David Attenborough

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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

Planet Earth

Self - Narrator

Planet Earth II

Self - Narrator

Prehistoric Planet

Self - Presenter

Our Planet

Self - Narrator (voice)

David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet

Self

Life

Self - Narrator (voice)

The Blue Planet

Self - Narrator (voice)

Blue Planet II

Self - Presenter

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2026	A Gorilla Story: Told by David Attenborough MOVIE	Self
2026	Secret Garden TV	Self - Presenter
2026	Wild London MOVIE	Self
2025	Kingdom TV	Self - Narrator (voice)
2025	Deep Ocean: Kingdom of the Coelacanth MOVIE	Self - Narrator (voice)
2025	Parenthood TV	Self - Narrator (voice)
2025	Ocean with David Attenborough MOVIE	Self
2025	A Deeper Dive with David Attenborough MOVIE	Self
2025	Simon Schama's Story of Us TV	Self - Reader
2024	Attenborough's Life Journey MOVIE	Self
2024	Asia TV	Self : Presenter
2024	Secret Lives of Orangutans MOVIE	Self - Narrator (voice)
2024	Fateful Planet TV	Self
2024	Saving the Storks with Sir David Attenborough MOVIE	Self - Narrator (voice)
2024	Mammals TV	Self - Narrator
2024	Secret World of Sound TV	Self - Narrator (voice)
2024	Attenborough and the Giant Sea Monster MOVIE	Self - Presenter
2023	David Attenborough: A Life on Earth MOVIE	Self
2023	Planet Earth III TV	Self - Presenter
2023	Wild Isles TV	Self - Presenter
2022	How the BBC Began TV	Self
2022	Frozen Planet II TV	Self - Presenter
2022	Prehistoric Planet TV	Self - Presenter
2022	Dinosaurs: The Final Day with David Attenborough MOVIE	Self - Presenter
2022	David Attenborough's Global Adventure TV	Self
2022	The Green Planet TV	Self - Narrator (voice)
2022	Attenborough's Wonder of Song MOVIE	Self - Presenter
2021	Attenborough and the Mammoth Graveyard MOVIE	Self - Narrator
2021	The Earthshot Prize: Repairing Our Planet TV	Self - Narrator (voice)
2021	The Mating Game TV	Self - Presenter
2021	Parkinson at 50 MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2021	Breaking Boundaries: The Science of Our Planet MOVIE	Self - Narrator
2021	Attenborough’s Journey MOVIE	Self
2021	The Year Earth Changed MOVIE	Self - Narrator (voice)
2021	Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World TV	Self
2021	Attenborough's Life in Colour TV	Self - Presenter
2021	A Perfect Planet TV	Self - Narrator (voice)
2020	Prince William: A Planet For Us All MOVIE	Self
2020	Michael Palin: Travels of a Lifetime TV	Self
2020	David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet MOVIE	Self
2020	Sir David Attenborough and Sir Michael Palin in Conversation MOVIE	Self
2020	Extinction: The Facts MOVIE	Self - Presenter
2020	The Romantics and Us with Simon Schama TV	Self
2020	Planet Earth: A Celebration MOVIE	Self - Narrator (voice)
2020	Diving Deep: The Life and Times of Mike deGruy MOVIE	Self
2019	The Forum MOVIE	Self
2019	Seven Worlds, One Planet TV	Self - Narrator (voice)
2019	The Living Thames MOVIE	Self
2019	The Kiwi, The Knight and the Qashqai MOVIE	Self
2019	Climate Change: The Facts MOVIE	Self - Presenter
2019	Our Planet: Behind the Scenes MOVIE	Self - Narrator
2019	Our Planet TV	Self - Narrator (voice)
2019	Blue Planet UK TV	Self
2019	Timelapse of the Future: A Journey to the End of Time MOVIE	Self - Narrator (archive sound)
2019	Dragons and Damsels MOVIE	Self - Narrator
2019	Wild Karnataka MOVIE	Self - Narrator
