David Attenborough
Acting
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
Acting275
movieDeep Ocean: Kingdom of the Coelacanth
2026
Self - Narrator (voice)
tvSecret Garden
2026
Self - Presenter
tvKingdom
2025
Self - Narrator (voice)
tvParenthood
2025
Self - Narrator (voice)
tvSimon Schama's Story of Us
2025
Self - Reader
tvAsia
2024
Self : Presenter
movieSecret Lives of Orangutans
2024
Self - Narrator (voice)
Saving the Storks with Sir David Attenborough
2024
Self - Narrator (voice)
tvMammals
2024
Self - Narrator
tvSecret World of Sound
2024
Self - Narrator (voice)
movieAttenborough and the Giant Sea Monster
2024
Self - Presenter
tvPlanet Earth III
2023
Self - Presenter
tvWild Isles
2023
Self - Presenter
tvFrozen Planet II
2022
Self - Presenter
tvPrehistoric Planet
2022
Self - Presenter
movieDinosaur Apocalypse
2022
Self - Host
movieDinosaurs: The Final Day with David Attenborough
2022
Self - Presenter
movieGreat Mammoth Mystery
2022
Self - Host
tvThe Green Planet
2022
Self - Narrator (voice)
movieAttenborough's Wonder of Song
2022
Self - Presenter
movieAttenborough and the Mammoth Graveyard
2021
Self - Narrator
tvThe Earthshot Prize: Repairing Our Planet
2021
Self - Narrator (voice)
tvThe Mating Game
2021
Self - Presenter
movieParkinson at 50
2021
Self (archive footage)
movieBreaking Boundaries: The Science of Our Planet
2021
Self - Narrator
movieThe Year Earth Changed
2021
Self - Narrator (voice)
tvAttenborough's Life in Colour
2021
Self - Presenter
tvA Perfect Planet
2021
Self - Narrator (voice)
movieExtinction: The Facts
2020
Self - Presenter
moviePlanet Earth: A Celebration
2020
Self - Narrator (voice)
tvSeven Worlds, One Planet
2019
Self - Narrator (voice)
movieClimate Change: The Facts
2019
Self - Presenter
movieOur Planet: Behind the Scenes
2019
Self - Narrator
tvOur Planet
2019
Self - Narrator (voice)
movieTimelapse of the Future: A Journey to the End of Time
2019
Self - Narrator (archive sound)
movieDragons and Damsels
2019
Self - Narrator
movieWild Karnataka
2019
Self - Narrator
movieWhale Wisdom
2018
Self - Narrator
tvDynasties
2018
Self - Narrator
movieInto the Jungle
2018
Self - Narrator
movieDeep Ocean: Descent into the Mariana Trench
2018
Self - Narrator
movieDavid Attenborough's Tasmania
2018
Self - Narrator (voice)
moviePangolins: The World's Most Wanted Animal
2018
Self - Narrator (voice)
movieAttenborough's Wonder of Eggs
2018
Self - Presenter
movieAttenborough and the Empire of the Ants
2017
Self – Presenter
movieAttenborough and the Giant Elephant
2017
Self - Presenter
tvBlue Planet II
2017
Self - Presenter
movieHotel Armadillo
2017
Self - Narrator
moviePuerto Rico: Island of Enchantment
2017
Self - Narrator
movieCheetahs: Growing Up Fast
2017
Self - Narrator (voice)
moviePlanet Earth II: A World of Wonder
2017
Self - Presenter
tvPlanet Earth II
2016
Self - Narrator
movieDeep Ocean: Lights in the Abyss
2016
Self - Narrator
movieZoo Quest in Colour
2016
Self - Presenter
movieAttenborough's Life That Glows
2016
Self - Presenter
tvAttenborough's Passion Projects
2016
Self - Presenter
tvWild City
2016
Self - Narrator (voice)
tvDavid Attenborough's Wild City
2016
Self - Narrator
movieAttenborough and the Giant Dinosaur
2016
Self - Presenter
movieReef Diaries
2015
Self - Narrator
tvGreat Barrier Reef with David Attenborough
2015
Self - Presenter
tvThe Hunt
2015
Self - Narrator (voice)
movieLegends of the Deep: Deep Sea Sharks
2015
Self - Narrator
movieAfrica's Fishing Leopards
2015
Narrator (voice)
movieAttenborough's Paradise Birds
2015
Presenter - Narrator
tvDavid Attenborough's Conquest of the Skies
2015
Self - Presenter
movieDeep Ocean: The Lost World of the Pacific
2015
Self – Narrator
tvDeep Ocean
2015
Self - Narrator
tvLife Story
2014
Self - Presenter
movieBjörk: Biophilia Live
2014
Self - Opening Sequence (voice)
movieSir David Attenborough – A Life on Earth
2014
David Attenborough / Self
movieFabulous Frogs
2014
Self - Narrator
movieThe Mating Game
2013
Narrator
movieGalapagos with David Attenborough
2013
Self - Presenter
movieLegends of the Deep: The Giant Squid
2013
Self - Narrator
