David Attenborough
Born May 08, 1926
Place of birth: 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 sen...
Filmography
Actor (264 credits)
Movies
Ocean with David AttenboroughSelf
2025A Deeper Dive with David AttenboroughSelf
2025Deep Ocean: Kingdom of the CoelacanthSelf - Narrator (voice)
2025Attenborough and the Giant Sea MonsterSelf - Presenter
2024Secret Lives of OrangutansSelf - Narrator (voice)
2024Attenborough's Life JourneySelf
2024Saving the Storks with Sir David AttenboroughSelf - Narrator (voice)
2024David Attenborough: A Life on EarthSelf
2023Our Planet IISelf - Narrator (voice)
2023Attenborough's Wonder of SongSelf - Presenter
2022Dinosaurs: The Final Day with David AttenboroughSelf - Presenter
2022Great Mammoth MysterySelf - Host
2022Attenborough’s JourneySelf
2021Attenborough and the Mammoth GraveyardSelf - Narrator
2021Parkinson at 50Self (archive footage)
2021The Year Earth ChangedSelf - Narrator (voice)
2021Breaking Boundaries: The Science of Our PlanetSelf - Narrator
2021Chris Packham: 7.7 Billion People and CountingSelf
2020Diving Deep: The Life and Times of Mike deGruySelf
2020David Attenborough: A Life on Our PlanetSelf
2020Extinction: The FactsSelf - Presenter
2020Prince William: A Planet For Us AllSelf
2020Sir David Attenborough and Sir Michael Palin in ConversationSelf
2020Planet Earth: A CelebrationSelf - Narrator (voice)
2020The Kiwi, The Knight and the QashqaiSelf
2019Climate Change: The FactsSelf - Presenter
2019Our Planet: Behind the ScenesSelf - Narrator
2019Wild KarnatakaSelf - Narrator
2019The ForumSelf
2019Dragons and DamselsSelf - Narrator
2019Timelapse of the Future: A Journey to the End of TimeSelf - Narrator (archive sound)
2019The Living ThamesSelf
2019Deep Ocean: Giants of the Antarctic DeepNarrator
2018Attenborough and the Sea DragonPresenter
2018Attenborough's Wonder of EggsSelf - Presenter
2018The Queen's Green PlanetSelf
2018Pangolins: The World's Most Wanted AnimalSelf - Narrator (voice)
2018Deep Ocean: Descent into the Mariana TrenchSelf - Narrator
2018David Attenborough's TasmaniaSelf - Narrator (voice)
2018Whale WisdomSelf - Narrator
2018Into the JungleSelf - Narrator
2018The Making of David Attenborough's Ant MountainSelf
2018Richard Batterham, Master PotterSelf
2017Hotel ArmadilloSelf - Narrator
2017Puerto Rico: Island of EnchantmentSelf - Narrator
2017Cheetahs: Growing Up FastSelf - Narrator (voice)
2017Attenborough and the Giant ElephantSelf - Presenter
2017And the Winner Isn'tSelf
2017Planet Earth II: A World of WonderSelf - Presenter
2017David Attenborough's Ant MountainSelf - Presenter
2017Richmond Park National Nature ReserveSelf
2017Attenborough and the Empire of the AntsSelf – Presenter
2017Jaguars: Brazil's Super CatsSelf
2016Attenborough at 90Self
2016Attenborough and the Giant DinosaurSelf - Presenter
2016Attenborough at 90: Behind the LensSelf
2016Zoo Quest in ColourSelf - Presenter
2016Attenborough's Life That GlowsSelf - Presenter
2016Attenborough's Big BirdsNarrator
2015Cougars UndercoverSelf
2015Attenborough's Paradise BirdsPresenter - Narrator
2015Africa's Fishing LeopardsNarrator (voice)
2015David Attenborough Meets President ObamaSelf
2015Legends of the Deep: Deep Sea SharksSelf - Narrator
2015Deep Ocean: The Lost World of the PacificSelf – Narrator
2015Cue the Queen: Celebrating the Christmas SpeechSelf
2015Mountain Lions: Big Cats in High PlacesNarrator
2014David Attenborough's Natural History Museum AlivePresenter
2014Fabulous FrogsSelf - Narrator
2014Björk: Biophilia LiveSelf - Opening Sequence (voice)
2014The Bat Man of MexicoSelf
2014Conquest of The Skies 3D自己
2014Conquest of The Skies 3D编剧
2014The Mating GameNarrator
2013When Björk Met AttenboroughSelf
2013Galapagos with David AttenboroughSelf - Presenter
2013Edwardian Insects on FilmSelf
2013Autopsy on a DreamSelf
2013David Attenborough: The Early YearsSelf
2013Legends of the Deep: The Giant SquidSelf - Narrator
2013Attenborough's ArkNarrator
2012The Penguin KingSelf - Narrator
2012Attenborough: 60 Years in the WildSelf - Presenter
2012Tales of Television CentreSelf
2012Superfish: Bluefin Tuna
2012Hummingbirds: Jewelled MessengersSelf - Narrator (voice)
2012Hot TunaNarrator
2012Flying Monsters 3D with David AttenboroughSelf - Presenter / Narrator
2011Attenborough and the Giant EggSelf - Presenter
2011Desert SeasSelf - Narrator (voice)
2011Animal HouseSelf
2011The Secrets of Scott's HutSelf
2011Attenborough's JourneySelf
2010Mad and Bad: 60 Years of Science on TVSelf
2010Birds of ParadiseSelf
2010Charles Darwin and the Tree of LifePresenter
2009Uncovering Our Earliest Ancestor: The LinkSelf - Presenter / Narrator
2009Water Life A World of Water导演
2009Snow Leopard: Beyond the MythNarrator
2008Clever MonkeysNarrator
2008SuperfishSelf - Narrator
2008Trek - Spy on the Wildebeest
2007Attenborough Explores... Our Fragile WorldHimself - Presenter
2007Gorillas Revisited with Sir David AttenboroughPresenter
2006A War on ScienceSelf
2006Desert LionsSelf - Narrator (voice)
2006Can We Save Planet Earth?