2018	Whale Wisdom MOVIE	Self - Narrator
2018	Dynasties TV	Self - Narrator
2018	Into the Jungle MOVIE	Self - Narrator
2018	Deep Ocean: Descent into the Mariana Trench MOVIE	Self - Narrator
2018	David Attenborough's Tasmania MOVIE	Self - Narrator (voice)
2018	Pangolins: The World's Most Wanted Animal MOVIE	Self - Narrator (voice)
2018	The Queen's Green Planet MOVIE	Self
2018	Attenborough's Wonder of Eggs MOVIE	Self - Presenter
2018	Tomorrow's World: People of Science TV	Self
2018	Attenborough and the Sea Dragon MOVIE	Presenter
2018	Deep Ocean: Giants of the Antarctic Deep MOVIE	Narrator
2018	The Making of David Attenborough's Ant Mountain MOVIE	Self
2017	Attenborough and the Empire of the Ants MOVIE	Self – Presenter
2017	Attenborough and the Giant Elephant MOVIE	Self - Presenter
2017	And the Winner Isn't MOVIE	Self
2017	Blue Planet II TV	Self - Presenter
2017	Plants Behaving Badly TV	Self
2017	Richmond Park National Nature Reserve MOVIE	Self
2017	Hotel Armadillo MOVIE	Self - Narrator
2017	Puerto Rico: Island of Enchantment MOVIE	Self - Narrator
2017	Cheetahs: Growing Up Fast MOVIE	Self - Narrator (voice)
2017	Richard Batterham, Master Potter MOVIE	Self
2017	Planet Earth II: A World of Wonder MOVIE	Self - Presenter
2016	Planet Earth II TV	Self - Narrator
2016	Jaguars: Brazil's Super Cats MOVIE	Self
2016	Deep Ocean: Lights in the Abyss MOVIE	Self - Narrator
2016	Zoo Quest in Colour MOVIE	Self - Presenter
2016	Attenborough's Life That Glows MOVIE	Self - Presenter
2016	Attenborough at 90 MOVIE	Self
2016	Attenborough's Passion Projects TV	Self - Presenter
2016	Attenborough at 90: Behind the Lens MOVIE	Self
2016	Wild City TV	Self - Narrator (voice)
2016	David Attenborough's Wild City TV	Self - Narrator
2016	Attenborough and the Giant Dinosaur MOVIE	Self - Presenter
2015	Great Barrier Reef with David Attenborough TV	Self - Presenter
2015	Cue the Queen: Celebrating the Christmas Speech MOVIE	Self
2015	Cougars Undercover MOVIE	Self
2015	The Hunt TV	Self - Narrator (voice)
2015	David Attenborough Meets President Obama MOVIE	Self
2015	Attenborough's Big Birds MOVIE	Narrator
2015	Legends of the Deep: Deep Sea Sharks MOVIE	Self - Narrator
2015	Africa's Fishing Leopards MOVIE	Narrator (voice)
2015	Attenborough's Paradise Birds MOVIE	Presenter - Narrator
2015	David Attenborough's Conquest of the Skies TV	Self - Presenter
2015	Deep Ocean: The Lost World of the Pacific MOVIE	Self – Narrator
2015	Deep Ocean TV	Self - Narrator
2014	Life Story TV	Self - Presenter
2014	Björk: Biophilia Live MOVIE	Self - Opening Sequence (voice)
2014	Sir David Attenborough – A Life on Earth MOVIE	David Attenborough
2014	Sir David Attenborough – A Life on Earth MOVIE	Self
2014	Mountain Lions: Big Cats in High Places MOVIE	Narrator
2014	Fabulous Frogs MOVIE	Self - Narrator
2014	The Bat Man of Mexico MOVIE	Self
2014	Conquest of The Skies 3D MOVIE	自己
2014	Conquest of The Skies 3D MOVIE	编剧
2014	David Attenborough's Natural History Museum Alive MOVIE	Presenter
2013	Autopsy on a Dream MOVIE	Self
2013	David Attenborough's Rise of Animals: Triumph of the Vertebrates TV	Self - Presenter
2013	When Björk Met Attenborough MOVIE	Self
2013	The Mating Game MOVIE	Narrator
2013	Micro Monsters with David Attenborough TV	Presenter
2013	Galapagos with David Attenborough MOVIE	Self - Presenter
2013	Edwardian Insects on Film MOVIE	Self
2013	Legends of the Deep: The Giant Squid MOVIE	Self - Narrator
