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
Future
2026
Wild London
as Self
2025
Deep Ocean: Kingdom of the Coelacanth
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Kingdom
TVas Self - Narrator (voice)• 6 eps
Parenthood
TVas Self - Narrator (voice)
Simon Schama's Story of Us
TVas Self - Reader
2024
Attenborough and the Jurassic Sea Monster
as Self - Presenter
Secret Lives of Orangutans
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Attenborough's Life Journey
as Self
Saving the Storks with Sir David Attenborough
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Secret World of Sound
TVas Self - Narrator (voice)• 3 eps
Fateful Planet
TVas Self
Mammals
TVas Self - Narrator
Asia
TVas Self : Presenter
Nature
TVas Narrator (voice) / Host / Self• 1 eps
2023
Our Planet II
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Wild Isles
TVas Self - Presenter
Planet Earth III
TVas Self - Presenter• 8 eps
2022
Attenborough's Wonder of Song
as Self - Presenter
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
How the BBC Began
TVas Self
2021
Parkinson at 50
as Self (archive footage)
The Year Earth Changed
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Breaking Boundaries: The Science of Our Planet
as Self - Narrator
Attenborough and the Mammoth Graveyard
as Self - Narrator
Attenborough’s Journey
as Self
The Mating Game
TVas Self - Presenter
A Perfect Planet
TVas Self - Narrator (voice)• 5 eps
The Earthshot Prize: Repairing Our Planet
TVas Self - Narrator (voice)• 5 eps
Attenborough's Life in Colour
TVas Self - Presenter
2020
Extinction: The Facts
as Self - Presenter
Planet Earth: A Celebration
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Michael Palin: Travels of a Lifetime
TVas Self
2019
Climate Change: The Facts
as Self - Presenter
Timelapse of the Future: A Journey to the End of Time
as Self - Narrator (archive sound)
Wild Karnataka
as Self - Narrator
Our Planet: Behind the Scenes
as Self - Narrator
The Forum
as Self
Dragons and Damsels
as Self - Narrator
The Living Thames
as Self
Seven Worlds, One Planet
TVas Self - Narrator (voice)
Blue Planet UK
TVas Self
Our Planet
TVas Self - Narrator (voice)• 12 eps
2018
Deep Ocean: Descent into the Mariana Trench
as Self - Narrator
Whale Wisdom
as Self - Narrator
Pangolins: The World's Most Wanted Animal
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Attenborough and the Sea Dragon
as Presenter
Attenborough's Wonder of Eggs
as Self - Presenter
The Queen's Green Planet
as Self
David Attenborough's Tasmania
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Into the Jungle
as Self - Narrator
Deep Ocean: Giants of the Antarctic Deep
as Narrator
Skavlan
TVas Self - Guest• 1 eps
Dynasties
TVas Self - Narrator• 9 eps
Tomorrow's World: People of Science
TVas Self
2017
Attenborough and the Giant Elephant
as Self - Presenter
Attenborough and the Empire of the Ants
as Self – Presenter
And the Winner Isn't
as Self
Planet Earth II: A World of Wonder
as Self - Presenter
Puerto Rico: Island of Enchantment
as Self - Narrator
Hotel Armadillo
as Self - Narrator
Cheetahs: Growing Up Fast
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Blue Planet II
TVas Self - Presenter• 7 eps
Natural World
TVas Self - Narrator• 1 eps
Plants Behaving Badly
TVas Self
2016
Jaguars: Brazil's Super Cats
as Self
Nature: Raising the Dinosaur Giant
as Self - Presenter
Attenborough's Life That Glows
as Self - Presenter
Zoo Quest in Colour
as Self - Presenter
Attenborough at 90
as Self
Deep Ocean: Lights in the Abyss
as Self - Narrator
Planet Earth II
TVas Self - Narrator• 6 eps
Wild City
TVas Self - Narrator (voice)
Attenborough's Passion Projects
TVas Self - Presenter
David Attenborough's Wild City
TVas Self - Narrator
Zoo Quest in Colour
Sound Recordist
Wild City
TVPresenter
Planet Earth II
TVCasting
2015
Attenborough's Paradise Birds
as Presenter - Narrator
Legends of the Deep: Deep Sea Sharks
as Self - Narrator
Attenborough's Big Birds
as Narrator
Deep Ocean: The Lost World of the Pacific
as Self – Narrator
Cougars Undercover
as Self
Africa's Fishing Leopards
as Narrator (voice)
David Attenborough's Conquest of the Skies
TVas Self - Presenter
Great Barrier Reef with David Attenborough
TVas Self - Presenter
The Hunt
TVas Self - Narrator (voice)
Deep Ocean
TVas Self - Narrator
Afrique sauvage - L'avenir en marche
Presenter
2014
Björk: Biophilia Live
as Self - Opening Sequence (voice)
Fabulous Frogs
as Self - Narrator
The Bat Man of Mexico
as Self
Mountain Lions: Big Cats in High Places
as Narrator
Life Story
TVas Self - Presenter
2013
Edwardian Insects on Film
as Self
When Björk Met Attenborough
as Self
Galapagos with David Attenborough
as Self - Presenter
Autopsy on a Dream
as Self
Legends of the Deep: The Giant Squid
as Self - Narrator
The Mating Game
as Narrator
Africa
TVas Self - Narrator (voice)
