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Acting

Known Credits

255

Gender

Male

Birthday

1926-05-08 (98 years old)

Place of Birth

London, England, UK

Also Known As

David Frederick Attenborough
Sir David Attenborough
Дэвид Фредерик Аттенборо
Девід Аттенборо
大卫·爱登堡
大衛·艾登堡
デヴィッド・アッテンボロー
大衛·艾登伯祿
دیوید اتنبرو

David Attenborough

Biography

Sir David Attenborough (8th May 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.

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Acting

—		Horizon: Death of the Oceans as Himself
—		Saving the Storks with Sir David Attenborough as Narrator
—		Blue Planet III as Self - Presenter

2025		Ocean with David Attenborough as Self
2025		Parenthood as Self - Narrator (voice)
2025		Simon Schama's Story of Us as Self - Reader

2024		Attenborough's Life Journey as Self
2024		Asia as Self - Presenter
2024		Secret Lives of Orangutans as Self - Narrator (voice)
2024		Mammals as Self - Narrator
2024		Attenborough and the Giant Sea Monster as Self - Presenter
2024		Secret World of Sound as Self - Narrator (voice)
2024		Attenborough and the Jurassic Sea Monster as Self

2023		David Attenborough: A Life on Earth as Self
2023		Planet Earth III as Self - Presenter
2023		Wild Isles as Self - Presenter
2023		The Deepest Breath as Self (archive footage)

2022		How the BBC Began as Self
2022		Frozen Planet II as Self - Presenter
2022		Prehistoric Planet as Self - Presenter
2022		Dinosaurs: The Final Day with David Attenborough as Self - Presenter
2022		Great Mammoth Mystery as Self - Host
2022		David Attenborough's Global Adventures
2022		The Green Planet as Self - Narrator (voice)
2022		Attenborough's Wonder of Song as Self - Presenter

2021		Attenborough and the Mammoth Graveyard as Self - Narrator
2021		The Mating Game as Self - Presenter
2021		The Earthshot Prize: Repairing Our Planet as Self - Narrator (voice)
2021		David Attenborough's Global Adventure as Self
2021		Parkinson at 50 as Self (archive footage)
2021		Breaking Boundaries: The Science of Our Planet as Self
2021		Attenborough’s Journey as Self
2021		The Year Earth Changed as Self - Narrator (voice)
2021		Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World as Self
2021		Attenborough's Life in Colour as Self - Presenter
2021		A Perfect Planet as Self - Narrator (voice)

2020		Prince William: A Planet For Us All as Self
2020		Michael Palin: Travels of a Lifetime as Self
2020		David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet as Self
2020		Sir David Attenborough and Sir Michael Palin in Conversation as Self
2020		Extinction: The Facts as Self - Presenter
2020		The Romantics and Us with Simon Schama as Self
2020		Planet Earth: A Celebration as Self - Narrator (voice)
2020		Chris Packham: 7.7 Billion People and Counting as Self
2020		Diving Deep: The Life and Times of Mike deGruy as Self

2019		The Forum as Self
2019		Seven Worlds, One Planet as Self - Narrator (voice)
2019		The Kiwi, The Knight and the Qashqai as Self
2019		Climate Change: The Facts as Self - Presenter
2019		Our Planet as Self - Narrator (voice)
2019		Our Planet: Behind the Scenes as Self - Narrator
2019		Blue Planet UK as Self
2019		Timelapse of the Future: A Journey to the End of Time as Self - Narrator (archive sound)
2019		Dragons and Damsels as Self - Narrator
2019		Wild Karnataka as Self - Narrator

2018		Whale Wisdom as Self - Narrator
2018		Dynasties as Self - Narrator
2018		Into the Jungle as Self - Narrator
2018		Deep Ocean: Descent into the Mariana Trench as Self - Narrator
2018		David Attenborough's Tasmania as Self - Narrator (voice)
2018		Pangolins: The World's Most Wanted Animal as Self - Narrator (voice)
2018		The Queen's Green Planet as Self
2018		Attenborough's Wonder of Eggs as Self - Presenter
2018		Tomorrow's World: People of Science as Self
2018		Attenborough and the Sea Dragon as Presenter
2018		The Making of David Attenborough's Ant Mountain as Self
2018		Deep Ocean: Giants of the Antarctic Deep as Narrator

2017		David Attenborough's Ant Mountain as Self - Presenter
2017		Attenborough and the Empire of the Ants as Self – Presenter
2017		Attenborough and the Giant Elephant as Self - Presenter
2017		And the Winner Isn't as Self
2017		Blue Planet II as Self - Presenter
2017		Amazing Mighty Micro Monsters 3D as Self - Narrator
2017		Plants Behaving Badly as Self
2017		Richmond Park National Nature Reserve as Self
2017		Hotel Armadillo as Self - Narrator
2017		Puerto Rico: Island of Enchantment as Self - Narrator
2017		Cheetahs: Growing Up Fast as Self - Narrator (voice)
2017		Planet Earth II: A World of Wonder as Self - Presenter
2017		Richard Batterham, Master Potter as Self