2013	David Attenborough's Natural Curiosities TV	Self - Presenter
2013	David Attenborough: The Early Years MOVIE	Self
2013	Winterwatch TV	Self
2013	Africa TV	Self - Narrator (voice)
2013	Galapagos 3D with David Attenborough TV	Self - Presenter
2012	Attenborough: 60 Years in the Wild MOVIE	Self - Presenter
2012	Attenborough: 60 Years in the Wild TV	Self - Presenter
2012	Attenborough's Ark MOVIE	Narrator
2012	The Penguin King MOVIE	Self - Narrator
2012	Voice TV	Self
2012	Hummingbirds: Jewelled Messengers MOVIE	Self - Narrator (voice)
2012	Kingdom of Plants TV	Self - Narrator
2012	Tales of Television Centre MOVIE	Self
2012	Hot Tuna MOVIE	Narrator
2012	Superfish: Bluefin Tuna MOVIE	Self
2012	Secrets of Wild India TV	Narrator
2011	Frozen Planet TV	Self - Narrator
2011	Brave New World with Stephen Hawking TV	Self
2011	Animal House MOVIE	Self
2011	The Jonathan Ross Show TV	Self
2011	Great Thinkers: In Their Own Words TV	Self
2011	All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace TV	Self
2011	Flying Monsters 3D with David Attenborough MOVIE	Self - Presenter / Narrator
2011	Desert Seas MOVIE	Self - Narrator (voice)
2011	The Secrets of Scott's Hut MOVIE	Self
2011	Attenborough and the Giant Egg MOVIE	Self - Presenter
2011	Madagascar TV	Self - Presenter
2010	Mad and Bad: 60 Years of Science on TV MOVIE	Self
2010	First Life TV	Self - Presenter
2010	Attenborough's Journey MOVIE	Self
2010	Jane Goodall - Beauty and the Beasts MOVIE	Self
2010	Genius of Britain TV	Self
2010	In Confidence TV	Self
2010	Birds of Paradise MOVIE	Self
2009	Water Life A World of Water MOVIE	导演
2009	Life TV	Self - Narrator (voice)
2009	Uncovering Our Earliest Ancestor: The Link MOVIE	Self - Presenter / Narrator
2009	Nature's Great Events TV	Self - Presenter
2009	Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life MOVIE	Presenter
2009	Skavlan TV	Self - Guest
2008	Clever Monkeys MOVIE	Narrator
2008	Superfish MOVIE	Self - Narrator
2008	Tiger: Spy In The Jungle TV	Self
2008	Life in Cold Blood TV	Self - Narrator (voice)
2008	Snow Leopard: Beyond the Myth MOVIE	Narrator
2007	The Alan Titchmarsh Show TV	Self
2007	Attenborough Explores... Our Fragile World MOVIE	Himself - Presenter
2007	The Graham Norton Show TV	Self
2007	Trek - Spy on the Wildebeest MOVIE	Self
2006	The One Show TV	Self - Guest
2006	Can We Save Planet Earth? MOVIE	Self
2006	Are We Changing Planet Earth? TV	Self
2006	Your Favourite Attenborough Moment MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2006	Gorillas Revisited with Sir David Attenborough MOVIE	Presenter
2006	My Favourite Attenborough Moment MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2006	Desert Lions MOVIE	Self - Narrator (voice)
2006	Planet Earth TV	Self - Narrator
2006	Folk Britannia TV	Self
2006	A War on Science MOVIE	Self
2005	Life in the Undergrowth TV	Self
2005	Kea: The Smartest Parrot MOVIE	Presenter
2005	Echo and Other Elephants TV	Self - Narrator (voice)
2004	Bears: Spy in the Woods MOVIE	Self
2004	Satoyama II: Japan's Secret Watergarden MOVIE	Narrator
2004	The Amber Time Machine MOVIE	Narrator
2004	The Minsmere Year MOVIE	Self
2003	The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough MOVIE	Self
2003	Smart Sharks: Swimming With Roboshark MOVIE	Self
2003	The Terry and Gaby Show TV	Self
2003	Deep Blue MOVIE	Self
2002	Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe MOVIE	Self (voice)
2002	Life on Air: David Attenborough's 50 Years in Television MOVIE	Self
