David Attenborough
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 8, 1926 (age 100)
- Birthplace
- 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
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Filmography
Blue Planet III
Movie
Deep Ocean: Kingdom of the Coelacanth
Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)
Wild London
Movie · as Self
A Gorilla Story: Told by David Attenborough
Movie · as Self
Queen Elizabeth II: Her Story, Our Century
Movie · as Self
David Attenborough's 100 Years on Planet Earth
Movie · as Self
Making Life on Earth: Attenborough’s Greatest Adventure
Movie · as Self
Blue Planet III
TV · as Self - Presenter · 6 eps
Secret Garden
TV · as Self - Presenter · 5 eps
Ocean with David Attenborough
Movie · as Self
A Deeper Dive with David Attenborough
Movie · as Self
Simon Schama's Story of Us
TV · as Self - Reader · 3 eps
Parenthood
TV · as Self - Narrator · 5 eps
Kingdom
TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 6 eps
RTL Tonight
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Attenborough and the Giant Sea Monster
Movie · as Self - Presenter
Secret Lives of Orangutans
Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)
Attenborough's Life Journey
Movie · as Self
Saving the Storks with Sir David Attenborough
Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)
Mammals
TV · as Self - Narrator · 6 eps
Asia
TV · as Self : Presenter · 7 eps
Secret World of Sound
TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 3 eps
Fateful Planet
TV · as Self · 1 ep
David Attenborough: A Life on Earth
Movie · as Self
Wild Isles
TV · as Self - Presenter · 5 eps
Planet Earth III
TV · as Self - Presenter · 8 eps
Climate Crisis
TV · 5 eps
Attenborough's Wonder of Song
Movie · as Self - Presenter
Dinosaurs: The Final Day with David Attenborough
Movie · as Self - Presenter
Dinosaur Apocalypse
Movie · as Self - Host
Great Mammoth Mystery
Movie · as Self - Host
David Attenborough's Global Adventure
TV · as Self · 4 eps
Prehistoric Planet
TV · as Self - Presenter · 10 eps
Frozen Planet II
TV · as Self - Presenter · 6 eps
The Green Planet
TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 5 eps
How the BBC Began
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Attenborough’s Journey
Movie · as Self
Attenborough and the Mammoth Graveyard
Movie · as Self - Narrator
Parkinson at 50
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Year Earth Changed
Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)
Breaking Boundaries: The Science of Our Planet
Movie · as Self - Narrator
Attenborough's Life in Colour
TV · as Self - Presenter · 2 eps
The Earthshot Prize: Repairing Our Planet
TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 5 eps
The Mating Game
TV · as Self - Presenter · 5 eps
Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World
TV · as Self · 1 ep
A Perfect Planet
TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 5 eps
Diving Deep: The Life and Times of Mike deGruy
Movie · as Self
David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet
Movie · as Self
Extinction: The Facts
Movie · as Self - Presenter
Prince William: A Planet For Us All
Movie · as Self
Sir David Attenborough and Sir Michael Palin in Conversation
Movie · as Self
Planet Earth: A Celebration
Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)
王朝：狐獴特辑
Movie · as 解说
The Romantics and Us with Simon Schama
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Michael Palin: Travels of a Lifetime
TV · as Self · 4 eps
Gay Byrne's Late Late Moments
TV · as Self - Guest (archive footage) · 1 ep
The Kiwi, The Knight and the Qashqai
Movie · as Self
Climate Change: The Facts
Movie · as Self - Presenter
Our Planet: Behind the Scenes
Movie · as Self - Narrator
Wild Karnataka
