David Attenborough
May 8, 1926 (98 years old) in London, England, UK
Sir David Attenborough (8th May 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
Credits
- 2025 · Ocean with David Attenborough as Self
- 2025 · Parenthood as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2025 · Simon Schama's Story of Us as Self - Reader
- 2022 · How the BBC Began as Self
- 2022 · Attenborough's Wonder of Song as Self - Presenter
- 2018 · David Attenborough's Tasmania as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2017 · David Attenborough's Ant Mountain as Self - Presenter
- Future · Blue Planet III as Self - Presenter
- 2024 · Attenborough's Life Journey as Self
- 2024 · Asia as Self - Presenter
- 2024 · Secret Lives of Orangutans as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2024 · Mammals as Self - Narrator
- 2024 · Attenborough and the Giant Sea Monster as Self - Presenter
- 2024 · Secret World of Sound as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2024 · Attenborough and the Jurassic Sea Monster as Self
- 2023 · David Attenborough: A Life on Earth as Self
- 2023 · Planet Earth III as Self - Presenter
- 2023 · Wild Isles as Self - Presenter
- 2023 · The Deepest Breath as Self (archive footage)
- 2022 · Frozen Planet II as Self - Presenter
- 2022 · Prehistoric Planet as Self - Presenter
- 2022 · Dinosaurs: The Final Day with David Attenborough as Self - Presenter
- 2022 · Great Mammoth Mystery as Self - Host
- 2022 · David Attenborough's Global Adventures as
- 2022 · The Green Planet as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2021 · Attenborough and the Mammoth Graveyard as Self - Narrator
- 2021 · The Earthshot Prize: Repairing Our Planet as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2021 · The Mating Game as Self - Presenter
- 2021 · David Attenborough's Global Adventure as Self
- 2021 · Parkinson at 50 as Self (archive footage)
- 2021 · Breaking Boundaries: The Science of Our Planet as Self
- 2021 · Attenborough’s Journey as Self
- 2021 · The Year Earth Changed as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2021 · Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World as Self
- 2021 · Attenborough's Life in Colour as Self - Presenter
- 2021 · A Perfect Planet as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2020 · Prince William: A Planet For Us All as Self
- 2020 · Michael Palin: Travels of a Lifetime as Self
- 2020 · David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet as Self
- 2020 · Sir David Attenborough and Sir Michael Palin in Conversation as Self
- 2020 · Extinction: The Facts as Self - Presenter
- 2020 · The Romantics and Us with Simon Schama as Self
- 2020 · Planet Earth: A Celebration as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2020 · Chris Packham: 7.7 Billion People and Counting as Self
- 2020 · Diving Deep: The Life and Times of Mike deGruy as Self
- 2019 · The Forum as Self
- 2019 · Seven Worlds, One Planet as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2019 · The Kiwi, The Knight and the Qashqai as Self
- 2019 · Climate Change: The Facts as Self - Presenter
- 2019 · Our Planet as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2019 · Our Planet: Behind the Scenes as Self - Narrator
- 2019 · Blue Planet UK as Self
- 2019 · Timelapse of the Future: A Journey to the End of Time as Self - Narrator (archive sound)
- 2019 · Dragons and Damsels as Self - Narrator
- 2019 · Wild Karnataka as Self - Narrator
- 2018 · Whale Wisdom as Self - Narrator
- 2018 · Dynasties as Self - Narrator
- 2018 · Into the Jungle as Self - Narrator
- 2018 · Deep Ocean: Descent into the Mariana Trench as Self - Narrator
- 2018 · Pangolins: The World's Most Wanted Animal as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2018 · The Queen's Green Planet as Self
- 2018 · Attenborough's Wonder of Eggs as Self - Presenter
- 2018 · Tomorrow's World: People of Science as Self
- 2018 · Attenborough and the Sea Dragon as Presenter
- 2018 · The Making of David Attenborough's Ant Mountain as Self
- 2018 · Deep Ocean: Giants of the Antarctic Deep as Narrator
- 2017 · Attenborough and the Empire of the Ants as Self – Presenter
- 2017 · Attenborough and the Giant Elephant as Self - Presenter
- 2017 · And the Winner Isn't as Self
- 2017 · Blue Planet II as Self - Presenter
- 2017 · Plants Behaving Badly as Self
- 2017 · Richmond Park National Nature Reserve as Self
- 2017 · Hotel Armadillo as Self - Narrator