tvDavid Attenborough's Natural Curiosities
2013
Self - Presenter
tvAfrica
2013
Self - Narrator (voice)
tvGalapagos 3D with David Attenborough
2013
Self - Presenter
movieAttenborough: 60 Years in the Wild
2012
Self - Presenter
tvAttenborough: 60 Years in the Wild
2012
Self - Presenter
movieAttenborough's Ark
2012
Narrator
movieThe Penguin King
2012
Self - Narrator
movieHummingbirds: Jewelled Messengers
2012
Self - Narrator (voice)
tvKingdom of Plants
2012
Self - Narrator
movieHot Tuna
2012
Narrator
tvSecrets of Wild India
2012
Narrator
tvFrozen Planet
2011
Self - Narrator
movieFlying Monsters 3D with David Attenborough
2011
Self - Presenter / Narrator
movieDesert Seas
2011
Self - Narrator (voice)
movieAttenborough and the Giant Egg
2011
Self - Presenter
tvMadagascar
2011
Self - Presenter
tvFirst Life
2010
Self - Presenter
tvLife
2009
Self - Narrator (voice)
movieUncovering Our Earliest Ancestor: The Link
2009
Self - Presenter / Narrator
tvNature's Great Events
2009
Self - Presenter
tvSkavlan
2009
Self - Guest
movieClever Monkeys
2008
Narrator
movieSuperfish
2008
Self - Narrator
tvLife in Cold Blood
2008
Self - Narrator (voice)
Attenborough Explores... Our Fragile World
2007
Himself - Presenter
tvThe One Show
2006
Self - Guest
movieYour Favourite Attenborough Moment
2006
Self (archive footage)
My Favourite Attenborough Moment
2006
Self (archive footage)
movieDesert Lions
2006
Self - Narrator (voice)
tvPlanet Earth
2006
Self - Narrator
tvEcho and Other Elephants
2005
Self - Narrator (voice)
movieThe Amber Time Machine
2004
Narrator
tvThe Life of Mammals
2002
Self - Presenter
tvFriday Night with Jonathan Ross
2001
Self - Guest
tvThe Blue Planet
2001
Self - Narrator (voice)
movieLions: Spy in the Den
2000
Narrator
tvState of the Planet
2000
Self - Presenter
movieThe Lost Gods of Easter Island
2000
Himself - Presenter
movieThe Song of the Earth
2000
Narrator
movieThe Greatest Wildlife Show on Earth
1999
Presenter - Narrator
movieTiger: The Elusive Princess
1999
Narrator (voice)
movieIslands of the Vampire Birds
1999
Narrator (voice)
tvThe Life of Birds
1998
Self - Narrator (voice)
movieThe Dragons of Galapagos
1998
Narrator (voice)
tvParkinson
1998
Self
movieAttenborough in Paradise
1996
Self - Narrator
movieSurvival Island
1996
Narrator
movieWorld of Wildlife: African Big Cats
1995
Self - Narrator
tvThe Private Life of Plants
1995
Self - Presenter
tvLife in the Freezer
1993
Self - Presenter
tvTrials of Life
1990
Self - Narrator (voice)
movieThe Trials of Life
1990
Self - Presenter
movieA TV Dante
1990
Himself
tvLost Worlds, Vanished Lives
1989
Presenter - Narrator
tvThe First Eden
1987
Presenter - Narrator
movieA Zed & Two Noughts
1985
Himself - Documentary Narrator (voice)
movieThe Million Pound Bird Book
1985
Presenter
movieAliens From Inner Space
1983
Narrator
tvNatural World
1983
Presenter / Narrator (voice) / Narrator / Self - Host / Self - Narrator
tvNature
1982
Narrator (voice) / Host / Self
tvWogan
1982
Self
movieSquirrel on My Shoulder
1979
Narrator
tvLife on Earth
1979
Self - Presenter
tvWildlife on One
1977
Narrator
tvFabulous Animals
1975
Self - Presenter
tvExplorers
1975
Self - Narrator
tvNOVA
1974
Narrator
movieA Blank on the Map
1971
Himself - Presenter
Baobab: Portrait of a Tree
1971
Narrator (voice)
tvThe World About Us
1967
Narrator
tvOmnibus
1967
Self
tvHorizon
1964
Self / Himself / Narrator
Science Is News
1959
Self - Presenter
Blue Planet III
Self - Presenter
Writing38
tvAfrica
2013
Writer
tvFrozen Planet
2011
Writer
tvFirst Life
2010
Writer
tvLife in Cold Blood
2008
Writer
movieDesert Lions
2006
Script Consultant
tvPlanet Earth
2006
Writer
movieDeep Blue
2003
Writer
movieThe Lost Gods of Easter Island
2000
Screenplay
tvThe Life of Birds
1998
Writer
movieSurvival Island
1996
Writer
tvThe Living Planet
1984
Writer
tvNatural World
1983
Writer
tvLife on Earth
1979
Writer
tvNOVA
1974
Writer
movieA Blank on the Map
1971
Screenplay
Production4
tvPlanet Earth II
2016
Casting
movieElsa the Lioness
1961
Producer
Crew3
Creator2
tvFabulous Animals
1975
Creator
tvFlying Casanovas
Creator
Directing1
Sound1
movieZoo Quest in Colour
2016
Sound Recordist