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.
Filmography
all 270
self 224
Movies 160
TV Shows 110
Narrator 26
Writer 1
Producer 1
Self - Narrator
Secret Lives of Orangutans (2024)
Movie
Self - Narrator
Mammals (2024)
TV
Self - Presenter
Attenborough and the Giant Sea Monster (2024)
Movie
Self - Presenter
Secret World of Sound (2024)
TV
Self - Presenter
Planet Earth III (2023)
TV
Self - Host
Wild Isles (2023)
TV
Self (archive footage)
The Deepest Breath (2023)
Movie
Self - Narrator
Frozen Planet II (2022)
TV
Self - Presenter
Dinosaurs: The Final Day with David Attenborough (2022)
Movie
Self - Narrator
Satoyama (2022)
TV
Self - Presenter & Narrator
The Green Planet (2022)
TV
Narrator
The Mating Game (2021)
TV
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Earthshot Prize: Repairing Our Planet (2021)
TV
Self - Narrator
Breaking Boundaries: The Science of Our Planet (2021)
Movie
Self - Presenter
Attenborough's Life in Colour (2021)
TV
Self - Narrator
A Perfect Planet (2021)
TV
Self - Presenter
Seven Worlds, One Planet (2019)
TV
Self - Narrator
Birds of Paradise (2019)
Movie
Self - Gerald's Colleague
What The Durrells Did Next (2019)
Movie
10
Self - Presenter
Climate Change: The Facts (2019)
Movie
Self - Narrator
Our Planet (2019)
TV
10
Self - Narrator
Our Planet: Behind The Scenes (2019)
Movie
Self - Presenter
Dragons and Damsels (2019)
Movie
Self - Narrator
Wild Karnataka (2019)
Movie
Narrator
Whale Wisdom (2018)
Movie
Self - Narrator
Dynasties (2018)
TV
Self - Narrator
Into the Jungle (2018)
Movie
Self - Narrator
Deep Ocean: Descent into the Mariana Trench (2018)
Movie
Self - Narrator
Timelapse of the Entire Universe (2018)
Movie
Self - Presenter
Attenborough's Wonder of Eggs (2018)
Movie
Self - Presenter
Attenborough and the Empire of the Ants (2017)
Movie
Self - Presenter
David Attenborough's Ant Mountain (2017)
Movie
Self - Presenter
Attenborough and the Giant Elephant (2017)
Movie
Self - Narrator
Blue Planet II (2017)
TV
4.33
Self - Narrator
Plants Behaving Badly (2017)
TV
Self - Narrator
Hotel Armadillo (2017)
Movie
Self - Narrator
Planet Earth II: A World of Wonder (2017)
Movie
Self - Narrator
Planet Earth II (2016)
TV
6.64
Self - Special Contributor
A Plastic Ocean (2016)
Movie
Self - Presenter
Attenborough's Life That Glows (2016)
Movie
Self - Presenter
Attenborough's Passion Projects (2016)
TV
Narrator / Presenter
Wild City (2016)
TV
Self - Presenter
Attenborough and the Giant Dinosaur (2016)
Movie
Self - Presenter
Great Barrier Reef with David Attenborough (2015)
TV
5
Narrator
Cougars Undercover (2015)
Movie
Self - Narrator
The Hunt (2015)
TV
6.33
Self - Narrator
Attenborough's Big Birds (2015)
Movie
Self - Narrator
Legends of the Deep: Deep Sea Sharks (2015)
Movie
Self - Presenter
Attenborough's Paradise Birds (2015)
Movie
Self - Narrator
Deep Ocean (2015)
TV
Self - Presenter
Life Story (2014)
TV
6
Self - Opening Sequence (voice)
Björk: Biophilia Live (2014)
Movie
Self - Narrator
Mountain Lions: Big Cats in High Places (2014)
Movie
Self - Narrator
Fabulous Frogs (2014)
Movie
Self - Narrator - UK Version
Galapagos 3D: Nature's Wonderland (2014)
Movie
Self - Presenter
David Attenborough's Natural History Museum Alive (2014)
Movie
Self - Presenter
The Mating Game (2013)
Movie
Self - Presenter
Galapagos with David Attenborough (2013)
Movie
Self - Narrator
Africa: The Greatest Show On Earth (2013)
Movie
Self - Narrator
Legends of the Deep: The Giant Squid (2013)
Movie
Self - Presenter
David Attenborough's Natural Curiosities (2013)
TV
6.75
Self - Presenter
David Attenborough: The Early Years (2013)
Movie
Self - Narrator
Africa (2013)
TV
6.67
Self - Presenter
Galapagos 3D with David Attenborough (2013)
TV
Self - Presenter
Attenborough: 60 Years in the Wild (2012)
Movie
Self - Presenter
Attenborough: 60 Years in the Wild (2012)
TV
Self - Presenter
Attenborough's Ark (2012)
Movie
Self - Narrator
The Penguin King (2012)
Movie
Self - Narrator
Hummingbirds: Jewelled Messengers (2012)
Movie
Self - Director of Programmes
Tales of Television Centre (2012)
Movie
Self - Narrator
Hot Tuna (2012)
Movie
Self - Narrator
Frozen Planet (2011)
TV
5.5
Self - Narrator
Animal House (2011)
Movie
Self - Presenter
Flying Monsters 3D with David Attenborough (2011)
Movie
Self - Narrator
Desert Seas (2011)
Movie
Self - Presenter
Attenborough and the Giant Egg (2011)
Movie
Self - Narrator
Madagascar (2011)
TV
6
Self - Presenter
First Life (2010)
TV
6
Self - Guest Presenter
Genius of Britain (2010)
TV
Self - Narrator
Birds of Paradise (2010)
Movie
Self - Presenter
How Many People Can Live On Planet Earth (2009)
Movie
Self - Narrator
Life (2009)
TV
3.67
Self - Narrator
Nature's Great Events (2009)
TV
6
Self - Presenter
Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life (2009)
Movie
Self - Guest
Skavlan (2009)