- 2017 · Puerto Rico: Island of Enchantment as Self - Narrator
- 2017 · Cheetahs: Growing Up Fast as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2017 · Planet Earth II: A World of Wonder as Self - Presenter
- 2017 · Richard Batterham, Master Potter as Self
- 2016 · Planet Earth II as Self - Narrator
- 2016 · Jaguars: Brazil's Super Cats as Self
- 2016 · Zoo Quest in Colour as Self - Presenter
- 2016 · Attenborough's Life That Glows as Self - Presenter
- 2016 · Attenborough at 90 as Self
- 2016 · Attenborough's Passion Projects as Self - Presenter
- 2016 · Attenborough at 90: Behind the Lens as Self
- 2016 · Wild City as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2016 · Attenborough and the Giant Dinosaur as Self - Presenter
- 2015 · Great Barrier Reef with David Attenborough as Self - Presenter
- 2015 · Cue the Queen: Celebrating the Christmas Speech as Self
- 2015 · Cougars Undercover as Self
- 2015 · The Hunt as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2015 · David Attenborough Meets President Obama as Self
- 2015 · Attenborough's Big Birds as Narrator
- 2015 · Legends of the Deep: Deep Sea Sharks as Self - Narrator
- 2015 · Africa's Fishing Leopards as Narrator (voice)
- 2015 · Attenborough's Paradise Birds as Presenter - Narrator
- 2015 · David Attenborough's Conquest of the Skies as Self - Presenter
- 2015 · Deep Ocean: The Lost World of the Pacific as Self – Narrator
- 2015 · Deep Ocean as Self - Narrator
- 2014 · Life Story as Self - Presenter
- 2014 · Björk: Biophilia Live as Self - Opening Sequence (voice)
- 2014 · Mountain Lions: Big Cats in High Places as Narrator
- 2014 · Fabulous Frogs as Self - Narrator
- 2014 · The Bat Man of Mexico as Self
- 2014 · David Attenborough's Natural History Museum Alive as Presenter
- 2013 · Autopsy on a Dream as Self
- 2013 · David Attenborough's Rise of Animals: Triumph of the Vertebrates as Self - Presenter
- 2013 · When Björk Met Attenborough as Self
- 2013 · The Mating Game as Narrator
- 2013 · Micro Monsters with David Attenborough as Presenter
- 2013 · Galapagos with David Attenborough as Self - Presenter
- 2013 · Edwardian Insects on Film as Self
- 2013 · Legends of the Deep: The Giant Squid as Self - Narrator
- 2013 · David Attenborough's Natural Curiosities as Self - Presenter
- 2013 · David Attenborough: The Early Years as Self
- 2013 · Winterwatch as Self
- 2013 · Africa as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2013 · Galapagos 3D with David Attenborough as Self - Presenter
- 2012 · Attenborough: 60 Years in the Wild as Self - Presenter
- 2012 · Attenborough: 60 Years in the Wild as Self - Presenter
- 2012 · Attenborough's Ark as Narrator
- 2012 · The Penguin King as Self - Narrator
- 2012 · Voice as
- 2012 · Hummingbirds: Jewelled Messengers as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2012 · Kingdom of Plants as Self - Narrator
- 2012 · Tales of Television Centre as Self
- 2012 · Hot Tuna as Narrator
- 2012 · Superfish: Bluefin Tuna as
- 2012 · Secrets of Wild India as Narrator
- 2011 · Frozen Planet as Self - Narrator
- 2011 · Brave New World with Stephen Hawking as Self
- 2011 · Animal House as Self
- 2011 · The Jonathan Ross Show as Self
- 2011 · Great Thinkers: In Their Own Words as Self
- 2011 · All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace as Self
- 2011 · Flying Monsters 3D with David Attenborough as Self - Presenter / Narrator
- 2011 · Desert Seas as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2011 · The Secrets of Scott's Hut as Self
- 2011 · Attenborough and the Giant Egg as Self - Presenter
- 2011 · Madagascar as Self - Presenter
- 2010 · Mad and Bad: 60 Years of Science on TV as Self
- 2010 · First Life as Self - Presenter
- 2010 · Attenborough's Journey as Self
- 2010 · Genius of Britain as Self
- 2010 · Birds of Paradise as Self
- 2009 · Life as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2009 · Uncovering Our Earliest Ancestor: The Link as Self - Presenter / Narrator
- 2009 · Nature's Great Events as Self - Presenter
- 2009 · Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life as Presenter
- 2009 · Skavlan as Self - Guest
- 2008 · Clever Monkeys as Narrator
- 2008 · Superfish as Self - Narrator
- 2008 · Tiger: Spy In The Jungle as
- 2008 · Life in Cold Blood as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2008 · Snow Leopard: Beyond the Myth as Narrator
- 2007 · The Alan Titchmarsh Show as Self
- 2007 · Attenborough Explores... Our Fragile World as Himself - Presenter
