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David Attenborough

Acting • 1926-05-08 • 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

Wildlife Specials

Wildlife Specials

1995

Zoo Quest

Zoo Quest

1954

Superfish: Bluefin Tuna

Superfish: Bluefin Tuna

2012

Tiger: Spy In The Jungle

Tiger: Spy In The Jungle

2008

The Tribal Eye

The Tribal Eye

1975

Bears: Spy in the Woods

Bears: Spy in the Woods

2004

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Filmography

2026
A Gorilla Story: Told by David AttenboroughFilm
Self
★ 8.0
2026
Wild LondonFilm
Self
★ 8.3
2026
Secret GardenTV
Self - Presenter • 5 episodes
★ 8.4
2026
Blue Planet IIITV
Self - Presenter • 6 episodes
★ 9.5
2026
David Attenborough's 100 Years on Planet EarthFilm
Self
★ 7.8
2026
Making Life on Earth: Attenborough’s Greatest AdventureFilm
Self
★ 8.5
2026
Queen Elizabeth II: Her Story, Our CenturyFilm
Self
2026
Deep Ocean: Kingdom of the CoelacanthFilm
Self - Narrator (voice)
2025
Ocean with David AttenboroughFilm
Self
★ 8.1
2025
ParenthoodTV
Self - Narrator • 5 episodes
★ 8.0
2025
KingdomTV
Self - Narrator (voice) • 6 episodes
★ 7.9
2025
RTL TonightTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 7.0
2025
Simon Schama's Story of UsTV
Self - Reader • 3 episodes
★ 7.0
2025
A Deeper Dive with David AttenboroughFilm
Self
★ 6.0
2024
MammalsTV
Self - Narrator • 6 episodes
★ 8.4
2024
Secret World of SoundTV
Self - Narrator (voice) • 3 episodes
★ 8.1
2024
AsiaTV
Self : Presenter • 7 episodes
★ 8.7
2024
Secret Lives of OrangutansFilm
Self - Narrator (voice)
★ 7.5
2024
Attenborough and the Giant Sea MonsterFilm
Self - Presenter
★ 7.8
2024
Fateful PlanetTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 7.0
2024
Attenborough's Life JourneyFilm
Self
2024
Saving the Storks with Sir David AttenboroughFilm
Self - Narrator (voice)
2023
Planet Earth IIITV
Self - Presenter • 8 episodes
★ 8.6
2023
Wild IslesTV
Self - Presenter • 5 episodes
★ 8.3
2023
David Attenborough: A Life on EarthFilm
Self
★ 8.0
2023
Climate CrisisTV
2022
Prehistoric PlanetTV
Self - Presenter • 10 episodes
★ 8.3
2022
The Green PlanetTV
Self - Narrator (voice) • 5 episodes
★ 8.8
2022
Frozen Planet IITV
Self - Presenter • 6 episodes
★ 8.5
2022
Dinosaurs: The Final Day with David AttenboroughFilm
Self - Presenter
★ 7.4
2022
Attenborough's Wonder of SongFilm
Self - Presenter
★ 8.6
2022
David Attenborough's Global AdventureTV
Self • 4 episodes
★ 7.8
2022
How the BBC BeganTV
Self • 3 episodes
★ 7.0
2022
Great Mammoth MysteryFilm
Self - Host
2022
Dinosaur ApocalypseFilm
Self - Host
2021
The Year Earth ChangedFilm
Self - Narrator (voice)
★ 7.9
2021
A Perfect PlanetTV
Self - Narrator (voice) • 5 episodes
★ 8.7
2021
Attenborough's Life in ColourTV
Self - Presenter • 2 episodes
★ 7.6
2021
Breaking Boundaries: The Science of Our PlanetFilm
Self - Narrator
★ 7.5
2021