Movie · as Self - Narrator
The Forum
Movie · as Self
Dragons and Damsels
Movie · as Self - Narrator
Timelapse of the Future: A Journey to the End of Time
Movie · as Self - Narrator (archive sound)
The Living Thames
Movie · as Self
Blue Planet UK
TV · as Self · 5 eps
Our Planet
TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 12 eps
Seven Worlds, One Planet
TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 7 eps
Deep Ocean: Giants of the Antarctic Deep
Movie · as Narrator
Attenborough and the Sea Dragon
Movie · as Presenter
Attenborough's Wonder of Eggs
Movie · as Self - Presenter
The Queen's Green Planet
Movie · as Self
Pangolins: The World's Most Wanted Animal
Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)
Deep Ocean: Descent into the Mariana Trench
Movie · as Self - Narrator
David Attenborough's Tasmania
Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)
Whale Wisdom
Movie · as Self - Narrator
Into the Jungle
Movie · as Self - Narrator
The Making of David Attenborough's Ant Mountain
Movie · as Self
Timelapse of the Entire Universe
Movie · as Self - Narrator (archive sound)
Tomorrow's World: People of Science
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Dynasties
TV · as Self - Narrator · 9 eps
Richard Batterham, Master Potter
Movie · as Self
Hotel Armadillo
Movie · as Self - Narrator
Puerto Rico: Island of Enchantment
Movie · as Self - Narrator
Cheetahs: Growing Up Fast
Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)
Attenborough and the Giant Elephant
Movie · as Self - Presenter
And the Winner Isn't
Movie · as Self
Planet Earth II: A World of Wonder
Movie · as Self - Presenter
Richmond Park National Nature Reserve
Movie · as Self
Attenborough and the Empire of the Ants
Movie · as Self – Presenter
Blue Planet II
TV · as Self - Presenter · 7 eps
Plants Behaving Badly
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Jaguars: Brazil's Super Cats
Movie · as Self
Attenborough at 90
Movie · as Self
Attenborough and the Giant Dinosaur
Movie · as Self - Presenter
Attenborough at 90: Behind the Lens
Movie · as Self
Zoo Quest in Colour
Movie · as Self - Presenter
Attenborough's Life That Glows
Movie · as Self - Presenter
Deep Ocean: Lights in the Abyss
Movie · as Self - Narrator
Planet Earth II
TV · as Self - Narrator · 6 eps
Attenborough's Passion Projects
TV · as Self - Presenter · 4 eps
Wild City
TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 6 eps
David Attenborough's Wild City
TV · as Self - Narrator · 6 eps
Attenborough's Big Birds
Movie · as Narrator
Cougars Undercover
Movie · as Self
Attenborough's Paradise Birds
Movie · as Presenter - Narrator
Africa's Fishing Leopards
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
David Attenborough Meets President Obama
Movie · as Self
Legends of the Deep: Deep Sea Sharks
Movie · as Self - Narrator
Deep Ocean: The Lost World of the Pacific
Movie · as Self – Narrator
Cue the Queen: Celebrating the Christmas Speech
Movie · as Self
Reef Diaries
Movie · as Self - Narrator
The Hunt
TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 7 eps
David Attenborough's Conquest of the Skies
TV · as Self - Presenter · 3 eps
Great Barrier Reef with David Attenborough
TV · as Self - Presenter · 3 eps
Deep Ocean
TV · as Self - Narrator · 4 eps
Mountain Lions: Big Cats in High Places
Movie · as Narrator
David Attenborough's Natural History Museum Alive
Movie · as Presenter
Fabulous Frogs
Movie · as Self - Narrator
Björk: Biophilia Live
Movie · as Self - Opening Sequence (voice)
The Bat Man of Mexico
Movie · as Self
Conquest of The Skies 3D
Movie · as 自己, 编剧
Sir David Attenborough – A Life on Earth
Movie · as David Attenborough, Self
Life Story
TV · as Self - Presenter · 6 eps
The Mating Game
Movie · as Narrator
