David Attenborough
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
May 8, 1926 (100 years old)
Place of Birth
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
| 2026 | Deep Ocean: Kingdom of the CoelacanthSelf - Narrator (voice) | |
| 2026 | Wild LondonSelf | |
| 2026 | A Gorilla Story: Told by David AttenboroughSelf | |
| 2026 | Secret GardenSelf - Presenter | |
| 2025 | Ocean with David AttenboroughSelf | |
| 2025 | A Deeper Dive with David AttenboroughSelf | |
| 2025 | Simon Schama's Story of UsSelf - Reader | |
| 2025 | ParenthoodSelf - Narrator (voice) | |
| 2025 | KingdomSelf - Narrator (voice) | |
| 2024 | Attenborough and the Giant Sea MonsterSelf - Presenter | |
| 2024 | Secret Lives of OrangutansSelf - Narrator (voice) | |
| 2024 | Attenborough's Life JourneySelf | |
| 2024 | Saving the Storks with Sir David AttenboroughSelf - Narrator (voice) | |
| 2024 | MammalsSelf - Narrator | |
| 2024 | AsiaSelf : Presenter | |
| 2024 | Secret World of SoundSelf - Narrator (voice) | |
| 2024 | Fateful PlanetSelf | |
| 2023 | David Attenborough: A Life on EarthSelf | |
| 2023 | Wild IslesSelf - Presenter | |
| 2023 | Planet Earth IIISelf - Presenter | |
| 2022 | Attenborough's Wonder of SongSelf - Presenter | |
| 2022 | Dinosaurs: The Final Day with David AttenboroughSelf - Presenter | |
| 2022 | David Attenborough's Global AdventureSelf | |
| 2022 | Prehistoric PlanetSelf - Presenter | |
| 2022 | Frozen Planet IISelf - Presenter | |
| 2022 | The Green PlanetSelf - Narrator (voice) | |
| 2022 | How the BBC BeganSelf | |
| 2021 | Attenborough’s JourneySelf | |
| 2021 | Attenborough and the Mammoth GraveyardSelf - Narrator | |
| 2021 | Parkinson at 50Self (archive footage) | |
| 2021 | The Year Earth ChangedSelf - Narrator (voice) | |
| 2021 | Breaking Boundaries: The Science of Our PlanetSelf - Narrator | |
| 2021 | Attenborough's Life in ColourSelf - Presenter | |
| 2021 | The Earthshot Prize: Repairing Our PlanetSelf - Narrator (voice) | |
| 2021 | The Mating GameSelf - Presenter | |
| 2021 | Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the WorldSelf | |
| 2021 | A Perfect PlanetSelf - Narrator (voice) | |
| 2020 | Diving Deep: The Life and Times of Mike deGruySelf | |
| 2020 | David Attenborough: A Life on Our PlanetSelf | |
| 2020 | Extinction: The FactsSelf - Presenter | |
| 2020 | Prince William: A Planet For Us AllSelf | |
| 2020 | Sir David Attenborough and Sir Michael Palin in ConversationSelf | |
| 2020 | Planet Earth: A CelebrationSelf - Narrator (voice) | |
| 2020 | The Romantics and Us with Simon SchamaSelf | |
| 2020 | Michael Palin: Travels of a LifetimeSelf | |
| 2019 | The Kiwi, The Knight and the QashqaiSelf | |
| 2019 | Climate Change: The FactsSelf - Presenter | |
| 2019 | Our Planet: Behind the ScenesSelf - Narrator | |
| 2019 | Wild KarnatakaSelf - Narrator | |
| 2019 | The ForumSelf | |
| 2019 | Dragons and DamselsSelf - Narrator | |
| 2019 | Timelapse of the Future: A Journey to the End of TimeSelf - Narrator (archive sound) | |
| 2019 | The Living ThamesSelf | |
| 2019 | Blue Planet UKSelf | |
| 2019 | Our PlanetSelf - Narrator (voice) | |