The Mating GameTV
Self - Presenter • 5 episodes
★ 8.3
2021
Attenborough and the Mammoth GraveyardFilm
Self - Narrator
★ 7.4
2021
Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the WorldTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 3.9
2021
The Earthshot Prize: Repairing Our PlanetTV
Self - Narrator (voice) • 5 episodes
★ 8.5
2021
Parkinson at 50Film
Self (archive footage)
★ 10.0
2021
Attenborough’s JourneyFilm
Self
★ 8.0
2020
David Attenborough: A Life on Our PlanetFilm
Self
★ 8.4
2020
Extinction: The FactsFilm
Self - Presenter
★ 7.7
2020
Planet Earth: A CelebrationFilm
Self - Narrator (voice)
★ 8.2
2020
Michael Palin: Travels of a LifetimeTV
Self • 4 episodes
★ 8.0
2020
Diving Deep: The Life and Times of Mike deGruyFilm
Self
★ 7.0
2020
The Romantics and Us with Simon SchamaTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 8.7
2020
Sir David Attenborough and Sir Michael Palin in ConversationFilm
Self
★ 5.7
2020
Prince William: A Planet For Us AllFilm
Self
★ 6.0
2020
Gay Byrne's Late Late MomentsTV
Self - Guest (archive footage) • 1 episodes
2020
王朝：狐獴特辑Film
解说
2019
Our PlanetTV
Self - Narrator (voice) • 12 episodes
★ 8.5
2019
Seven Worlds, One PlanetTV
Self - Narrator (voice) • 7 episodes
★ 8.5
2019
Our Planet: Behind the ScenesFilm
Self - Narrator
★ 7.7
2019
Timelapse of the Future: A Journey to the End of TimeFilm
Self - Narrator (archive sound)
★ 8.4
2019
Climate Change: The FactsFilm
Self - Presenter
★ 6.3
2019
Wild KarnatakaFilm
Self - Narrator
★ 8.6
2019
Dragons and DamselsFilm
Self - Narrator
★ 8.0
2019
The ForumFilm
Self
★ 7.0
2019
Blue Planet UKTV
Self • 5 episodes
2019
The Kiwi, The Knight and the QashqaiFilm
Self
2019
The Living ThamesFilm
Self
2018
DynastiesTV
Self - Narrator • 9 episodes
★ 8.3
2018
Attenborough and the Sea DragonFilm
Presenter
★ 7.0
2018
David Attenborough's TasmaniaFilm
Self - Narrator (voice)
★ 7.5
2018
Whale WisdomFilm
Self - Narrator
★ 7.3
2018
Into the JungleFilm
Self - Narrator
★ 7.6
2018
Deep Ocean: Descent into the Mariana TrenchFilm
Self - Narrator
★ 8.5
2018
Pangolins: The World's Most Wanted AnimalFilm
Self - Narrator (voice)
★ 6.5
2018
The Queen's Green PlanetFilm
Self
★ 7.0
2018
The Making of David Attenborough's Ant MountainFilm
Self
★ 7.5
2018
Deep Ocean: Giants of the Antarctic DeepFilm
Narrator
★ 8.0
2018
Attenborough's Wonder of EggsFilm
Self - Presenter
★ 6.0
2018
Tomorrow's World: People of ScienceTV
Self • 1 episodes
2018
Timelapse of the Entire UniverseFilm
Self - Narrator (archive sound)
2017
Blue Planet IITV
Self - Presenter • 7 episodes
★ 8.6
2017
Planet Earth II: A World of WonderFilm
Self - Presenter
★ 7.4
2017
Attenborough and the Giant ElephantFilm
Self - Presenter
★ 7.2
2017
Attenborough and the Empire of the AntsFilm
Self – Presenter
★ 7.8
2017
And the Winner Isn'tFilm
Self
★ 6.2
2017
Cheetahs: Growing Up FastFilm
Self - Narrator (voice)