When Björk Met Attenborough
Movie · as Self
Galapagos with David Attenborough
Movie · as Self - Presenter
Edwardian Insects on Film
Movie · as Self
Autopsy on a Dream
Movie · as Self
David Attenborough: The Early Years
Movie · as Self
Legends of the Deep: The Giant Squid
Movie · as Self - Narrator
Africa
TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 6 eps
David Attenborough's Rise of Animals: Triumph of the Vertebrates
TV · as Self - Presenter · 2 eps
David Attenborough's Natural Curiosities
TV · as Self - Presenter · 27 eps
Micro Monsters with David Attenborough
TV · as Presenter · 6 eps
Galapagos 3D with David Attenborough
TV · as Self - Presenter · 3 eps
Winterwatch
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Attenborough's Ark
Movie · as Narrator
The Penguin King
Movie · as Self - Narrator
Attenborough: 60 Years in the Wild
Movie · as Self - Presenter
Tales of Television Centre
Movie · as Self
Superfish: Bluefin Tuna
Movie
Hummingbirds: Jewelled Messengers
Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)
Hot Tuna
Movie · as Narrator
Kingdom of Plants
TV · as Self - Narrator · 3 eps
Attenborough: 60 Years in the Wild
TV · as Self - Presenter · 3 eps
Voice
TV · 1 ep
Secrets of Wild India
TV · as Narrator · 3 eps
Flying Monsters 3D with David Attenborough
Movie · as Self - Presenter / Narrator
Attenborough and the Giant Egg
Movie · as Self - Presenter
Desert Seas
Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)
Animal House
Movie · as Self
The Secrets of Scott's Hut
Movie · as Self
The Jonathan Ross Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Madagascar
TV · as Self - Presenter · 3 eps
All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Frozen Planet
TV · as Self - Narrator · 7 eps
Brave New World with Stephen Hawking
TV · as Self · 5 eps
Great Thinkers: In Their Own Words
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Attenborough's Journey
Movie · as Self
Mad and Bad: 60 Years of Science on TV
Movie · as Self
Birds of Paradise
Movie · as Self
Jane Goodall - Beauty and the Beasts
Movie · as Self
First Life
TV · as Self - Presenter · 2 eps
Genius of Britain
TV · as Self · 3 eps
In Confidence
TV · 1 ep
Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life
Movie · as Presenter
Uncovering Our Earliest Ancestor: The Link
Movie · as Self - Presenter / Narrator
Water Life A World of Water
Movie · as 导演
Nature's Great Events
TV · as Self - Presenter · 6 eps
Life
TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 10 eps
Skavlan
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Snow Leopard: Beyond the Myth
Movie · as Narrator
Clever Monkeys
Movie · as Narrator
Superfish
Movie · as Self - Narrator
NHKスペシャル 映像詩 里山II 命めぐる水辺
Movie · as Narrator
Humpbacks From Fire to Ice
Movie · as Narrator
Life in Cold Blood
TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 5 eps
Tiger: Spy In The Jungle
TV · 3 eps
Trek - Spy on the Wildebeest
Movie
Attenborough Explores... Our Fragile World
Movie · as Himself - Presenter
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Graham Norton Show
TV · as Self · 4 eps
Saving Planet Earth
TV · as Narrator · 1 ep
Gorillas Revisited with Sir David Attenborough
Movie · as Presenter
A War on Science
Movie · as Self
Desert Lions
Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)
Can We Save Planet Earth?
Movie
My Favourite Attenborough Moment
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Your Favourite Attenborough Moment
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The One Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
Are We Changing Planet Earth?
TV · 2 eps
Planet Earth
TV · as Self - Narrator · 11 eps
Folk Britannia
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Kea: The Smartest Parrot?
