David Attenborough
May 8, 1926 (99 years old) in London, England, UK
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
Credits
- 2026 · Queen Elizabeth II: Her Story, Our Century as Self
- 2026 · A Gorilla Story: Told by David Attenborough as Self
- 2026 · Secret Garden as Self - Presenter
- 2026 · Wild London as Self
- 2025 · Kingdom as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2025 · Parenthood as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2025 · Ocean with David Attenborough as Self
- 2025 · Simon Schama's Story of Us as Self - Reader
- 2024 · Asia as Self : Presenter
- 2024 · Secret Lives of Orangutans as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2024 · Fateful Planet as Self
- 2024 · Mammals as Self - Narrator
- 2024 · Secret World of Sound as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2023 · Planet Earth III as Self - Presenter
- 2023 · Wild Isles as Self - Presenter
- 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 · David Attenborough's Global Adventure as Self
- 2022 · The Green Planet as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2021 · The Mating Game as Self - Presenter
- 2021 · The Earthshot Prize: Repairing Our Planet as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2021 · Parkinson at 50 as Self (archive footage)
- 2021 · Breaking Boundaries: The Science of Our Planet as Self - Narrator
- 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 · Michael Palin: Travels of a Lifetime as Self
- 2020 · David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet as Self
- 2020 · Extinction: The Facts as Self - Presenter
- 2020 · The Romantics and Us with Simon Schama as Self
- 2019 · Seven Worlds, One Planet as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 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)
- 2018 · Dynasties as Self - Narrator
- 2018 · Deep Ocean: Descent into the Mariana Trench as Self - Narrator
- 2018 · Pangolins: The World's Most Wanted Animal as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2018 · The Queen's Green Planet as Self
- 2018 · Tomorrow's World: People of Science as Self
- 2018 · Attenborough and the Sea Dragon as Presenter
- 2017 · Attenborough and the Empire of the Ants as Self – Presenter
- 2017 · And the Winner Isn't as Self
- 2017 · Blue Planet II as Self - Presenter
- 2017 · Plants Behaving Badly as Self
- 2016 · Planet Earth II as Self - Narrator
- 2016 · Attenborough at 90 as Self
- 2016 · Attenborough's Passion Projects as Self - Presenter
- 2016 · Wild City as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2015 · Great Barrier Reef with David Attenborough as Self - Presenter
- 2015 · The Hunt as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2015 · David Attenborough's Conquest of the Skies as Self - Presenter
- 2015 · Deep Ocean as Self - Narrator
- 2014 · Life Story as Self - Presenter
- 2013 · David Attenborough's Rise of Animals: Triumph of the Vertebrates as Self - Presenter
- 2013 · Micro Monsters with David Attenborough as Presenter
- 2013 · David Attenborough's Natural Curiosities as Self - Presenter
- 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 · Voice as
- 2012 · Kingdom of Plants as Self - Narrator
- 2012 · Tales of Television Centre as Self
- 2012 · Secrets of Wild India as Narrator
- 2011 · Frozen Planet as Self - Narrator
- 2011 · Brave New World with Stephen Hawking 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 · Attenborough and the Giant Egg as Self - Presenter
- 2011 · Madagascar as Self - Presenter
- 2010 · First Life as Self - Presenter
- 2010 · Genius of Britain as Self
- 2010 · In Confidence as
- 2009 · Life as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2009 · Nature's Great Events as Self - Presenter
- 2009 · Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life as Presenter
- 2009 · Skavlan as Self - Guest
- 2008 · Tiger: Spy In The Jungle as
- 2008 · Life in Cold Blood as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2007 · The Alan Titchmarsh Show as Self
