David Attenborough
Acting
Born: May 8, 1926 (age 100) · London, England, UK
Highest Rated
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
Planet Earth
2006
Planet Earth II
2016
Prehistoric Planet
2022
Our Planet
2019
David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet
2020
Life
2009
The Blue Planet
2001
Blue Planet II
2017
Frozen Planet
2011
A Zed & Two Noughts
1985
NOVA
1974
The Year Earth Changed
2021
Photos (11)
Movies (44)
David Attenborough's Natural History Museum Alive
Presenter
Attenborough and the Sea Dragon
Presenter
Hot Tuna
Narrator
Great White Shark - The Silent Stalker
1995
Attenborough's Paradise Birds
Presenter - Narrator
General Studies: An Everyday Miracle
Narrator
Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life
Presenter
Deep Ocean: Giants of the Antarctic Deep
Narrator
The Greatest Wildlife Show on Earth
Presenter - Narrator
Islands of the Vampire Birds
Narrator (voice)
Africa's Fishing Leopards
Narrator (voice)
Great Natural Wonders of the World
Presenter
Baobab: Portrait of a Tree
Narrator (voice)
The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough
2003
Mountain Lions: Big Cats in High Places
Narrator
Killer Whales: Wolves of the Sea
Narrator
Aliens From Inner Space
Narrator
Satoyama I: Japan's Secret Watergarden
Narrator
The Minsmere Year
2004
Survival Island
Narrator
Snow Leopard: Beyond the Myth
Narrator
Satoyama: Japan's Secret Watergarden
Narrator
Attenborough's Big Birds
Narrator
Superfish: Bluefin Tuna
2012
Trek - Spy on the Wildebeest
2007
Attenborough's Ark
Narrator
The Mating Game
Narrator
The Dragons of Galapagos
Narrator (voice)
Water Life A World of Water
导演
Sperm Whales: Back from the Abyss
Narrator
Conquest of The Skies 3D
自己
Conquest of The Skies 3D
编剧
The Song of the Earth
Narrator
NHKスペシャル 映像詩 里山II 命めぐる水辺
Narrator
Gorillas Revisited with Sir David Attenborough
Presenter
Squirrel on My Shoulder
Narrator
Bowerbirds: The Art of Seduction
Narrator
Bears: Spy in the Woods
2004
Sir David Attenborough – A Life on Earth
David Attenborough
Tiger: The Elusive Princess
Narrator (voice)
Clever Monkeys
Narrator
The Amber Time Machine
Narrator
Lions: Spy in the Den
Narrator
The Million Pound Bird Book
Presenter
TV Shows (24)
NOVA
Narrator · 3 eps
Horizon
1 eps
Nature
Narrator (voice) · 5 eps
Nature
Host · 2 eps
Natural World
Presenter · 1 eps
Natural World
Narrator (voice) · 28 eps
Natural World
Narrator · 23 eps
Voice
1 eps
Wildlife on One
Narrator · 1 eps
Television
1 eps
Wildlife Specials
30 eps
Zoo Quest
42 eps
Micro Monsters with David Attenborough
Presenter · 6 eps
Secrets of Wild India
Narrator · 3 eps
Lost Worlds, Vanished Lives
Presenter - Narrator · 4 eps
The World About Us
Narrator · 1 eps
Tiger: Spy In The Jungle
3 eps
Adventure
9 eps
The People of Paradise
6 eps
Are We Changing Planet Earth?
2 eps
The Tribal Eye
7 eps
The First Eden
Presenter - