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 260
self 220
Movies 149
TV Shows 111
Narrator 24
Creator 1
Writer 1
Producer 1
Self - Narrator
Mammals (2024)
TV
Self - Narrator (voice)
Secret World of Sound with David Attenborough (2024)
TV
Self - Presenter
Attenborough and the Giant Sea Monster (2024)
Movie
Self - Presenter
Planet Earth III (2023)
TV
Self - Presenter / Creator
Frozen Planet II (2023)
TV
Self - Presenter
Wild Isles (2023)
TV
Self (archive footage)
The Deepest Breath (2023)
Movie
Self
How the BBC Began (2022)
TV
Self - Narrator
Frozen Planet II (2022)
TV
Self
When the Queen Spoke to the Nation (2022)
Movie
Self
Prehistoric Planet (2022)
TV
Self - Presenter
Dinosaurs: The Final Day with David Attenborough (2022)
Movie
Self - Narrator
Dynasties II (2022)
TV
Self - Narrator
Satoyama (2022)
TV
Self
The Queen: 70 Glorious Years (2022)
Movie
Self - Presenter & Narrator
The Green Planet (2022)
TV
Self
Attenborough's Wonder of Song (2022)
Movie
Self
Attenborough and the Mammoth Graveyard (2021)
Movie
Narrator
David Attenborough's First Life (2021)
Movie
Self
Seat at the Table (2021)
TV
Narrator
The Mating Game (2021)
TV
Narrator
The Earthshot Prize: Repairing Our Planet (2021)
TV
Narrator
David Attenborough's Global Adventure (2021)
TV
Self
Parkinson at 50 (2021)
Movie
Self - Narrator
Breaking Boundaries: The Science of Our Planet (2021)
Movie
Self
Attenborough’s Journey (2021)
Movie
Narrator
The Year Earth Changed (2021)
Movie
Self
Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World (2021)
TV
Self
A Tribute to HRH Duke of Edinburgh (2021)
Movie
Self - Presenter
Attenborough's Life in Colour (2021)
TV
Self - Narrator
A Perfect Planet (2021)
TV
Self
Prince William: A Planet For Us All (2020)
Movie
Self
Michael Palin: Travels of a Lifetime (2020)
TV
Self
David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet (2020)
Movie
Self
Sir David Attenborough and Sir Michael Palin in Conversation (2020)
Movie
Self
Extinction: The Facts (2020)
Movie
Self
The Romantics and Us with Simon Schama (2020)
TV
Narrator
Planet Earth: A Celebration (2020)
Movie
Self
Chris Packham: 7.7 Billion People and Counting (2020)
Movie
Self
Diving Deep: The Life and Times of Mike deGruy (2020)
Movie
Self
The Forum (2019)
Movie
Self - Narrator
Seven Worlds, One Planet (2019)
TV
Self - Narrator
Birds of Paradise (2019)
Movie
Narrator
Hippos: Africa's River Giants (2019)
Movie
Self - Gerald's Colleague
What The Durrells Did Next (2019)
Movie
10
Self - Presenter
Climate Change: The Facts (2019)
Movie
Self - Narrator / Narrator
Our Planet (2019)
TV
10
Self - Narrator
Our Planet: Behind The Scenes (2019)
Movie
Narrator
Tasmania: Weird and Wonderful (2019)
Movie
Self
Blue Planet UK (2019)
TV
Self - Narrator
Timelapse of the Future: A Journey to the End of Time (2019)
Movie
Self - Presenter
Dragons and Damsels (2019)
Movie
Narrator
The Egg: Life’s Perfect Invention (2019)
Movie
Self - Narrator
Wild Karnataka (2019)
Movie
Self - Narrator
Whale Wisdom (2018)
Movie
Self - Narrator / Self - Presenter
Dynasties (2018)
TV
Self - Narrator
Into the Jungle (2018)
Movie
Self - Narrator
Deep Ocean: Descent into the Mariana Trench (2018)
Movie
Narrator
David Attenborough's Tasmania (2018)
Movie
Narrator
Pangolins: The World's Most Wanted Animal (2018)
Movie
Self - Narrator
Timelapse of the Entire Universe (2018)
Movie
Self
The Queen's Green Planet (2018)
Movie
Self - Presenter
Attenborough's Wonder of Eggs (2018)
Movie
Tomorrow's World: People of Science (2018)
TV
Self
Attenborough and the Sea Dragon (2018)
Movie
Narrator
Deep Ocean: Giants of the Antarctic Deep (2018)
Movie
The Making of David Attenborough's Ant Mountain (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
And the Winner Isn't (2017)
Movie
Self
Dian Fossey: Secrets in the Mist (2017)
TV
Self - Narrator
Blue Planet II (2017)
TV
4.33
Narrator
Amazing Mighty Micro Monsters 3D (2017)
Movie