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
- 2006 · The One Show as Self - Guest
- 2006 · Are We Changing Planet Earth? as
- 2006 · Planet Earth as Self - Narrator
- 2006 · Folk Britannia as Self
- 2005 · Life in the Undergrowth as Self
- 2003 · The Terry and Gaby Show as
- 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
- 2001 · Friday Night with Jonathan Ross as Self - Guest
- 2001 · The Blue Planet as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2000 · State of the Planet as Self - Presenter
- 1998 · The Life of Birds as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 1998 · The Dragons of Galapagos as Narrator
- 1998 · Parkinson as Self
- 1995 · Wildlife Specials as
- 1995 · The Private Life of Plants as Self - Presenter
- 1993 · Life in the Freezer as Self - Presenter
- 1990 · Trials of Life as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 1990 · The Trials of Life as Self - Presenter
- 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 as Self
- 1984 · The Living Planet as Self
- 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
- 1979 · Life on Earth as Self - Presenter
- 1977 · Wildlife on One as Narrator
- 1974 · NOVA as Narrator
- 1969 · The Miracle of Bali as
- 1967 · Omnibus as Self
- 1964 · Horizon as
- 1964 · Horizon as Self
- 1964 · Horizon as Himself / Narrator
- 1963 · Adventure as
- Future · Blue Planet III as Self - Presenter
- 2026 · David Attenborough’s 100 Years on Planet Earth as Self
- 2024 · Attenborough and the Giant Sea Monster as Self - Presenter
- 2023 · David Attenborough: A Life on Earth as Self
- 2021 · Attenborough and the Mammoth Graveyard as Self - Narrator
- 2020 · Prince William: A Planet For Us All as Self
- 2020 · Planet Earth: A Celebration as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2020 · Diving Deep: The Life and Times of Mike deGruy as Self
- 2019 · The Forum as Self
- 2018 · Attenborough's Wonder of Eggs as Self - Presenter
- 2016 · Zoo Quest in Colour as Self - Presenter
- 2016 · Attenborough and the Giant Dinosaur as Self - Presenter
- 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
- 2014 · Björk: Biophilia Live as Self - Opening Sequence (voice)
- 2014 · David Attenborough's Natural History Museum Alive as Presenter
- 2013 · Autopsy on a Dream as Self
- 2013 · When Björk Met Attenborough as Self
- 2013 · Legends of the Deep: The Giant Squid as Self - Narrator
- 2012 · Attenborough: 60 Years in the Wild as Self - Presenter
- 2012 · The Penguin King as Self - Narrator
- 2012 · Superfish: Bluefin Tuna as
- 2009 · Uncovering Our Earliest Ancestor: The Link as Self - Presenter / Narrator
- 2006 · Gorillas Revisited with Sir David Attenborough as Presenter
- 2006 · A War on Science as Self
- 2005 · Echo and Other Elephants as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2003 · The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough as
- 2002 · Great Natural Wonders of the World as Presenter
- 2000 · The Lost Gods of Easter Island as Himself - Presenter
- 1996 · Attenborough in Paradise as
- 1995 · The Private Life of Plants as himself
- 1990 · The Making Of The Trials Of Life - Once More Into The Termite Mound as Self
- 1990 · A TV Dante as Himself
- 1960 · The People of Paradise as
- 1959 · Science Is News as Self - Presenter
- Future · Dynasties II as
- 2026 · Deep Ocean: Kingdom of the Coelacanth as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2025 · A Deeper Dive with David Attenborough as Self
- 2024 · Attenborough's Life Journey as Self
- 2024 · Saving the Storks with Sir David Attenborough as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2022 · Attenborough's Wonder of Song as Self - Presenter
- 2021 · Attenborough’s Journey as Self
- 2020 · Sir David Attenborough and Sir Michael Palin in Conversation as Self
- 2019 · The Living Thames as Self
- 2019 · The Kiwi, The Knight and the Qashqai as Self
- 2019 · Dragons and Damsels as Self - Narrator
- 2019 · Wild Karnataka as Self - Narrator