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
- 2007 · Trek - Spy on the Wildebeest as
- 2006 · Planet Earth: The Future as Narrator
- 2006 · The One Show as Self - Guest
- 2006 · Can We Save Planet Earth? as
- 2006 · Are We Changing Planet Earth? as
- 2006 · Gorillas Revisited with Sir David Attenborough as Presenter
- 2006 · Planet Earth as Self - Narrator
- 2006 · Desert Lions as himself
- 2006 · Folk Britannia as Self
- 2006 · A War on Science as Self
- 2005 · Life in the Undergrowth as Self
- 2005 · Kea: The Smartest Parrot as Presenter
- 2004 · Bears: Spy in the Woods as
- 2004 · Satoyama II: Japan's Secret Watergarden as Narrator
- 2004 · The Amber Time Machine as Narrator
- 2004 · The Minsmere Year as
- 2003 · The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough as
- 2003 · Smart Sharks: Swimming With Roboshark as Self
- 2003 · The Terry and Gaby Show as
- 2003 · Deep Blue as Self
- 2002 · Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe as Self (voice)
- 2002 · The Life of Mammals as Self - Presenter
- 2002 · Life on Air: David Attenborough's 50 Years in Television as Himself
- 2002 · Prehistoric Planet as 旁白
- 2002 · Great Natural Wonders of the World as Presenter
- 2002 · Attenborough the Controller as Self
- 2001 · Friday Night with Jonathan Ross as Self - Guest
- 2001 · The Blue Planet as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2000 · Bowerbirds: The Art of Seduction as Narrator
- 2000 · Lions: Spy in the Den as Narrator
- 2000 · State of the Planet as Self - Presenter
- 2000 · The Lost Gods of Easter Island as Himself - Presenter
- 2000 · The Song of the Earth as Narrator
- 1999 · The Greatest Wildlife Show on Earth as Presenter - Narrator
- 1999 · Tiger: The Elusive Princess as Narrator (voice)
- 1999 · Islands of the Vampire Birds as Narrator
- 1999 · Satoyama I: Japan's Secret Watergarden as Narrator
- 1998 · The Life of Birds as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 1998 · The Dragons of Galapagos as Narrator
- 1998 · Parkinson as Self
- 1997 · Leopard: The Agent of Darkness as Self
- 1997 · Humpback Whale: The Giant of the Oceans as Self
- 1996 · Sperm Whales: Back from the Abyss as Narrator
- 1996 · Attenborough in Paradise as Self - Narrator
- 1996 · Attenborough in Paradise as
- 1996 · Survival Island as Narrator
- 1995 · World of Wildlife: African Big Cats as Self - Narrator
- 1995 · Wildlife Specials as
- 1995 · The Private Life of Plants as himself
- 1995 · The Private Life of Plants as Self - Presenter
- 1993 · Life in the Freezer as Self - Presenter
- 1993 · Killer Whales: Wolves of the Sea as Narrator
- 1991 · Barn Owl: Bird of Darkness as
- 1990 · The Making Of The Trials Of Life - Once More Into The Termite Mound as Self
- 1990 · Trials of Life as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 1990 · The Trials of Life as Self - Presenter
- 1990 · A TV Dante as Himself
- 1989 · Lost Worlds, Vanished Lives as Presenter - Narrator
- 1988 · This Morning as Self
- 1987 · Going Live! as Self
- 1987 · The First Eden as Presenter - Narrator
- 1985 · A Zed & Two Noughts as Himself - Documentary Narrator (voice)
- 1984 · Goldene Kamera Verleihung as Self
- 1984 · The Living Planet as Self
- 1983 · Aliens From Inner Space as Narrator
- 1983 · Natural World as Presenter
- 1983 · Natural World as Narrator (voice)
- 1983 · Natural World as Narrator
- 1983 · Natural World as Self - Host
- 1983 · Natural World as Self - Narrator
- 1982 · Nature as Narrator (voice)
- 1982 · Nature as Host
- 1982 · Nature as Self
- 1982 · Wogan as Self
- 1981 · An Everyday Miracle as Narrator
- 1979 · Squirrel On My Shoulder as Narrator
- 1979 · Life on Earth as Self - Presenter
- 1978 · At Home with Badgers as Narrator
- 1977 · Wildlife on One as Narrator
- 1975 · Fabulous Animals as Self - Presenter
- 1975 · The Tribal Eye as
- 1974 · NOVA as Narrator
- 1973 · Eastward With Attenborough as
- 1971 · A Blank on the Map as Himself - Presenter
- 1969 · The Miracle of Bali as
- 1964 · Horizon as
- 1964 · Horizon as Self
- 1964 · Horizon as Himself / Narrator
- 1963 · Adventure as
- 1961 · Elsa the Lioness as Self
- 1960 · The People of Paradise as
- 1959 · Science Is News as Self - Presenter
- 1955 · Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1955-1958 as
- 1955 · Zoo Quest to West Africa as Self
- 1954 · Zoo Quest as
- Future · Horizon: Death of the Oceans as Himself
- Future · Saving the Storks with Sir David Attenborough as Narrator