2006My Favourite Attenborough MomentSelf (archive footage)
2006Your Favourite Attenborough MomentSelf (archive footage)
2006Kea: The Smartest ParrotPresenter
2005The Amber Time MachineNarrator
2004Bears: Spy in the Woods
2004Satoyama II: Japan's Secret WatergardenNarrator
2004The Minsmere Year
2004The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough
2003Deep BlueSelf
2003Smart Sharks: Swimming With RobosharkSelf
2003Attenborough the ControllerSelf
2002Great Natural Wonders of the WorldPresenter
2002Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost TribeSelf (voice)
2002Life on Air: David Attenborough's 50 Years in TelevisionSelf
2002Bowerbirds: The Art of SeductionNarrator
2000The Song of the EarthNarrator
2000The Lost Gods of Easter IslandHimself - Presenter
2000Lions: Spy in the DenNarrator
2000Living with DinosaursPresenter
2000Satoyama I: Japan's Secret WatergardenNarrator
1999Islands of the Vampire BirdsNarrator
1999Tiger: The Elusive PrincessNarrator (voice)
1999The Greatest Wildlife Show on EarthPresenter - Narrator
1999The Dragons of GalapagosNarrator
1998Leopard: The Agent of DarknessSelf
1997Humpback Whale: The Giant of the OceansSelf
1997Survival IslandNarrator
1996Sperm Whales: Back from the AbyssNarrator
1996Attenborough in ParadiseSelf - Narrator
1996The Private Life of Plantshimself
1995World of Wildlife: African Big CatsSelf - Narrator
1995Killer Whales: Wolves of the SeaNarrator
1993Barn Owl: Bird of Darkness
1991A TV DanteHimself
1990The Trials of LifeSelf - Presenter
1990The Making Of The Trials Of Life - Once More Into The Termite MoundSelf
1990Birds of the Sun GodNarrator
1987A Zed & Two NoughtsHimself - Documentary Narrator (voice)
1985Aliens From Inner SpaceNarrator
1983An Everyday MiracleNarrator
1981Squirrel On My ShoulderNarrator
1979At Home with BadgersNarrator
1978A Blank on the MapHimself - Presenter
1971Elsa the LionessSelf
1961Zoo Quest to West AfricaSelf
1955In Flight MovieNarrator
Tv
Simon Schama's Story of UsSelf - Reader
2025ParenthoodSelf - Narrator (voice)
2025KingdomSelf - Narrator (voice)
2025MammalsSelf - Narrator
2024AsiaSelf - Presenter
2024Secret World of SoundSelf - Narrator (voice)
2024Wild IslesSelf - Presenter
2023Planet Earth IIISelf - Presenter
2023David Attenborough's Global AdventureSelf
2022Prehistoric PlanetSelf - Presenter
2022Frozen Planet IISelf - Presenter
2022The Green PlanetSelf - Narrator (voice)
2022How the BBC BeganSelf
2022Attenborough's Life in ColourSelf - Presenter
2021The Earthshot Prize: Repairing Our PlanetSelf - Narrator (voice)
2021The Mating GameSelf - Presenter
2021Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the WorldSelf
2021A Perfect PlanetSelf - Narrator (voice)
2021The Romantics and Us with Simon SchamaSelf
2020Michael Palin: Travels of a LifetimeSelf
2020Blue Planet UKSelf
2019Our PlanetSelf - Narrator (voice)
2019Seven Worlds, One PlanetSelf - Narrator (voice)
2019Tomorrow's World: People of ScienceSelf
2018DynastiesSelf - Narrator
2018Blue Planet IISelf - Presenter
2017Plants Behaving BadlySelf
2017Planet Earth IISelf - Narrator
2016Attenborough's Passion ProjectsSelf - Presenter
2016Wild CitySelf - Narrator (voice)
2016The HuntSelf - Narrator (voice)
2015David Attenborough's Conquest of the SkiesSelf - Presenter
2015Great Barrier Reef with David AttenboroughSelf - Presenter
2015Deep OceanSelf - Narrator
2015Life StorySelf - Presenter
2014AfricaSelf - Narrator (voice)
2013David Attenborough's Rise of Animals: Triumph of the VertebratesSelf - Presenter
2013David Attenborough's Natural CuriositiesSelf - Presenter
2013Micro Monsters with David AttenboroughPresenter