Movie · as Self - Narrator
Life in the Undergrowth
TV · as Self · 5 eps
Echo and Other Elephants
TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 1 ep
The Amber Time Machine
Movie · as Narrator
Bears: Spy in the Woods
Movie
Satoyama: Japan's Secret Watergarden
Movie · as Narrator
The Minsmere Year
Movie
Awash with Birds
Movie · as Narrator
Parkinson
TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps
The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough
Movie
Deep Blue
Movie · as Self
Smart Sharks: Swimming With Roboshark
Movie · as Self
Hands on History - Conserving the Dark Age Legacy of Sutton Hoo
Movie · as Narrator
The Terry and Gaby Show
TV · 1 ep
Attenborough the Controller
Movie · as Self
Great Natural Wonders of the World
Movie · as Presenter
Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe
Movie · as Self (voice)
Life on Air: David Attenborough's 50 Years in Television
Movie · as Self
The Life of Mammals
TV · as Self - Presenter · 10 eps
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
TV · as Self - Guest · 4 eps
The Blue Planet
TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 8 eps
The Song of the Earth
Movie · as Narrator
Bowerbirds: The Art of Seduction
Movie · as Narrator
The Lost Gods of Easter Island
Movie · as Himself - Presenter
Lions: Spy in the Den
Movie · as Narrator
Living with Dinosaurs
Movie · as Presenter
State of the Planet
TV · as Self - Presenter · 3 eps
Satoyama I: Japan's Secret Watergarden
Movie · as Narrator
Islands of the Vampire Birds
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Tiger: The Elusive Princess
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
The Greatest Wildlife Show on Earth
Movie · as Presenter - Narrator
The Dragons of Galapagos
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
The Life of Birds
TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 10 eps
Parkinson
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Leopard: The Agent of Darkness
Movie · as Self
Humpback Whale: The Giant of the Oceans
Movie · as Self
Survival Island
Movie · as Narrator
Sperm Whales: Back from the Abyss
Movie · as Narrator
Attenborough in Paradise
Movie · as Self - Narrator
Attenborough in Paradise
TV · 7 eps
The Private Life of Plants
Movie · as himself
World of Wildlife: African Big Cats
Movie · as Self - Narrator
Great White Shark - The Silent Stalker
Movie
Wildlife Specials
TV · 30 eps
The Private Life of Plants
TV · as Self - Presenter · 6 eps
Killer Whales: Wolves of the Sea
Movie · as Narrator
Life in the Freezer
TV · as Self - Presenter · 6 eps
Barn Owl: Bird of Darkness
Movie
A TV Dante
Movie · as Himself
The Trials of Life
Movie · as Self - Presenter
The Making Of The Trials Of Life - Once More Into The Termite Mound
Movie · as Self
Trials of Life
TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 12 eps
Lost Worlds, Vanished Lives
TV · as Presenter - Narrator · 4 eps
This Morning
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Birds of the Sun God
Movie · as Narrator
The First Eden
TV · as Presenter - Narrator · 4 eps
Going Live!
TV · as Self · 1 ep
A Zed & Two Noughts
Movie · as Himself - Documentary Narrator (voice)
The Million Pound Bird Book
Movie · as Presenter
David Attenborough's Animals of the British Countryside - Land Mammals
Movie · as Narrator
Television
TV · 1 ep
The Living Planet
TV · as Self · 12 eps
Goldene Kamera
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Aliens From Inner Space
Movie · as Narrator
Natural World
TV · as Presenter, Narrator (voice), Self - Host, Self - Narrator · 1 ep
Nature
TV · as Narrator (voice), Host, Presenter, Self · 5 eps
Wogan
TV · as Self · 1 ep
General Studies: An Everyday Miracle
Movie · as Narrator
The Spirit of Asia
TV · as Self · 8 eps
Squirrel on My Shoulder
Movie · as Narrator
Life on Earth
TV · as Self - Presenter · 13 eps
At Home with Badgers
Movie · as Narrator
Wildlife on One
TV · as Narrator · 1 ep
The Tribal Eye
TV · 7 eps
Fabulous Animals
TV · as Self - Presenter · 6 eps
Explorers
TV · as Self - Narrator · 10 eps
NOVA
TV · as Narrator · 3 eps
Eastward With Attenborough
TV · 6 eps
A Blank on the Map
Movie · as Himself - Presenter
Baobab: Portrait of a Tree
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
The Miracle of Bali
TV · 3 eps
Omnibus
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The World About Us
TV · as Narrator · 1 ep
Horizon
TV · as Self, Himself / Narrator · 1 ep
Adventure
TV · 9 eps
Elsa the Lioness
Movie · as Self
The People of Paradise
TV · 6 eps
Science Is News
TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep
Zoo Quest to West Africa
Movie · as Self
Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1955-1958
TV · 6 eps
Zoo Quest
TV · 42 eps