★ 10.0
2017
Plants Behaving BadlyTV
Self • 2 episodes
2017
Puerto Rico: Island of EnchantmentFilm
Self - Narrator
2017
Richard Batterham, Master PotterFilm
Self
2017
Richmond Park National Nature ReserveFilm
Self
2017
Hotel ArmadilloFilm
Self - Narrator
2016
Planet Earth IITV
Self - Narrator • 6 episodes
★ 8.6
2016
Attenborough's Life That GlowsFilm
Self - Presenter
★ 8.1
2016
Attenborough and the Giant DinosaurFilm
Self - Presenter
★ 7.5
2016
Zoo Quest in ColourFilm
Self - Presenter
★ 8.3
2016
Attenborough at 90: Behind the LensFilm
Self
★ 8.2
2016
Wild CityTV
Self - Narrator (voice) • 6 episodes
★ 5.8
2016
Attenborough's Passion ProjectsTV
Self - Presenter • 4 episodes
★ 7.7
2016
David Attenborough's Wild CityTV
Self - Narrator • 6 episodes
★ 8.0
2016
Attenborough at 90Film
Self
★ 8.0
2016
Deep Ocean: Lights in the AbyssFilm
Self - Narrator
★ 7.0
2016
Jaguars: Brazil's Super CatsFilm
Self
2015
The HuntTV
Self - Narrator (voice) • 7 episodes
★ 8.3
2015
Great Barrier Reef with David AttenboroughTV
Self - Presenter • 3 episodes
★ 7.4
2015
David Attenborough's Conquest of the SkiesTV
Self - Presenter • 3 episodes
★ 8.4
2015
Attenborough's Paradise BirdsFilm
Presenter - Narrator
★ 7.8
2015
Deep OceanTV
Self - Narrator • 4 episodes
★ 9.4
2015
Deep Ocean: The Lost World of the PacificFilm
Self – Narrator
★ 7.5
2015
David Attenborough Meets President ObamaFilm
Self
★ 7.8
2015
Attenborough's Big BirdsFilm
Narrator
★ 8.5
2015
Legends of the Deep: Deep Sea SharksFilm
Self - Narrator
★ 7.0
2015
Africa's Fishing LeopardsFilm
Narrator (voice)
★ 9.0
2015
Cougars UndercoverFilm
Self
★ 8.0
2015
Cue the Queen: Celebrating the Christmas SpeechFilm
Self
★ 6.0
2015
Reef DiariesFilm
Self - Narrator
2014
Life StoryTV
Self - Presenter • 6 episodes
★ 8.4
2014
Björk: Biophilia LiveFilm
Self - Opening Sequence (voice)
★ 7.6
2014
David Attenborough's Natural History Museum AliveFilm
Presenter
★ 6.8
2014
Fabulous FrogsFilm
Self - Narrator
★ 8.3
2014
The Bat Man of MexicoFilm
Self
★ 9.3
2014
Mountain Lions: Big Cats in High PlacesFilm
Narrator
2014
Sir David Attenborough – A Life on EarthFilm
David Attenborough
2014
Sir David Attenborough – A Life on EarthFilm
Self
2014
Conquest of The Skies 3DFilm
自己
2014
Conquest of The Skies 3DFilm
编剧
2013
AfricaTV
Self - Narrator (voice) • 6 episodes
★ 8.3
2013
Galapagos 3D with David AttenboroughTV
Self - Presenter • 3 episodes
★ 7.9
2013
David Attenborough's Rise of Animals: Triumph of the VertebratesTV
Self - Presenter • 2 episodes
★ 8.0
2013
David Attenborough's Natural CuriositiesTV
Self - Presenter • 27 episodes
★ 7.3
2013
Micro Monsters with David AttenboroughTV
Presenter • 6 episodes
★ 7.6
2013
When Björk Met AttenboroughFilm
Self
★ 7.8
2013
WinterwatchTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 8.2
2013
Galapagos with David AttenboroughFilm
Self - Presenter
★ 7.2
2013