| 2019 | Seven Worlds, One PlanetSelf - Narrator (voice) | |
| 2018 | Deep Ocean: Giants of the Antarctic DeepNarrator | |
| 2018 | Attenborough and the Sea DragonPresenter | |
| 2018 | Attenborough's Wonder of EggsSelf - Presenter | |
| 2018 | The Queen's Green PlanetSelf | |
| 2018 | Pangolins: The World's Most Wanted AnimalSelf - Narrator (voice) | |
| 2018 | Deep Ocean: Descent into the Mariana TrenchSelf - Narrator | |
| 2018 | David Attenborough's TasmaniaSelf - Narrator (voice) | |
| 2018 | Whale WisdomSelf - Narrator | |
| 2018 | Into the JungleSelf - Narrator | |
| 2018 | The Making of David Attenborough's Ant MountainSelf | |
| 2018 | Tomorrow's World: People of ScienceSelf | |
| 2018 | DynastiesSelf - Narrator | |
| 2017 | Richard Batterham, Master PotterSelf | |
| 2017 | Hotel ArmadilloSelf - Narrator | |
| 2017 | Puerto Rico: Island of EnchantmentSelf - Narrator | |
| 2017 | Cheetahs: Growing Up FastSelf - Narrator (voice) | |
| 2017 | Attenborough and the Giant ElephantSelf - Presenter | |
| 2017 | And the Winner Isn'tSelf | |
| 2017 | Planet Earth II: A World of WonderSelf - Presenter | |
| 2017 | Richmond Park National Nature ReserveSelf | |
| 2017 | Attenborough and the Empire of the AntsSelf – Presenter | |
| 2017 | Blue Planet IISelf - Presenter | |
| 2017 | Plants Behaving BadlySelf | |
| 2016 | Jaguars: Brazil's Super CatsSelf | |
| 2016 | Attenborough at 90Self | |
| 2016 | Attenborough and the Giant DinosaurSelf - Presenter | |
| 2016 | Attenborough at 90: Behind the LensSelf | |
| 2016 | Zoo Quest in ColourSelf - Presenter | |
| 2016 | Attenborough's Life That GlowsSelf - Presenter | |
| 2016 | Deep Ocean: Lights in the AbyssSelf - Narrator | |
| 2016 | Planet Earth IISelf - Narrator | |
| 2016 | Attenborough's Passion ProjectsSelf - Presenter | |
| 2016 | Wild CitySelf - Narrator (voice) | |
| 2016 | David Attenborough's Wild CitySelf - Narrator | |
| 2015 | Attenborough's Big BirdsNarrator | |
| 2015 | Cougars UndercoverSelf | |
| 2015 | Attenborough's Paradise BirdsPresenter - Narrator | |
| 2015 | Africa's Fishing LeopardsNarrator (voice) | |
| 2015 | David Attenborough Meets President ObamaSelf | |
| 2015 | Legends of the Deep: Deep Sea SharksSelf - Narrator | |
| 2015 | Deep Ocean: The Lost World of the PacificSelf – Narrator | |
| 2015 | Cue the Queen: Celebrating the Christmas SpeechSelf | |
| 2015 | The HuntSelf - Narrator (voice) | |
| 2015 | David Attenborough's Conquest of the SkiesSelf - Presenter | |
| 2015 | Great Barrier Reef with David AttenboroughSelf - Presenter | |
| 2015 | Deep OceanSelf - Narrator | |
| 2014 | Mountain Lions: Big Cats in High PlacesNarrator | |
| 2014 | David Attenborough's Natural History Museum AlivePresenter | |
| 2014 | Fabulous FrogsSelf - Narrator | |
| 2014 | Björk: Biophilia LiveSelf - Opening Sequence (voice) | |
| 2014 | The Bat Man of MexicoSelf | |
| 2014 | Conquest of The Skies 3D自己 | |
| 2014 | Conquest of The Skies 3D编剧 | |
| 2014 | Sir David Attenborough – A Life on EarthDavid Attenborough | |
| 2014 | Sir David Attenborough – A Life on EarthSelf | |
| 2014 | Life StorySelf - Presenter | |
| 2013 | The Mating GameNarrator | |
