David Attenborough
Acting1926London, England, UK
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
Acting History
2025
Kingdom
TVas Self - Narrator (voice)• 6 eps
Parenthood
TVas Self - Narrator (voice)
2024
Attenborough and the Jurassic Sea Monster
as Self - Presenter
Secret World of Sound
TVas Self - Narrator (voice)• 3 eps
Nature
TVas Narrator (voice) / Host / Self• 1 eps
Fateful Planet
TVas Self
Mammals
TVas Self - Narrator
Asia
TVas Self : Presenter
2023
Wild Isles
TVas Self - Presenter
Planet Earth III
TVas Self - Presenter• 8 eps
2022
Dinosaurs: The Final Day with David Attenborough
as Self - Presenter
Prehistoric Planet
TVas Self - Presenter• 10 eps
The Green Planet
TVas Self - Narrator (voice)
Frozen Planet II
TVas Self - Presenter
2021
Parkinson at 50
as Self (archive footage)
The Year Earth Changed
as Self - Narrator (voice)
A Perfect Planet
TVas Self - Narrator (voice)• 5 eps
The Mating Game
TVas Self - Presenter
The Earthshot Prize: Repairing Our Planet
TVas Self - Narrator (voice)• 5 eps
2020
Extinction: The Facts
as Self - Presenter
2019
Climate Change: The Facts
as Self - Presenter
Timelapse of the Future: A Journey to the End of Time
as Self - Narrator (archive sound)
Our Planet
TVas Self - Narrator (voice)• 12 eps
Seven Worlds, One Planet
TVas Self - Narrator (voice)
2018
Deep Ocean: Descent into the Mariana Trench
as Self - Narrator
Whale Wisdom
as Self - Narrator
Attenborough and the Sea Dragon
as Presenter
Skavlan
TVas Self - Guest• 1 eps
Dynasties
TVas Self - Narrator• 9 eps
2017
Attenborough and the Giant Elephant
as Self - Presenter
Blue Planet II
TVas Self - Presenter• 7 eps
Natural World
TVas Self - Narrator• 1 eps
2016
Jaguars: Brazil's Super Cats
as Self
Nature: Raising the Dinosaur Giant
as Self - Presenter
Planet Earth II
TVas Self - Narrator• 6 eps
Wild City
TVas Self - Narrator (voice)
Planet Earth II
TVCasting
Wild City
TVPresenter
2015
Attenborough's Paradise Birds
as Presenter - Narrator
Great Barrier Reef with David Attenborough
TVas Self - Presenter
The Hunt
TVas Self - Narrator (voice)
2014
Björk: Biophilia Live
as Self - Opening Sequence (voice)
Life Story
TVas Self - Presenter
2013
Edwardian Insects on Film
as Self
Africa
TVas Self - Narrator (voice)
David Attenborough's Rise of Animals: Triumph of the Vertebrates
TVas Self - Presenter
Africa
TVWriter
2012
Tales of Television Centre
as Self
Attenborough: 60 Years in the Wild
as Self - Presenter
The Graham Norton Show
TVas Self• 4 eps
The Jonathan Ross Show
TVas Self• 1 eps
2011
Flying Monsters 3D with David Attenborough
as Self - Presenter / Narrator
Madagascar
TVas Self - Presenter
Frozen Planet
TVas Self - Narrator
Frozen Planet
TVWriter
2010
First Life
TVas Self - Presenter
First Life
TVWriter
2009
Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life
as Presenter
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
TVas Self• 1 eps
Life
TVas Self - Narrator (voice)
2008
The One Show
TVas Self - Guest• 2 eps
Life in Cold Blood
TVas Self - Narrator (voice)
Life in Cold Blood
TVWriter
2006
Planet Earth
TVas Self - Narrator• 11 eps
Planet Earth
TVWriter
2003
2002
Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe
as Self (voice)
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
TVas Self - Guest• 4 eps
The Life of Mammals
TVas Self - Presenter
The Life of Mammals
TVWriter
2001
The Blue Planet
TVas Self - Narrator (voice)• 8 eps
2000
The Lost Gods of Easter Island
as Himself - Presenter
The Lost Gods of Easter Island
Screenplay
1999
Tiger: The Elusive Princess
as Narrator (voice)
1998
Parkinson
TVas Self• 2 eps
1996
1993
Killer Whales: Wolves of the Sea
as Narrator
Life in the Freezer
TVas Self - Presenter
Goldene Kamera
TVas Self• 1 eps
Life in the Freezer
TVWriter
Natural World
TVWriter• 2 eps
1990
1985
A Zed & Two Noughts
as Himself - Documentary Narrator (voice)
1984
The Living Planet
TVas Self• 12 eps
The Living Planet
TVWriter• 12 eps
1982
Wogan
TVas Self
1979
Life on Earth
TVas Self - Presenter
Life on Earth
TVWriter
1976
Omnibus
TVas Self• 1 eps
1964
Horizon
TVas Himself / Narrator / Self
1963