Autopsy on a DreamFilm
Self
★ 7.5
2013
David Attenborough: The Early YearsFilm
Self
★ 10.0
2013
Edwardian Insects on FilmFilm
Self
★ 9.0
2013
Legends of the Deep: The Giant SquidFilm
Self - Narrator
★ 8.0
2013
The Mating GameFilm
Narrator
2012
VoiceTV
★ 9.0
2012
Kingdom of PlantsTV
Self - Narrator • 3 episodes
★ 7.8
2012
The Penguin KingFilm
Self - Narrator
★ 7.0
2012
Attenborough: 60 Years in the WildFilm
Self - Presenter
★ 6.9
2012
Attenborough: 60 Years in the WildTV
Self - Presenter • 3 episodes
★ 7.7
2012
Secrets of Wild IndiaTV
Narrator • 3 episodes
★ 7.3
2012
Hummingbirds: Jewelled MessengersFilm
Self - Narrator (voice)
★ 7.8
2012
Superfish: Bluefin TunaFilm
★ 8.2
2012
Attenborough's ArkFilm
Narrator
★ 9.0
2012
Tales of Television CentreFilm
Self
★ 8.0
2012
Hot TunaFilm
Narrator
2011
Frozen PlanetTV
Self - Narrator • 7 episodes
★ 8.4
2011
The Jonathan Ross ShowTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 5.2
2011
All Watched Over by Machines of Loving GraceTV
Self • 3 episodes
★ 8.3
2011
MadagascarTV
Self - Presenter • 3 episodes
★ 8.3
2011
Flying Monsters 3D with David AttenboroughFilm
Self - Presenter / Narrator
★ 7.0
2011
Attenborough and the Giant EggFilm
Self - Presenter
★ 8.3
2011
Brave New World with Stephen HawkingTV
Self • 5 episodes
★ 9.3
2011
Desert SeasFilm
Self - Narrator (voice)
★ 8.7
2011
Great Thinkers: In Their Own WordsTV
Self • 2 episodes
2011
The Secrets of Scott's HutFilm
Self
2011
Animal HouseFilm
Self
2010
First LifeTV
Self - Presenter • 2 episodes
★ 7.2
2010
Birds of ParadiseFilm
Self
★ 7.7
2010
Attenborough's JourneyFilm
Self
★ 7.3
2010
Jane Goodall - Beauty and the BeastsFilm
Self
★ 8.0
2010
Genius of BritainTV
Self • 3 episodes
★ 7.0
2010
Mad and Bad: 60 Years of Science on TVFilm
Self
★ 4.0
2010
In ConfidenceTV
2009
LifeTV
Self - Narrator (voice) • 10 episodes
★ 8.4
2009
Nature's Great EventsTV
Self - Presenter • 6 episodes
★ 8.4
2009
Charles Darwin and the Tree of LifeFilm
Presenter
★ 7.7
2009
SkavlanTV
Self - Guest • 1 episodes
★ 5.0
2009
Uncovering Our Earliest Ancestor: The LinkFilm
Self - Presenter / Narrator
★ 7.1
2009
Water Life A World of WaterFilm
导演
2008
Life in Cold BloodTV
Self - Narrator (voice) • 5 episodes
★ 8.4
2008
Tiger: Spy In The JungleTV
★ 8.2
2008
SuperfishFilm
Self - Narrator
★ 7.0
2008
Clever MonkeysFilm
Narrator
★ 8.0
2008
Snow Leopard: Beyond the MythFilm
Narrator
★ 7.0
2008
Humpbacks From Fire to IceFilm
Narrator
2008
NHKスペシャル映像詩里山II 命めぐる水辺Film
Narrator
2007
The Graham Norton ShowTV
Self • 4 episodes
★ 7.2
2007
The Alan Titchmarsh ShowTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 4.5
2007
Trek - Spy on the WildebeestFilm
★ 7.0
2007
Saving Planet EarthTV
Narrator • 1 episodes
2007
Attenborough Explores... Our Fragile WorldFilm
Himself - Presenter
2006
The One ShowTV
Self - Guest • 2 episodes
★ 4.3
2006
Planet EarthTV
Self - Narrator • 11 episodes