| 2013 | When Björk Met AttenboroughSelf | |
| 2013 | Galapagos with David AttenboroughSelf - Presenter | |
| 2013 | Edwardian Insects on FilmSelf | |
| 2013 | Autopsy on a DreamSelf | |
| 2013 | David Attenborough: The Early YearsSelf | |
| 2013 | Legends of the Deep: The Giant SquidSelf - Narrator | |
| 2013 | AfricaSelf - Narrator (voice) | |
| 2013 | David Attenborough's Rise of Animals: Triumph of the VertebratesSelf - Presenter | |
| 2013 | David Attenborough's Natural CuriositiesSelf - Presenter | |
| 2013 | Micro Monsters with David AttenboroughPresenter | |
| 2013 | Galapagos 3D with David AttenboroughSelf - Presenter | |
| 2013 | WinterwatchSelf | |
| 2012 | Attenborough's ArkNarrator | |
| 2012 | The Penguin KingSelf - Narrator | |
| 2012 | Attenborough: 60 Years in the WildSelf - Presenter | |
| 2012 | Tales of Television CentreSelf | |
| 2012 | Superfish: Bluefin Tuna | |
| 2012 | Hummingbirds: Jewelled MessengersSelf - Narrator (voice) | |
| 2012 | Hot TunaNarrator | |
| 2012 | Kingdom of PlantsSelf - Narrator | |
| 2012 | Attenborough: 60 Years in the WildSelf - Presenter | |
| 2012 | Voice | |
| 2012 | Secrets of Wild IndiaNarrator | |
| 2011 | Flying Monsters 3D with David AttenboroughSelf - Presenter / Narrator | |
| 2011 | Attenborough and the Giant EggSelf - Presenter | |
| 2011 | Desert SeasSelf - Narrator (voice) | |
| 2011 | Animal HouseSelf | |
| 2011 | The Secrets of Scott's HutSelf | |
| 2011 | The Jonathan Ross ShowSelf | |
| 2011 | MadagascarSelf - Presenter | |
| 2011 | All Watched Over by Machines of Loving GraceSelf | |
| 2011 | Frozen PlanetSelf - Narrator | |
| 2011 | Brave New World with Stephen HawkingSelf | |
| 2011 | Great Thinkers: In Their Own WordsSelf | |
| 2010 | Attenborough's JourneySelf | |
| 2010 | Mad and Bad: 60 Years of Science on TVSelf | |
| 2010 | Birds of ParadiseSelf | |
| 2010 | Jane Goodall - Beauty and the BeastsSelf | |
| 2010 | First LifeSelf - Presenter | |
| 2010 | Genius of BritainSelf | |
| 2010 | In Confidence | |
| 2009 | Charles Darwin and the Tree of LifePresenter | |
| 2009 | Uncovering Our Earliest Ancestor: The LinkSelf - Presenter / Narrator | |
| 2009 | Water Life A World of Water导演 | |
| 2009 | Nature's Great EventsSelf - Presenter | |
| 2009 | LifeSelf - Narrator (voice) | |
| 2009 | SkavlanSelf - Guest | |
| 2008 | Snow Leopard: Beyond the MythNarrator | |
| 2008 | Clever MonkeysNarrator | |
| 2008 | SuperfishSelf - Narrator | |
| 2008 | Life in Cold BloodSelf - Narrator (voice) | |
| 2008 | Tiger: Spy In The Jungle | |
| 2007 | Trek - Spy on the Wildebeest | |
| 2007 | Attenborough Explores... Our Fragile WorldHimself - Presenter | |
| 2007 | The Alan Titchmarsh ShowSelf | |
| 2007 | The Graham Norton ShowSelf | |
| 2006 | Gorillas Revisited with Sir David AttenboroughPresenter | |
| 2006 | A War on ScienceSelf | |
| 2006 | Desert LionsSelf - Narrator (voice) | |
| 2006 | Can We Save Planet Earth? | |
| 2006 | My Favourite Attenborough MomentSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2006 | Your Favourite Attenborough MomentSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2006 | The One ShowSelf - Guest | |