2013Galapagos 3D with David AttenboroughSelf - Presenter
2013WinterwatchSelf
2013Kingdom of PlantsSelf - Narrator
2012Attenborough: 60 Years in the WildSelf - Presenter
2012Voice
2012Secrets of Wild IndiaNarrator
2012The Jonathan Ross ShowSelf
2011MadagascarSelf - Presenter
2011All Watched Over by Machines of Loving GraceSelf
2011Frozen PlanetSelf - Narrator
2011Brave New World with Stephen HawkingSelf
2011Great Thinkers: In Their Own WordsSelf
2011First LifeSelf - Presenter
2010Genius of BritainSelf
2010Nature's Great EventsSelf - Presenter
2009LifeSelf - Narrator (voice)
2009SkavlanSelf - Guest
2009Life in Cold BloodSelf - Narrator (voice)
2008Tiger: Spy In The Jungle
2008The Alan Titchmarsh ShowSelf
2007The Graham Norton ShowSelf
2007The One ShowSelf - Guest
2006Are We Changing Planet Earth?
2006Planet EarthSelf - Narrator
2006Folk BritanniaSelf
2006Life in the UndergrowthSelf
2005Echo and Other ElephantsSelf - Narrator (voice)
2005The Terry and Gaby Show
2003The Life of MammalsSelf - Presenter
2002Friday Night with Jonathan RossSelf - Guest
2001The Blue PlanetSelf - Narrator (voice)
2001State of the PlanetSelf - Presenter
2000The Life of BirdsSelf - Narrator (voice)
1998ParkinsonSelf
1998Attenborough in Paradise
1996Wildlife Specials
1995The Private Life of PlantsSelf - Presenter
1995Life in the FreezerSelf - Presenter
1993Trials of LifeSelf - Narrator (voice)
1990Lost Worlds, Vanished LivesPresenter - Narrator
1989This MorningSelf
1988The First EdenPresenter - Narrator
1987Going Live!Self
1987The Living PlanetSelf
1984Goldene KameraSelf
1984Natural WorldPresenter
1983Natural WorldNarrator (voice)
1983Natural WorldNarrator
1983Natural WorldSelf - Host
1983Natural WorldSelf - Narrator
1983NatureNarrator (voice)
1982WoganSelf
1982NatureHost
1982NatureSelf
1982Life on EarthSelf - Presenter
1979Wildlife on OneNarrator
1977The Tribal Eye
1975Fabulous AnimalsSelf - Presenter
1975NOVANarrator
1974Eastward With Attenborough
1973The Miracle of Bali
1969The World About UsNarrator
1967HorizonSelf
1964HorizonHimself / Narrator
1964Blue Planet IIISelf - Presenter
OmnibusSelf
1967Horizon
1964Adventure
1963The People of Paradise
1960Science Is NewsSelf - Presenter
1959Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1955-1958
1955Zoo Quest
1954Writer (36 credits)
Movie
Attenborough and the Empire of the AntsWriter
2017David Attenborough's Natural History Museum AliveWriter
2014Galapagos with David AttenboroughWriter
2013Attenborough's ArkWriter
2012Flying Monsters 3D with David AttenboroughWriter
2011Charles Darwin and the Tree of LifeWriter
2009Desert LionsScript Consultant
2006Deep BlueWriter
2003Bowerbirds: The Art of SeductionWriter
2000The Song of the EarthWriter
2000The Lost Gods of Easter IslandScreenplay
2000Islands of the Vampire BirdsWriter
1999Attenborough in ParadiseWriter
1996Survival IslandWriter
1996A Blank on the MapScreenplay
1971Zoo Quest to West AfricaWriter
1955Tv
Great Barrier Reef with David AttenboroughWriter
2015David Attenborough's Conquest of the SkiesWriter
2015David Attenborough's Rise of Animals: Triumph of the VertebratesScreenplay
2013Galapagos 3D with David AttenboroughWriter
2013AfricaWriter
2013Frozen PlanetWriter
2011First LifeWriter
2010Life in Cold BloodWriter
2008Planet EarthWriter
2006Life in the UndergrowthWriter
2005The Life of MammalsWriter
2002State of the PlanetWriter
2000The Life of BirdsWriter
1998Attenborough in ParadiseWriter
1996The Private Life of PlantsWriter
1995Life in the FreezerWriter
1993The Living PlanetWriter
1984Natural WorldWriter
1983Life on EarthWriter
1979NOVAWriter
1974Producer (3 credits)