2016		Planet Earth II as Self - Narrator
2016		Jaguars: Brazil's Super Cats as Self
2016		Zoo Quest in Colour as Self - Presenter
2016		Attenborough's Life That Glows as Self - Presenter
2016		Attenborough at 90 as Self
2016		Attenborough's Passion Projects as Self - Presenter
2016		Attenborough at 90: Behind the Lens as Self
2016		Wild City as Self - Narrator (voice)
2016		Attenborough and the Giant Dinosaur as Self - Presenter

2015		Great Barrier Reef with David Attenborough as Self - Presenter
2015		Cue the Queen: Celebrating the Christmas Speech as Self
2015		Cougars Undercover as Self
2015		The Hunt as Self - Narrator (voice)
2015		David Attenborough Meets President Obama as Self
2015		Attenborough's Big Birds as Narrator
2015		Legends of the Deep: Deep Sea Sharks as Self - Narrator
2015		Africa's Fishing Leopards as Narrator (voice)
2015		Attenborough's Paradise Birds as Presenter - Narrator
2015		David Attenborough's Conquest of the Skies as Self - Presenter
2015		Deep Ocean: The Lost World of the Pacific as Self – Narrator
2015		Deep Ocean as Self - Narrator

2014		Life Story as Self - Presenter
2014		Björk: Biophilia Live as Self - Opening Sequence (voice)
2014		Mountain Lions: Big Cats in High Places as Narrator
2014		Fabulous Frogs as Self - Narrator
2014		The Bat Man of Mexico as Self
2014		David Attenborough's Natural History Museum Alive as Presenter

2013		Autopsy on a Dream as Self
2013		David Attenborough's Rise of Animals: Triumph of the Vertebrates as Self - Presenter
2013		When Björk Met Attenborough as Self
2013		The Mating Game as Narrator
2013		Micro Monsters with David Attenborough as Presenter
2013		Galapagos with David Attenborough as Self - Presenter
2013		Edwardian Insects on Film as Self
2013		Legends of the Deep: The Giant Squid as Self - Narrator
2013		David Attenborough's Natural Curiosities as Self - Presenter
2013		David Attenborough: The Early Years as Self
2013		Winterwatch as Self
2013		Africa as Self - Narrator (voice)
2013		Galapagos 3D with David Attenborough as Self - Presenter

2012		Attenborough: 60 Years in the Wild as Self - Presenter
2012		Attenborough: 60 Years in the Wild as Self - Presenter
2012		Attenborough's Ark as Narrator
2012		The Penguin King as Self - Narrator
2012		Voice
2012		Hummingbirds: Jewelled Messengers as Self - Narrator (voice)
2012		Kingdom of Plants as Self - Narrator
2012		Tales of Television Centre as Self
2012		Hot Tuna as Narrator
2012		Superfish: Bluefin Tuna
2012		Secrets of Wild India as Narrator

2011		Frozen Planet as Self - Narrator
2011		Brave New World with Stephen Hawking as Self
2011		Animal House as Self
2011		The Jonathan Ross Show as Self
2011		Great Thinkers: In Their Own Words as Self
2011		All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace as Self
2011		Flying Monsters 3D with David Attenborough as Self - Presenter / Narrator
2011		Desert Seas as Self - Narrator (voice)
2011		The Secrets of Scott's Hut as Self
2011		Attenborough and the Giant Egg as Self - Presenter
2011		Madagascar as Self - Presenter

2010		Mad and Bad: 60 Years of Science on TV as Self
2010		First Life as Self - Presenter
2010		Attenborough's Journey as Self
2010		Genius of Britain as Self
2010		Birds of Paradise as Self

2009		Life as Self - Narrator (voice)
2009		Uncovering Our Earliest Ancestor: The Link as Self - Presenter / Narrator
2009		Nature's Great Events as Self - Presenter
2009		Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life as Presenter
2009		Skavlan as Self - Guest

2008		Clever Monkeys as Narrator
2008		Superfish as Self - Narrator
2008		Tiger: Spy In The Jungle
2008		Life in Cold Blood as Self - Narrator (voice)
2008		Snow Leopard: Beyond the Myth as Narrator

2007		The Alan Titchmarsh Show as Self
2007		Attenborough Explores... Our Fragile World as Himself - Presenter
2007		The Graham Norton Show as Self
2007		Trek - Spy on the Wildebeest

2006		Planet Earth: The Future as Narrator
2006		The One Show as Self - Guest
2006		Can We Save Planet Earth?
2006		Are We Changing Planet Earth?
2006		Gorillas Revisited with Sir David Attenborough as Presenter
2006		Planet Earth as Self - Narrator
2006		Desert Lions as himself
2006		Folk Britannia as Self
2006		A War on Science as Self

2005		Life in the Undergrowth as Self
2005		Kea: The Smartest Parrot as Presenter

2004		Bears: Spy in the Woods
2004		Satoyama II: Japan's Secret Watergarden as Narrator
2004		The Amber Time Machine as Narrator
2004		The Minsmere Year

2003		The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough
2003		Smart Sharks: Swimming With Roboshark as Self
2003		The Terry and Gaby Show
2003		Deep Blue as Self