| 2006 | Are We Changing Planet Earth? | |
| 2006 | Planet EarthSelf - Narrator | |
| 2006 | Folk BritanniaSelf | |
| 2005 | Kea: The Smartest ParrotPresenter | |
| 2005 | Life in the UndergrowthSelf | |
| 2005 | Echo and Other ElephantsSelf - Narrator (voice) | |
| 2004 | The Amber Time MachineNarrator | |
| 2004 | Bears: Spy in the Woods | |
| 2004 | Satoyama II: Japan's Secret WatergardenNarrator | |
| 2004 | The Minsmere Year | |
| 2003 | The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough | |
| 2003 | Deep BlueSelf | |
| 2003 | Smart Sharks: Swimming With RobosharkSelf | |
| 2003 | The Terry and Gaby Show | |
| 2002 | Attenborough the ControllerSelf | |
| 2002 | Great Natural Wonders of the WorldPresenter | |
| 2002 | Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost TribeSelf (voice) | |
| 2002 | Life on Air: David Attenborough's 50 Years in TelevisionSelf | |
| 2002 | The Life of MammalsSelf - Presenter | |
| 2001 | Friday Night with Jonathan RossSelf - Guest | |
| 2001 | The Blue PlanetSelf - Narrator (voice) | |
| 2000 | The Song of the EarthNarrator | |
| 2000 | Bowerbirds: The Art of SeductionNarrator | |
| 2000 | The Lost Gods of Easter IslandHimself - Presenter | |
| 2000 | Lions: Spy in the DenNarrator | |
| 2000 | Living with DinosaursPresenter | |
| 2000 | State of the PlanetSelf - Presenter | |
| 1999 | Satoyama I: Japan's Secret WatergardenNarrator | |
| 1999 | Islands of the Vampire BirdsNarrator | |
| 1999 | Tiger: The Elusive PrincessNarrator (voice) | |
| 1999 | The Greatest Wildlife Show on EarthPresenter - Narrator | |
| 1998 | The Dragons of GalapagosNarrator | |
| 1998 | The Life of BirdsSelf - Narrator (voice) | |
| 1998 | ParkinsonSelf | |
| 1997 | Leopard: The Agent of DarknessSelf | |
| 1997 | Humpback Whale: The Giant of the OceansSelf | |
| 1996 | Survival IslandNarrator | |
| 1996 | Sperm Whales: Back from the AbyssNarrator | |
| 1996 | Attenborough in ParadiseSelf - Narrator | |
| 1996 | Attenborough in Paradise | |
| 1995 | The Private Life of Plantshimself | |
| 1995 | World of Wildlife: African Big CatsSelf - Narrator | |
| 1995 | Great White Shark - The Silent Stalker | |
| 1995 | Wildlife Specials | |
| 1995 | The Private Life of PlantsSelf - Presenter | |
| 1993 | Killer Whales: Wolves of the SeaNarrator | |
| 1993 | Life in the FreezerSelf - Presenter | |
| 1991 | Barn Owl: Bird of Darkness | |
| 1990 | A TV DanteHimself | |
| 1990 | The Trials of LifeSelf - Presenter | |
| 1990 | The Making Of The Trials Of Life - Once More Into The Termite MoundSelf | |
| 1990 | Trials of LifeSelf - Narrator (voice) | |
| 1989 | Lost Worlds, Vanished LivesPresenter - Narrator | |
| 1988 | This MorningSelf | |
| 1987 | Birds of the Sun GodNarrator | |
| 1987 | The First EdenPresenter - Narrator | |
| 1987 | Going Live!Self | |
| 1985 | A Zed & Two NoughtsHimself - Documentary Narrator (voice) | |
| 1984 | The Living PlanetSelf | |
| 1984 | Goldene KameraSelf | |
| 1983 | Aliens From Inner SpaceNarrator | |
| 1983 | Natural WorldPresenter | |
| 1983 | Natural WorldNarrator (voice) | |
| 1983 | Natural WorldNarrator | |
| 1983 | Natural WorldSelf - Host | |