★ 8.6
2006
Are We Changing Planet Earth?TV
★ 10.0
2006
Gorillas Revisited with Sir David AttenboroughFilm
Presenter
★ 7.8
2006
A War on ScienceFilm
Self
★ 8.0
2006
Can We Save Planet Earth?Film
★ 6.0
2006
Desert LionsFilm
Self - Narrator (voice)
★ 6.0
2006
Folk BritanniaTV
Self • 1 episodes
2006
My Favourite Attenborough MomentFilm
Self (archive footage)
2006
Your Favourite Attenborough MomentFilm
Self (archive footage)
2005
Life in the UndergrowthTV
Self • 5 episodes
★ 8.3
2005
Kea: The Smartest Parrot?Film
Self - Narrator
★ 5.5
2005
Echo and Other ElephantsTV
Self - Narrator (voice) • 1 episodes
2004
Satoyama: Japan's Secret WatergardenFilm
Narrator
★ 8.0
2004
Bears: Spy in the WoodsFilm
★ 8.3
2004
ParkinsonTV
Self - Guest • 3 episodes
★ 7.0
2004
The Amber Time MachineFilm
Narrator
★ 7.5
2004
The Minsmere YearFilm
2004
Awash with BirdsFilm
Narrator
2003
Deep BlueFilm
Self
★ 6.9
2003
The Terry and Gaby ShowTV
★ 7.0
2003
The Many Lives of Richard AttenboroughFilm
2003
Smart Sharks: Swimming With RobosharkFilm
Self
2003
Hands on History - Conserving the Dark Age Legacy of Sutton HooFilm
Narrator
2002
The Life of MammalsTV
Self - Presenter • 10 episodes
★ 8.4
2002
Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost TribeFilm
Self (voice)
★ 5.5
2002
Life on Air: David Attenborough's 50 Years in TelevisionFilm
Self
★ 8.4
2002
Great Natural Wonders of the WorldFilm
Presenter
★ 6.1
2002
Attenborough the ControllerFilm
Self
2001
The Blue PlanetTV
Self - Narrator (voice) • 8 episodes
★ 8.4
2001
Friday Night with Jonathan RossTV
Self - Guest • 4 episodes
★ 6.1
2000
State of the PlanetTV
Self - Presenter • 3 episodes
★ 7.9
2000
The Lost Gods of Easter IslandFilm
Himself - Presenter
★ 6.5
2000
Lions: Spy in the DenFilm
Narrator
★ 8.0
2000
The Song of the EarthFilm
Narrator
★ 7.0
2000
Living with DinosaursFilm
Presenter
2000
Bowerbirds: The Art of SeductionFilm
Narrator
1999
Islands of the Vampire BirdsFilm
Narrator (voice)
★ 10.0
1999
The Greatest Wildlife Show on EarthFilm
Presenter - Narrator
★ 8.5
1999
Satoyama I: Japan's Secret WatergardenFilm
Narrator
★ 7.0
1999
Tiger: The Elusive PrincessFilm
Narrator (voice)
1998
The Life of BirdsTV
Self - Narrator (voice) • 10 episodes
★ 8.3
1998
The Dragons of GalapagosFilm
Narrator (voice)
★ 7.2
1998
ParkinsonTV
Self • 2 episodes
1997
Leopard: The Agent of DarknessFilm
Self
1997
Humpback Whale: The Giant of the OceansFilm
Self
1996
Attenborough in ParadiseFilm
Self - Narrator
★ 8.7
1996
Survival IslandFilm
Narrator
★ 7.0
1996
Attenborough in ParadiseTV
1996
Sperm Whales: Back from the AbyssFilm
Narrator
1995
The Private Life of PlantsFilm
himself
★ 8.4
1995
The Private Life of PlantsTV
Self - Presenter • 6 episodes
★ 9.0
1995
Wildlife SpecialsTV
★ 8.3
1995
Great White Shark - The Silent StalkerFilm
★ 9.0
1995
World of Wildlife: African Big CatsFilm
Self - Narrator
1993