Self - Narrator
Plants Behaving Badly (2017)
TV
Self
Richmond Park National Nature Reserve (2017)
Movie
Self - Narrator
Hotel Armadillo (2017)
Movie
Narrator
Puerto Rico: Island of Enchantment (2017)
Movie
Self - Narrator
Planet Earth II: A World of Wonder (2017)
Movie
Self
Richard Batterham, Master Potter (2017)
Movie
Self - Narrator
Planet Earth II (2016)
TV
6.64
Self - Special Contributor
A Plastic Ocean (2016)
Movie
Jaguars: Brazil's Super Cats (2016)
Movie
Self
Zoo Quest in Colour (2016)
Movie
Self - Presenter
Attenborough's Life That Glows (2016)
Movie
Actor
Attenborough at 90 (2016)
Movie
Self - Presenter
Attenborough's Passion Projects (2016)
TV
Self
Attenborough at 90: Behind the Lens (2016)
Movie
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
Self
Cue the Queen: Celebrating the Christmas Speech (2015)
Movie
Narrator
Cougars Undercover (2015)
Movie
Self - Narrator
The Hunt (2015)
TV
6.33
Presenter
Afrique sauvage - L'avenir en marche (2015)
Movie
Self
David Attenborough Meets President Obama (2015)
Movie
Self - Narrator
Attenborough's Big Birds (2015)
Movie
Self - Narrator
Legends of the Deep: Deep Sea Sharks (2015)
Movie
Narrator
Africa's Fishing Leopards (2015)
Movie
Self - Presenter
Attenborough's Paradise Birds (2015)
Movie
Self
David Attenborough's Conquest of the Skies (2015)
TV
Narrator
Deep Ocean: The Lost World of the Pacific (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
The Bat Man of Mexico (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
Autopsy on a Dream (2013)
Movie
Self - Presenter
David Attenborough's Rise of Animals: Triumph of the Vertebrates (2013)
TV
6
Self
When Björk Met Attenborough (2013)
Movie
Self - Presenter
The Mating Game (2013)
Movie
Self / Presenter / Self - Presenter
Micro Monsters with David Attenborough (2013)
TV
Self
Bill Bailey's Jungle Hero (2013)
TV
Self - Presenter / Self
Galapagos with David Attenborough (2013)
Movie
Self - Narrator / Self - Presenter
Africa: The Greatest Show On Earth (2013)
Movie
Self
Edwardian Insects on Film (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
David Attenborough: The Early Years (2013)
Movie
Self - Narrator / Self - Presenter
Africa (2013)
TV
6.67
Self - Presenter / Self
Galapagos 3D with David Attenborough (2013)
TV
Creator
Kingdom Of Plants 3D (2012)
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
The Penguin King (2012)
Movie
Self - Narrator
Hummingbirds: Jewelled Messengers (2012)
Movie
Self
Kingdom of Plants (2012)
TV
Tales of Television Centre (2012)
Movie
Self - Narrator
Hot Tuna (2012)
Movie
Narrator
Superfish: Bluefin Tuna (2012)
Movie
Self / Self - Narrator
Secrets of Wild India (2012)
TV
Self - Narrator
Frozen Planet (2011)
TV
5.5
Self
Brave New World with Stephen Hawking (2011)
TV
Self - Narrator
Animal House (2011)
Movie
Self
The Jonathan Ross Show (2011)
TV
Self
Great Thinkers: In Their Own Words (2011)
TV
Self
All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace (2011)
TV
6
Self - Presenter
Flying Monsters 3D with David Attenborough (2011)
Movie
Self - Narrator
Desert Seas (2011)
Movie
Himself
The Secrets of Scott's Hut (2011)
Movie
Self - Presenter
Attenborough and the Giant Egg (2011)
Movie
Self - Narrator / Self - Presenter
Madagascar (2011)
TV
6
Self
PBS: Nature - Elsa's Legacy: The Born Free Story (2011)
Movie
Self
Mad and Bad: 60 Years of Science on TV (2010)
Movie
Self - Presenter
First Life (2010)
TV
6
Self
Attenborough's Journey (2010)
Movie
Self - Guest Presenter / Self
Genius of Britain (2010)
TV
Self
Museum of Life (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
The Link: Uncovering Our Earliest Ancestor (2009)
Movie
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
Fossil Detectives (2008)
TV
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
Self
The Alan Titchmarsh Show (2007)
TV
Himself - Presenter
Attenborough Explores... Our Fragile World (2007)
Movie
Self