David Attenborough's Rise of Animals: Triumph of the Vertebrates
TVas Self - Presenter
Micro Monsters with David Attenborough
TVas Presenter
Galapagos 3D with David Attenborough
TVas Self - Presenter
Winterwatch
TVas Self
David Attenborough's Natural Curiosities
TVas Self - Presenter
Africa
TVWriter
2012
Tales of Television Centre
as Self
Attenborough: 60 Years in the Wild
as Self - Presenter
The Penguin King
as Self - Narrator
Hummingbirds: Jewelled Messengers
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Attenborough's Ark
as Narrator
Hot Tuna
as Narrator
The Graham Norton Show
TVas Self• 4 eps
The Jonathan Ross Show
TVas Self• 1 eps
Kingdom of Plants
TVas Self - Narrator
Secrets of Wild India
TVas Narrator
Attenborough: 60 Years in the Wild
TVas Self - Presenter
Attenborough's Ark
Writer
2011
Flying Monsters 3D with David Attenborough
as Self - Presenter / Narrator
Attenborough and the Giant Egg
as Self - Presenter
Desert Seas
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Animal House
as Self
The Secrets of Scott's Hut
as Self
Madagascar
TVas Self - Presenter
Frozen Planet
TVas Self - Narrator
Brave New World with Stephen Hawking
TVas Self
Great Thinkers: In Their Own Words
TVas Self
Frozen Planet
TVWriter
2010
Birds of Paradise
as Self
Attenborough's Journey
as Self
First Life
TVas Self - Presenter
Genius of Britain
TVas Self
First Life
TVWriter
2009
Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life
as Presenter
Uncovering Our Earliest Ancestor: The Link
as Self - Presenter / Narrator
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
TVas Self• 1 eps
Life
TVas Self - Narrator (voice)
Nature's Great Events
TVas Self - Presenter
2008
Clever Monkeys
as Narrator
Snow Leopard: Beyond the Myth
as Narrator
Superfish
as Self - Narrator
The One Show
TVas Self - Guest• 2 eps
Life in Cold Blood
TVas Self - Narrator (voice)
Life in Cold Blood
TVWriter
2007
Attenborough Explores... Our Fragile World
as Himself - Presenter
2006
Desert Lions
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Gorillas Revisited with Sir David Attenborough
as Presenter
A War on Science
as Self
Your Favourite Attenborough Moment
as Self (archive footage)
My Favourite Attenborough Moment
as Self (archive footage)
Planet Earth
TVas Self - Narrator• 11 eps
Folk Britannia
TVas Self
Desert Lions
Script Consultant
Planet Earth
TVWriter
2005
Kea: The Smartest Parrot
as Presenter
Life in the Undergrowth
TVas Self
Echo and Other Elephants
TVas Self - Narrator (voice)
Life in the Undergrowth
TVWriter
2004
2002
Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe
as Self (voice)
Great Natural Wonders of the World
as Presenter
Attenborough the Controller
as Self
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
Lions: Spy in the Den
as Narrator
The Song of the Earth
as Narrator
Bowerbirds: The Art of Seduction
as Narrator
Living with Dinosaurs
as Presenter
State of the Planet
TVas Self - Presenter
The Lost Gods of Easter Island
Screenplay
The Song of the Earth
Writer
State of the Planet
TVWriter
1999
Tiger: The Elusive Princess
as Narrator (voice)
The Greatest Wildlife Show on Earth
as Presenter - Narrator
Satoyama I: Japan's Secret Watergarden
as Narrator
Islands of the Vampire Birds
as Narrator
1998
The Dragons of Galapagos
as Narrator
Parkinson
TVas Self• 2 eps
The Life of Birds
TVas Self - Narrator (voice)
The Life of Birds
TVWriter
1997
1996
Sperm Whales: Back from the Abyss
as Narrator
Survival Island
as Narrator
Attenborough in Paradise
as Self - Narrator
Survival Island
Writer
Attenborough in Paradise
Writer
Attenborough in Paradise
TVWriter
1995
World of Wildlife: African Big Cats
as Self - Narrator
The Private Life of Plants
as himself
The Private Life of Plants
TVas Self - Presenter
The Private Life of Plants
TVWriter
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
A TV Dante
as Himself
The Trials of Life
as Self - Presenter
Going Live!
TVas Self• 1 eps
Trials of Life
TVas Self - Narrator (voice)
1989
Lost Worlds, Vanished Lives
TVas Presenter - Narrator
1988
This Morning
TVas Self
1987
Birds of the Sun God
as Narrator
The First Eden
TVas Presenter - Narrator
1985
A Zed & Two Noughts
as Himself - Documentary Narrator (voice)
1984
The Living Planet
TVas Self• 12 eps
The Living Planet
TVWriter• 12 eps
1983
Aliens From Inner Space
as Narrator
1982
Wogan
TVas Self
1981
General Studies: An Everyday Miracle
as Narrator
1979
1978
At Home with Badgers
as Narrator
1977
Wildlife on One
TVas Narrator
1976
Omnibus
TVas Self• 1 eps
1975
Fabulous Animals
TVas Self - Presenter
1971
A Blank on the Map
as Himself - Presenter
A Blank on the Map
Screenplay
1967
The World About Us
TVas Narrator
1964
Horizon
TVas Self / Himself / Narrator
1963
1961
Elsa the Lioness
as Self
Elsa the Lioness
Producer
1959
Science Is News
TVas Self - Presenter
1954