- 2018 · Whale Wisdom as Self - Narrator
- 2018 · Into the Jungle as Self - Narrator
- 2018 · David Attenborough's Tasmania as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2018 · Deep Ocean: Giants of the Antarctic Deep as Narrator
- 2018 · The Making of David Attenborough's Ant Mountain as Self
- 2017 · Attenborough and the Giant Elephant as Self - Presenter
- 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 · Jaguars: Brazil's Super Cats as Self
- 2016 · Deep Ocean: Lights in the Abyss as Self - Narrator
- 2016 · Attenborough's Life That Glows as Self - Presenter
- 2016 · Attenborough at 90: Behind the Lens as Self
- 2016 · David Attenborough's Wild City as Self - Narrator
- 2015 · Cue the Queen: Celebrating the Christmas Speech as Self
- 2015 · Cougars Undercover as Self
- 2015 · David Attenborough Meets President Obama as Self
- 2015 · Attenborough's Big Birds as Narrator
- 2015 · Deep Ocean: The Lost World of the Pacific as Self – Narrator
- 2014 · Sir David Attenborough – A Life on Earth as David Attenborough
- 2014 · Sir David Attenborough – A Life on Earth as Self
- 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 · Conquest of The Skies 3D as 自己
- 2014 · Conquest of The Skies 3D as 编剧
- 2013 · The Mating Game as Narrator
- 2013 · Galapagos with David Attenborough as Self - Presenter
- 2013 · Edwardian Insects on Film as Self
- 2013 · David Attenborough: The Early Years as Self
- 2012 · Attenborough's Ark as Narrator
- 2012 · Hummingbirds: Jewelled Messengers as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2012 · Hot Tuna as Narrator
- 2011 · Animal House as Self
- 2011 · Desert Seas as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2011 · The Secrets of Scott's Hut as Self
- 2010 · Mad and Bad: 60 Years of Science on TV as Self
- 2010 · Attenborough's Journey as Self
- 2010 · Jane Goodall - Beauty and the Beasts as Self
- 2010 · Birds of Paradise as Self
- 2009 · Water Life A World of Water as 导演
- 2008 · NHKスペシャル 映像詩 里山II 命めぐる水辺 as Narrator
- 2008 · Clever Monkeys as Narrator
- 2008 · Superfish as Self - Narrator
- 2008 · Snow Leopard: Beyond the Myth as Narrator
- 2007 · Attenborough Explores... Our Fragile World as Himself - Presenter
- 2007 · Trek - Spy on the Wildebeest as
- 2006 · Can We Save Planet Earth? as
- 2006 · Your Favourite Attenborough Moment as Self (archive footage)
- 2006 · My Favourite Attenborough Moment as Self (archive footage)
- 2006 · Desert Lions as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2005 · Kea: The Smartest Parrot as Presenter
- 2004 · Bears: Spy in the Woods as
- 2004 · Satoyama II: Japan's Secret Watergarden as Narrator
- 2004 · The Amber Time Machine as Narrator
- 2004 · The Minsmere Year as
- 2003 · Smart Sharks: Swimming With Roboshark as Self
- 2002 · Life on Air: David Attenborough's 50 Years in Television as Self
- 2002 · Attenborough the Controller as Self
- 2000 · Bowerbirds: The Art of Seduction as Narrator
- 2000 · Lions: Spy in the Den as Narrator
- 2000 · Living with Dinosaurs as 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
- 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 · Survival Island as Narrator
- 1995 · World of Wildlife: African Big Cats as Self - Narrator
- 1995 · Great White Shark - The Silent Stalker as
- 1993 · Killer Whales: Wolves of the Sea as Narrator
- 1991 · Barn Owl: Bird of Darkness as
- 1987 · Birds of the Sun God as Narrator
- 1983 · Aliens From Inner Space as Narrator
- 1981 · General Studies: An Everyday Miracle as Narrator
- 1979 · Squirrel on My Shoulder as Narrator
- 1978 · At Home with Badgers as Narrator
- 1975 · Fabulous Animals as Self - Presenter
- 1975 · The Tribal Eye as
- 1973 · Eastward With Attenborough as
- 1971 · A Blank on the Map as Himself - Presenter
- 1971 · Baobab: Portrait of a Tree as Narrator (voice)
- 1967 · The World About Us as Narrator
- 1961 · Elsa the Lioness as Self
- 1955 · Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1955-1958 as
- 1955 · Zoo Quest to West Africa as Self
- 1954 · Zoo Quest as