Galapagos as Narrator (voice)
- 1997Leopard: The Agent of Darkness as Self
- 1997Humpback Whale: The Giant of the Oceans as Self
- 1996Sperm Whales: Back from the Abyss as Narrator
- 1996Attenborough in Paradise as Self - Narrator
- 1996Survival Island as Narrator
- 1995World of Wildlife: African Big Cats as Self - Narrator
- 1995The Private Life of Plants as himself
- 1995Great White Shark - The Silent Stalker
- 1993Killer Whales: Wolves of the Sea as Narrator
- 1991Barn Owl: Bird of Darkness
- 1990The Making Of The Trials Of Life - Once More Into The Termite Mound as Self
- 1990The Trials of Life as Self - Presenter
- 1990A TV Dante as Himself
- 1987Birds of the Sun God as Narrator
- 1985A Zed & Two Noughts as Himself - Documentary Narrator (voice)
- 1985David Attenborough's Animals of the British Countryside - Land Mammals as Narrator
- 1985The Million Pound Bird Book as Presenter
- 1983Aliens From Inner Space as Narrator
- 1981An Everyday Miracle as Narrator
- 1979Squirrel On My Shoulder as Narrator
- 1978At Home with Badgers as Narrator
- 1971A Blank on the Map as Himself - Presenter
- 1971Baobab: Portrait of a Tree as Narrator (voice)
- 1961Elsa the Lioness as Self
- 1955Zoo Quest to West Africa as Self
crew 3
- 2025Horizon: Death of the Oceans · presenter
- 2015Afrique sauvage - L'avenir en marche · presenter
- 2014Sir David Attenborough – A Life on Earth · presenter
Writing 20
- 2024Prehistoric Planet Immersive - Triceratops Forest · writer
- 2024Prehistoric Planet Immersive - Pterosaur Beach · writer
- 2017Attenborough and the Empire of the Ants · writer
- 2014Sir David Attenborough – A Life on Earth · writer
- 2014David Attenborough's Natural History Museum Alive · writer
- 2013Galapagos with David Attenborough · writer
- 2012Attenborough's Ark · writer
- 2011Flying Monsters 3D with David Attenborough · writer
- 2009Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life · writer
- 2006Desert Lions · script consultant
- 2003Deep Blue · writer
- 2000Bowerbirds: The Art of Seduction · writer
- 2000The Lost Gods of Easter Island · screenplay
- 2000The Song of the Earth · writer
- 1999Islands of the Vampire Birds · writer
- 1996Attenborough in Paradise · writer
- 1996Survival Island · writer
- 1985The Million Pound Bird Book · writer
- 1971A Blank on the Map · screenplay
- 1955Zoo Quest to West Africa · writer
Sound 1
- 2016Zoo Quest in Colour · sound recordist
Directing 1
- 2014Sir David Attenborough – A Life on Earth · director
Production 3
- 1961Elsa the Lioness · producer
- 1955Zoo Quest to West Africa · producer
- 1955The Ascent of Kangchenjunga · producer