The Graham Norton Show (2007)
TV
7.5
Narrator
Trek - Spy on the Wildebeest (2007)
Movie
Presenter
Gorillas Revisited with Sir David Attenborough (2007)
Movie
Self
Planet Earth: The Future (2006)
TV
Self - Guest
The One Show (2006)
TV
Self - Presenter
Can We Save Planet Earth? (2006)
Movie
Self - Presenter
Are We Changing Planet Earth? (2006)
TV
Self - Narrator
Planet Earth (2006)
TV
5.91
himself / Script Consultant
Natural World: Desert Lions (2006)
Movie
Self
Folk Britannia (2006)
TV
Self
A War on Science (2006)
Movie
Self - Narrator
Life in the Undergrowth (2005)
TV
6
Self
How Art Made The World (2005)
TV
Kea: The Smartest Parrot (2005)
Movie
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
The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough (2003)
Movie
Self
Smart Sharks: Swimming With Roboshark (2003)
Movie
The Terry and Gaby Show (2003)
TV
Self
Deep Blue (2003)
Movie
Self
Mark Lawson Talks To (2003)
TV
Self (voice)
Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe (2002)
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 / Narrator
Great Natural Wonders of the World (2002)
Movie
Self
Attenborough the Controller (2002)
Movie
Self - Guest
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (2001)
TV
Self - Narrator
The Blue Planet (2001)
TV
6.22
Self
The Human Face (2001)
TV
8
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 / Narrator
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
Narrator
Satoyama I: Japan's Secret Watergarden (1999)
Movie
Self - Presenter
The Life of Birds (1998)
TV
4.75
Self - Narrator
The Dragons of Galapagos (1998)
Movie
Self
Leopard: The Agent of Darkness (1997)
Movie
Self
Humpback Whale: The Giant of the Oceans (1997)
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
Wildlife Specials (1995)
TV
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
Narrator
Killer Whales: Wolves of the Sea (1993)
Movie
Self
Trials of Life (1990)
TV
Self
The Trials of Life (1990)
Movie
Himself
A TV Dante (1990)
Movie
Self - Presenter
Lost Worlds, Vanished Lives (1989)
TV
Self
This Morning (1988)
TV
Self
Going Live! (1987)
TV
Self - Presenter
The First Eden (1987)
TV
Himself - Documentary Narrator (voice)
A Zed & Two Noughts (1985)
Movie
Self
The Living Planet (1984)
TV
Self - Narrator / Narrator / Self - Presenter
Natural World (1983)
TV
6
Self - Presenter / Self / Self - Narrator
Nature (1982)
TV
1
Self
Wogan (1982)
TV
Self - Presenter
Life on Earth (1979)
TV
Narrator
At Home with Badgers (1978)
Movie
Narrator / Self - Narrator / Self - Presenter
Wildlife on One (1977)
TV
Self - Presenter
The Tribal Eye (1975)
TV
Narrator / Writer
NOVA (1974)
TV
4.75
Eastward With Attenborough (1973)
TV
Self / Self - Presenter
The Richard Dimbleby Lecture (1972)
TV
Self - Narrator
A Blank on the Map (1971)
Movie
The Miracle of Bali (1969)
TV
Self - Narrator / Self - Presenter / Narrator
The World About Us (1967)
TV
Self
Goldene Kamera Verleihung (1966)
TV
Self / Himself / Narrator
Horizon (1964)
TV
5.5
Self - Presenter / Narrator / 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
Producer
HM's Most Gracious Speech (1957)
TV
Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1955-1958 (1955)
TV
Self / Producer / Writer
Zoo Quest to West Africa (1955)
Movie
Self - Presenter / Self
Zoo Quest (1954)
TV
Self - Presenter
Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life
TV
Self - Narrator (voice)
Our Planet II
TV
Self - Narrator
Saving Planet Earth: Fixing a Hole
Movie
Self
Attenborough's Journey
TV
Narrator
Secret Lives of Orangutans
Movie
Self - Guest
In Confidence
TV
Self - Presenter
Blue Planet III
TV
Ratings
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1926-05-08 (97 years old)
Birth PlaceIsleworth, United Kingdom
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
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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