2002	The Life of Mammals TV	Self - Presenter
2002	Attenborough the Controller MOVIE	Self
2002	Great Natural Wonders of the World MOVIE	Presenter
2001	Friday Night with Jonathan Ross TV	Self - Guest
2001	The Blue Planet TV	Self - Narrator (voice)
2000	Bowerbirds: The Art of Seduction MOVIE	Narrator
2000	Lions: Spy in the Den MOVIE	Narrator
2000	State of the Planet TV	Self - Presenter
2000	Living with Dinosaurs MOVIE	Presenter
2000	The Lost Gods of Easter Island MOVIE	Himself - Presenter
2000	The Song of the Earth MOVIE	Narrator
1999	The Greatest Wildlife Show on Earth MOVIE	Presenter - Narrator
1999	Tiger: The Elusive Princess MOVIE	Narrator (voice)
1999	Islands of the Vampire Birds MOVIE	Narrator
1999	Satoyama I: Japan's Secret Watergarden MOVIE	Narrator
1998	The Life of Birds TV	Self - Narrator (voice)
1998	The Dragons of Galapagos MOVIE	Narrator
1998	Parkinson TV	Self
1997	Leopard: The Agent of Darkness MOVIE	Self
1997	Humpback Whale: The Giant of the Oceans MOVIE	Self
1996	Sperm Whales: Back from the Abyss MOVIE	Narrator
1996	Attenborough in Paradise MOVIE	Self - Narrator
1996	Attenborough in Paradise TV	Self
1996	Survival Island MOVIE	Narrator
1995	World of Wildlife: African Big Cats MOVIE	Self - Narrator
1995	Wildlife Specials TV	Self
1995	The Private Life of Plants MOVIE	himself
1995	The Private Life of Plants TV	Self - Presenter
1995	Great White Shark - The Silent Stalker MOVIE	Self
1993	Life in the Freezer TV	Self - Presenter
1993	Killer Whales: Wolves of the Sea MOVIE	Narrator
1991	Barn Owl: Bird of Darkness MOVIE	Self
1990	The Making Of The Trials Of Life - Once More Into The Termite Mound MOVIE	Self
1990	Trials of Life TV	Self - Narrator (voice)
1990	The Trials of Life MOVIE	Self - Presenter
1990	A TV Dante MOVIE	Himself
1989	Lost Worlds, Vanished Lives TV	Presenter - Narrator
1988	This Morning TV	Self
1987	Going Live! TV	Self
1987	The First Eden TV	Presenter - Narrator
1987	Birds of the Sun God MOVIE	Narrator
1985	A Zed & Two Noughts MOVIE	Himself - Documentary Narrator (voice)
1984	Goldene Kamera TV	Self
1984	The Living Planet TV	Self
1983	Aliens From Inner Space MOVIE	Narrator
1983	Natural World TV	Presenter
1983	Natural World TV	Narrator (voice)
1983	Natural World TV	Narrator
1983	Natural World TV	Self - Host
1983	Natural World TV	Self - Narrator
1982	Nature TV	Narrator (voice)
1982	Nature TV	Host
1982	Nature TV	Self
1982	Wogan TV	Self
1981	General Studies: An Everyday Miracle MOVIE	Narrator
1979	Squirrel on My Shoulder MOVIE	Narrator
1979	Life on Earth TV	Self - Presenter
1978	At Home with Badgers MOVIE	Narrator
1977	Wildlife on One TV	Narrator
1975	Fabulous Animals TV	Self - Presenter
1975	The Tribal Eye TV	Self
1974	NOVA TV	Narrator
1973	Eastward With Attenborough TV	Self
1971	A Blank on the Map MOVIE	Himself - Presenter
1971	Baobab: Portrait of a Tree MOVIE	Narrator (voice)
1969	The Miracle of Bali TV	Self
1967	The World About Us TV	Narrator
1967	Omnibus TV	Self
1964	Horizon TV	Self
1964	Horizon TV	Self
1964	Horizon TV	Himself / Narrator
1963	Adventure TV	Self
1961	Elsa the Lioness MOVIE	Self
1960	The People of Paradise TV	Self
1959	Science Is News TV	Self - Presenter
1955	Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1955-1958 TV	Self
1955	Zoo Quest to West Africa MOVIE	Self
1954	Zoo Quest TV	Self
	Blue Planet III TV	Self - Presenter
	Dynasties II TV	Self

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