David Attenborough
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.
Gallery
Acting History
2025
Kingdom as Self - Narrator (voice)
2025Deep Ocean: Kingdom of the Coelacanth as Self - Narrator (voice)
2025Parenthood as Self - Narrator (voice)
2025Ocean with David Attenborough as Self
2025A Deeper Dive with David Attenborough as Self
2025Simon Schama's Story of Us as Self - Reader
2024Attenborough's Life Journey as Self
2024Asia as Self - Presenter
2024Secret Lives of Orangutans as Self - Narrator (voice)
2024Saving the Storks with Sir David Attenborough as Self - Narrator (voice)
2024Mammals as Self - Narrator
2024Secret World of Sound as Self - Narrator (voice)
2024Attenborough and the Giant Sea Monster as Self - Presenter
2023David Attenborough: A Life on Earth as Self
2023Planet Earth III as Self - Presenter
2023Our Planet II as Self - Narrator (voice)
2023Wild Isles as Self - Presenter
2022How the BBC Began as Self
2022Frozen Planet II as Self - Presenter
2022Prehistoric Planet as Self - Presenter
2022Dinosaurs: The Final Day with David Attenborough as Self - Presenter
2022Great Mammoth Mystery as Self - Host
2022David Attenborough's Global Adventure as Self
2022The Green Planet as Self - Narrator (voice)
2022Attenborough's Wonder of Song as Self - Presenter
2021Attenborough and the Mammoth Graveyard as Self - Narrator
2021The Mating Game as Self - Presenter
2021The Earthshot Prize: Repairing Our Planet as Self - Narrator (voice)
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)
2021Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World as Self
2021Attenborough's Life in Colour as Self - Presenter
2021A Perfect Planet as Self - Narrator (voice)
2020Prince William: A Planet For Us All as Self
2020Michael Palin: Travels of a Lifetime as Self
2020David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet as Self
2020Sir David Attenborough and Sir Michael Palin in Conversation as Self
2020Extinction: The Facts as Self - Presenter
2020The Romantics and Us with Simon Schama as Self
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
2019Seven Worlds, One Planet as Self - Narrator (voice)
2019The Living Thames as Self
2019The Kiwi, The Knight and the Qashqai as Self
2019Climate Change: The Facts as Self - Presenter
2019Our Planet as Self - Narrator (voice)
2019Our Planet: Behind the Scenes as Self - Narrator
2019Blue Planet UK as Self
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
2018Dynasties 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
2018Tomorrow's World: People of Science as Self
2018Attenborough and the Sea Dragon as Presenter
2018Deep Ocean: Giants of the Antarctic Deep as Narrator
2018The Making of David Attenborough's Ant Mountain as Self
2017Attenborough and the Empire of the Ants as Self – Presenter
2017David Attenborough's Ant Mountain as Self - Presenter
2017Attenborough and the Giant Elephant as Self - Presenter
2017And the Winner Isn't as Self
2017Blue Planet II as Self - Presenter
2017Plants Behaving Badly 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
2016Planet Earth II as Self - Narrator
2016Jaguars: Brazil's Super Cats as Self
2016Zoo Quest in Colour as Self - Presenter
2016Attenborough's Life That Glows as Self - Presenter
2016Attenborough at 90 as Self
2016Attenborough's Passion Projects as Self - Presenter
2016Attenborough at 90: Behind the Lens as Self
2016Wild City as Self - Narrator (voice)
2016Attenborough and the Giant Dinosaur as Self - Presenter
2015Great Barrier Reef with David Attenborough as Self - Presenter
2015Cue the Queen: Celebrating the Christmas Speech as Self
2015Cougars Undercover as Self
2015The Hunt as Self - Narrator (voice)
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
2015David Attenborough's Conquest of the Skies as Self - Presenter
2015Deep Ocean: The Lost World of the Pacific as Self – Narrator
2015Deep Ocean as Self - Narrator
2014Life Story as Self - Presenter
2014Björk: Biophilia Live as Self - Opening Sequence (voice)
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 自己
2014Conquest of The Skies 3D as 编剧
2014David Attenborough's Natural History Museum Alive as Presenter
2013Autopsy on a Dream as Self
2013David Attenborough's Rise of Animals: Triumph of the Vertebrates as Self - Presenter
2013When Björk Met Attenborough as Self
2013The Mating Game as Narrator
2013Micro Monsters with David Attenborough as Presenter
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's Natural Curiosities as Self - Presenter
2013David Attenborough: The Early Years as Self
2013Winterwatch as Self
2013Africa as Self - Narrator (voice)
2013Galapagos 3D with David Attenborough as Self - Presenter