| 1983 | Natural WorldSelf - Narrator | |
| 1982 | NatureNarrator (voice) | |
| 1982 | WoganSelf | |
| 1982 | NatureHost | |
| 1982 | NatureSelf | |
| 1981 | General Studies: An Everyday MiracleNarrator | |
| 1979 | Squirrel on My ShoulderNarrator | |
| 1979 | Life on EarthSelf - Presenter | |
| 1978 | At Home with BadgersNarrator | |
| 1977 | Wildlife on OneNarrator | |
| 1975 | The Tribal Eye | |
| 1975 | Fabulous AnimalsSelf - Presenter | |
| 1974 | NOVANarrator | |
| 1973 | Eastward With Attenborough | |
| 1971 | A Blank on the MapHimself - Presenter | |
| 1971 | Baobab: Portrait of a TreeNarrator (voice) | |
| 1969 | The Miracle of Bali | |
| 1967 | OmnibusSelf | |
| 1967 | The World About UsNarrator | |
| 1964 | Horizon | |
| 1964 | HorizonSelf | |
| 1964 | HorizonHimself / Narrator | |
| 1963 | Adventure | |
| 1961 | Elsa the LionessSelf | |
| 1960 | The People of Paradise | |
| 1959 | Science Is NewsSelf - Presenter | |
| 1955 | Zoo Quest to West AfricaSelf | |
| 1955 | Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1955-1958 | |
| 1954 | Zoo Quest | |
| - | Blue Planet IIISelf - Presenter | |
| - | Dynasties II |
| 2016 | Planet Earth IICasting | |
| 1961 | Elsa the LionessProducer | |
| 1955 | Zoo Quest to West AfricaProducer |
| 2014 | Sir David Attenborough – A Life on EarthDirector |
| 2017 | Attenborough and the Empire of the AntsWriter | |
| 2015 | Great Barrier Reef with David AttenboroughWriter | |
| 2015 | David Attenborough's Conquest of the SkiesWriter | |
| 2014 | David Attenborough's Natural History Museum AliveWriter | |
| 2014 | Sir David Attenborough – A Life on EarthWriter | |
| 2013 | Galapagos with David AttenboroughWriter | |
| 2013 | David Attenborough's Rise of Animals: Triumph of the VertebratesScreenplay | |
| 2013 | Galapagos 3D with David AttenboroughWriter | |
| 2013 | AfricaWriter | |
| 2012 | Attenborough's ArkWriter | |
| 2011 | Flying Monsters 3D with David AttenboroughWriter | |
| 2011 | Frozen PlanetWriter | |
| 2010 | First LifeWriter | |
| 2009 | Charles Darwin and the Tree of LifeWriter | |
| 2008 | Life in Cold BloodWriter | |
| 2006 | Desert LionsScript Consultant | |
| 2006 | Planet EarthWriter | |
| 2005 | Life in the UndergrowthWriter | |
| 2003 | Deep BlueWriter | |
| 2002 | The Life of MammalsWriter | |
| 2000 | Bowerbirds: The Art of SeductionWriter | |
| 2000 | The Song of the EarthWriter | |
| 2000 | The Lost Gods of Easter IslandScreenplay | |
| 2000 | State of the PlanetWriter | |
| 1999 | Islands of the Vampire BirdsWriter | |
| 1998 | The Life of BirdsWriter | |
| 1996 | Attenborough in ParadiseWriter | |
| 1996 | Survival IslandWriter | |
| 1996 | Attenborough in ParadiseWriter | |
| 1995 | The Private Life of PlantsWriter | |
| 1993 | Life in the FreezerWriter | |
| 1984 | The Living PlanetWriter | |
| 1983 | Natural WorldWriter | |
| 1979 | Life on EarthWriter | |
| 1974 | NOVAWriter | |
| 1971 | A Blank on the MapScreenplay | |
| 1955 | Zoo Quest to West AfricaWriter |
| 2016 | Wild CityPresenter | |
| 2015 | Afrique sauvage - L'avenir en marchePresenter | |
| 2014 | Sir David Attenborough – A Life on EarthPresenter |