2002		Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe as Self (voice)
2002		The Life of Mammals as Self - Presenter
2002		Life on Air: David Attenborough's 50 Years in Television as Himself
2002		Prehistoric Planet as 旁白
2002		Great Natural Wonders of the World as Presenter
2002		Attenborough the Controller as Self

2001		Friday Night with Jonathan Ross as Self - Guest
2001		The Blue Planet as Self - Narrator (voice)

2000		Bowerbirds: The Art of Seduction as Narrator
2000		Lions: Spy in the Den as Narrator
2000		State of the Planet as Self - Presenter
2000		The Lost Gods of Easter Island as Himself - Presenter
2000		The Song of the Earth as Narrator

1999		The Greatest Wildlife Show on Earth as Presenter - Narrator
1999		Tiger: The Elusive Princess as Narrator (voice)
1999		Islands of the Vampire Birds as Narrator
1999		Satoyama I: Japan's Secret Watergarden as Narrator

1998		The Life of Birds as Self - Narrator (voice)
1998		The Dragons of Galapagos as Narrator
1998		Parkinson as Self

1997		Leopard: The Agent of Darkness as Self
1997		Humpback Whale: The Giant of the Oceans as Self

1996		Sperm Whales: Back from the Abyss as Narrator
1996		Attenborough in Paradise as Self - Narrator
1996		Attenborough in Paradise
1996		Survival Island as Narrator

1995		World of Wildlife: African Big Cats as Self - Narrator
1995		Wildlife Specials
1995		The Private Life of Plants as himself
1995		The Private Life of Plants as Self - Presenter

1993		Life in the Freezer as Self - Presenter
1993		Killer Whales: Wolves of the Sea as Narrator

1991

Barn Owl: Bird of Darkness

1990		The Making Of The Trials Of Life - Once More Into The Termite Mound as Self
1990		Trials of Life as Self - Narrator (voice)
1990		The Trials of Life as Self - Presenter
1990		A TV Dante as Himself

1989

Lost Worlds, Vanished Lives as Presenter - Narrator

1988

This Morning as Self

1987		Going Live! as Self
1987		The First Eden as Presenter - Narrator

1985

A Zed & Two Noughts as Himself - Documentary Narrator (voice)

1984		Goldene Kamera Verleihung as Self
1984		The Living Planet as Self

1983		Aliens From Inner Space as Narrator
1983		Natural World as Presenter
1983		Natural World as Narrator (voice)
1983		Natural World as Narrator
1983		Natural World as Self - Host
1983		Natural World as Self - Narrator

1982		Nature as Narrator (voice)
1982		Nature as Host
1982		Nature as Self
1982		Wogan as Self

1981

An Everyday Miracle as Narrator

1979		Squirrel On My Shoulder as Narrator
1979		Life on Earth as Self - Presenter

1978

At Home with Badgers as Narrator

1977

Wildlife on One as Narrator

1975		Fabulous Animals as Self - Presenter
1975		The Tribal Eye

1974

NOVA as Narrator

1973

Eastward With Attenborough

1971

A Blank on the Map as Himself - Presenter

1969

The Miracle of Bali

1964		Horizon
1964		Horizon as Self
1964		Horizon as Himself / Narrator

1963

Adventure

1961

Elsa the Lioness as Self

1960

The People of Paradise

1959

Science Is News as Self - Presenter

1955		Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1955-1958
1955		Zoo Quest to West Africa as Self

1954

Zoo Quest

Creator

2022

David Attenborough's Global Adventures as Creator

1975

Fabulous Animals as Creator

Crew

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Horizon: Death of the Oceans as Presenter

2016

Wild City as Presenter

2015

Afrique sauvage - L'avenir en marche as Presenter

Directing

1990

Trials of Life as Director

Production

2016

Planet Earth II as Casting

1961

Elsa the Lioness as Producer

1955

Zoo Quest to West Africa as Producer

Sound

2016

Zoo Quest in Colour as Sound Recordist

Writing

2017

Attenborough and the Empire of the Ants as Writer

2015		Great Barrier Reef with David Attenborough as Writer
2015		David Attenborough's Conquest of the Skies as Writer

2014

David Attenborough's Natural History Museum Alive as Writer

2013		David Attenborough's Rise of Animals: Triumph of the Vertebrates as Screenplay
2013		Galapagos with David Attenborough as Writer
2013		Africa as Writer
2013		Galapagos 3D with David Attenborough as Writer

2012

Attenborough's Ark as Writer

2011

Flying Monsters 3D with David Attenborough as Writer

2010

First Life as Writer

2009

Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life as Writer

2008

Life in Cold Blood as Writer

2006		Desert Lions as Script Consultant
2006		Planet Earth as Writer

2005

Life in the Undergrowth as Writer

2003

Deep Blue as Writer

2002

The Life of Mammals as Writer

2000		Bowerbirds: The Art of Seduction as Writer
2000		State of the Planet as Writer
2000		The Lost Gods of Easter Island as Screenplay
2000		The Song of the Earth as Writer