2012Attenborough: 60 Years in the Wild as Self - Presenter
2012Attenborough: 60 Years in the Wild as Self - Presenter
2012Attenborough's Ark as Narrator
2012The Penguin King as Self - Narrator
2012Voice
2012Hummingbirds: Jewelled Messengers as Self - Narrator (voice)
2012Kingdom of Plants as Self - Narrator
2012Tales of Television Centre as Self
2012Hot Tuna as Narrator
2012Superfish: Bluefin Tuna
2012Secrets of Wild India as Narrator
2011Frozen Planet as Self - Narrator
2011Brave New World with Stephen Hawking as Self
2011Animal House as Self
2011The Jonathan Ross Show as Self
2011Great Thinkers: In Their Own Words as Self
2011All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace 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
2011Madagascar as Self - Presenter
2010Mad and Bad: 60 Years of Science on TV as Self
2010First Life as Self - Presenter
2010Attenborough's Journey as Self
2010Genius of Britain as Self
2010Birds of Paradise as Self
2009Water Life A World of Water as 导演
2009Life as Self - Narrator (voice)
2009Uncovering Our Earliest Ancestor: The Link as Self - Presenter / Narrator
2009Nature's Great Events as Self - Presenter
2009Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life as Presenter
2009Skavlan as Self - Guest
2008Clever Monkeys as Narrator
2008Superfish as Self - Narrator
2008Tiger: Spy In The Jungle
2008Life in Cold Blood as Self - Narrator (voice)
2008Snow Leopard: Beyond the Myth as Narrator
2007The Alan Titchmarsh Show as Self
2007Attenborough Explores... Our Fragile World as Himself - Presenter
2007The Graham Norton Show as Self
2007Trek - Spy on the Wildebeest
2006The One Show as Self - Guest
2006Can We Save Planet Earth?
2006Are We Changing 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)
2006Planet Earth as Self - Narrator
2006Desert Lions as Self - Narrator (voice)
2006Folk Britannia as Self
2006A War on Science as Self
2005Life in the Undergrowth as Self
2005Kea: The Smartest Parrot as Presenter
2005Echo and Other Elephants as Self - Narrator (voice)
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
2003The Terry and Gaby Show
2003Deep Blue as Self
2002Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe as Self (voice)
2002The Life of Mammals as Self - Presenter
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
2001Friday Night with Jonathan Ross as Self - Guest
2001The Blue Planet as Self - Narrator (voice)
2000Bowerbirds: The Art of Seduction as Narrator
2000Lions: Spy in the Den as Narrator
2000State of the Planet as Self - Presenter
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
1999Satoyama I: Japan's Secret Watergarden as Narrator
1998The Life of Birds as Self - Narrator (voice)
1998The Dragons of Galapagos as Narrator
1998Parkinson as Self
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
1996Attenborough in Paradise
1996Survival Island as Narrator
1995World of Wildlife: African Big Cats as Self - Narrator
1995Wildlife Specials
1995The Private Life of Plants as himself
1995The Private Life of Plants as Self - Presenter
1993Life in the Freezer as Self - Presenter
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
1990Trials of Life as Self - Narrator (voice)
1990The Trials of Life as Self - Presenter
1990A TV Dante as Himself
1989Lost Worlds, Vanished Lives as Presenter - Narrator
1988This Morning as Self
1987Going Live! as Self
1987The First Eden as Presenter - Narrator
1987Birds of the Sun God as Narrator
1985A Zed & Two Noughts as Himself - Documentary Narrator (voice)
1984Goldene Kamera as Self
1984The Living Planet as Self
1983Aliens From Inner Space as Narrator
1983Natural World as Presenter
1983Natural World as Narrator (voice)
1983Natural World as Narrator
1983Natural World as Self - Host
1983Natural World as Self - Narrator
1982Nature as Narrator (voice)
1982Nature as Host
1982Nature as Self
1982Wogan as Self
1981An Everyday Miracle as Narrator
1979Squirrel On My Shoulder as Narrator
1979Life on Earth as Self - Presenter
1978At Home with Badgers as Narrator
1977Wildlife on One as Narrator
1975Fabulous Animals as Self - Presenter
1975The Tribal Eye
1974NOVA as Narrator
1973Eastward With Attenborough
1971A Blank on the Map as Himself - Presenter
1969The Miracle of Bali
1967The World About Us as Narrator
1967Omnibus as Self
1964Horizon
1964Horizon as Self
1964Horizon as Himself / Narrator
1963Adventure
1961Elsa the Lioness as Self
1960The People of Paradise
1959Science Is News as Self - Presenter
1955Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1955-1958
1955Zoo Quest to West Africa as Self
1954Zoo Quest
—Blue Planet III as Self - Presenter
—In Flight Movie as Narrator