TV
Self - Narrator
Clever Monkeys (2008)
Movie
Self - Narrator
Superfish (2008)
Movie
Self - Narrator
Tiger: Spy In The Jungle (2008)
TV
Self - Presenter
Life in Cold Blood (2008)
TV
6
Self - Narrator
Snow Leopard: Beyond the Myth (2008)
Movie
Self - Narrator
Lobo: The Wolf That Changed America (2007)
Movie
Himself - Presenter
Attenborough Explores... Our Fragile World (2007)
Movie
Self - Guest
The One Show (2006)
TV
Self - Presenter
Are We Changing Planet Earth? (2006)
TV
Self - Narrator
Planet Earth (2006)
TV
5.91
himself / Script Consultant
Desert Lions (2006)
Movie
Self - Narrator
Life in the Undergrowth (2005)
TV
6
Self - Narrator
Bears: Spy in the Woods (2004)
Movie
Self - Narrator
Satoyama II: Japan's Secret Watergarden (2004)
Movie
Self - Narrator
The Amber Time Machine (2004)
Movie
Self - Narrator
Elephants: Spy in the Herd (2003)
Movie
Self - Naturalist
Life on Air: David Attenborough's 50 Years in Television (2002)
Movie
Self - Presenter
The Life of Mammals (2002)
TV
5
Self - Presenter
Great Natural Wonders of the World (2002)
Movie
Self - Guest
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (2001)
TV
Self - Narrator
The Blue Planet (2001)
TV
6.22
Self - Narrator
Bowerbirds: The Art of Seduction (2000)
Movie
Self - Narrator
Lions: Spy in the Den (2000)
Movie
Self - Presenter
State of the Planet (2000)
TV
Self - Narrator
The Lost Gods of Easter Island (2000)
Movie
Self - Narrator
The Song of the Earth (2000)
Movie
Self - Presenter
The Greatest Wildlife Show on Earth (1999)
Movie
Self - Presenter
Tiger: The Elusive Princess (1999)
Movie
Self - Narrator
Islands of the Vampire Birds (1999)
Movie
Self - Presenter
The Life of Birds (1998)
TV
4.75
Self - Narrator
The Dragons of Galapagos (1998)
Movie
Self - Narrator
Sperm Whales: Back from the Abyss (1996)
Movie
Self - Narrator
Attenborough in Paradise (1996)
Movie
Self - Narrator
Survival Island (1996)
Movie
Self - Narrator
World of Wildlife: African Big Cats (1995)
Movie
Self - Presenter
The Private Life of Plants (1995)
Movie
Self - Presenter
The Private Life of Plants (1995)
TV
Self - Presenter
Life in the Freezer (1993)
TV
6
Himself
A TV Dante (1990)
Movie
Self - Presenter
Lost Worlds, Vanished Lives (1989)
TV
Self - Presenter
The First Eden (1987)
TV
Himself - Documentary Narrator (voice)
A Zed & Two Noughts (1985)
Movie
Self - Narrator
Natural World (1983)
TV
6
Self - Presenter
Nature (1982)
TV
1
Self
Wogan (1982)
TV
Narrator
An Everyday Miracle (1981)
Movie
Self - Presenter
Life on Earth (1979)
TV
Narrator
At Home with Badgers (1978)
Movie
Narrator
Wildlife on One (1977)
TV
Self - Presenter
The Tribal Eye (1975)
TV
Narrator / Writer
NOVA (1974)
TV
4.75
Himself - Presenter / Screenplay
A Blank on the Map (1971)
Movie
Self - Narrator
The World About Us (1967)
TV
Himself / Narrator / Self
Horizon (1964)
TV
5.5
Self - Narrator
Adventure (1963)
TV
Self / Producer
Elsa the Lioness (1961)
Movie
Self - Presenter
The People of Paradise (1960)
TV
Self - Presenter
Science Is News (1959)
TV
Self / Producer / Writer
Zoo Quest to West Africa (1955)
Movie
Self - Presenter
Zoo Quest (1954)
TV
ArchiveFootage
Vegan 2020
Movie
Actor
Back to Camp 41
Movie
Self - Narrator
Saving Planet Earth: Fixing a Hole
Movie
Self - Guest
In Confidence
TV
Self - Presenter
Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life
TV
Self - Presenter
Blue Planet III
TV
Self - Presenter
Asia
TV
Self - Narrator
王朝:狐獴特辑
Movie
Gallery
Information
Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1926-05-08 (98 years old)
Birth PlaceLondon, England, UK
Height
SpouseJane Elizabeth Ebsworth Oriel
FatherFrederick Attenborough
MotherMary Clegg
SiblingsRichard Attenborough, John Attenborough
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
Also Known AsDavid 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
AwardsCaird Medal, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology, Founder’s Medal, Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, Fellow of the Zoological Society of London, Fellow of the Linnean Society of London, Scottish Geographical Medal, Cherry Kearton Medal and Award, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Narrator, Natural World Book Prize, Companion of Honour, Crystal Award, Corresponding Member of the Australian Academy of Science, Honorary member of the British Ecological Society, Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Commander of the Royal Victorian Order, Livingstone Medal, Linnean Tercentenary Medal, Fonseca Prize, Bodley Medal, International Cosmos Prize, Nierenberg Prize, Princess of Asturias Award for Social Sciences, Michael Faraday Prize, Champions of the Earth, Knight Bachelor, Benjamin Franklin Medal, Kalinga Prize, Emmy Award, Order of Merit
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