Life in the FreezerTV
Self - Presenter • 6 episodes
★ 8.3
1993
Killer Whales: Wolves of the SeaFilm
Narrator
1991
Barn Owl: Bird of DarknessFilm
1990
Trials of LifeTV
Self - Narrator (voice) • 12 episodes
★ 8.4
1990
The Trials of LifeFilm
Self - Presenter
★ 9.2
1990
A TV DanteFilm
Himself
★ 6.5
1990
The Making Of The Trials Of Life - Once More Into The Termite MoundFilm
Self
1989
Lost Worlds, Vanished LivesTV
Presenter - Narrator • 4 episodes
★ 8.6
1988
This MorningTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 5.2
1987
Going Live!TV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 8.0
1987
The First EdenTV
Presenter - Narrator • 4 episodes
★ 8.5
1987
Birds of the Sun GodFilm
Narrator
1985
A Zed & Two NoughtsFilm
Himself - Documentary Narrator (voice)
★ 7.0
1985
TelevisionTV
★ 8.0
1985
The Million Pound Bird BookFilm
Presenter
1985
David Attenborough's Animals of the British Countryside - Land MammalsFilm
Narrator
1984
The Living PlanetTV
Self • 12 episodes
★ 8.6
1984
Goldene KameraTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 5.7
1983
Natural WorldTV
Presenter • 1 episodes
★ 7.4
1983
Natural WorldTV
Narrator (voice) • 28 episodes
★ 7.4
1983
Natural WorldTV
Narrator • 23 episodes
★ 7.4
1983
Natural WorldTV
Self - Host • 9 episodes
★ 7.4
1983
Natural WorldTV
Self - Narrator • 1 episodes
★ 7.4
1983
Aliens From Inner SpaceFilm
Narrator
1982
NatureTV
Narrator (voice) • 5 episodes
★ 7.9
1982
NatureTV
Host • 2 episodes
★ 7.9
1982
NatureTV
Presenter • 2 episodes
★ 7.9
1982
NatureTV
Narrator • 5 episodes
★ 7.9
1982
NatureTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 7.9
1982
WoganTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 5.6
1981
General Studies: An Everyday MiracleFilm
Narrator
1980
The Spirit of AsiaTV
Self • 8 episodes
1979
Life on EarthTV
Self - Presenter • 13 episodes
★ 9.1
1979
Squirrel on My ShoulderFilm
Narrator
1978
At Home with BadgersFilm
Narrator
1977
Wildlife on OneTV
Narrator • 1 episodes
★ 9.0
1975
The Tribal EyeTV
★ 8.8
1975
Fabulous AnimalsTV
Self - Presenter • 6 episodes
1975
ExplorersTV
Self - Narrator • 10 episodes
1974
NOVATV
Narrator • 3 episodes
★ 7.1
1973
Eastward With AttenboroughTV
1971
A Blank on the MapFilm
Himself - Presenter
★ 8.0
1971
Baobab: Portrait of a TreeFilm
Narrator (voice)
★ 8.0
1969
The Miracle of BaliTV
★ 7.5
1967
OmnibusTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 7.2
1967
The World About UsTV
Narrator • 1 episodes
★ 7.8
1964
HorizonTV
★ 7.5
1964
HorizonTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 7.5
1964
HorizonTV
Himself / Narrator • 1 episodes
★ 7.5
1963
AdventureTV
1961
Elsa the LionessFilm
Self
1960
The People of ParadiseTV
★ 7.0
1959
Science Is NewsTV
Self - Presenter • 1 episodes
1955
Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1955-1958TV
1955
Zoo Quest to West AfricaFilm
Self
1954
Zoo QuestTV
★ 8.0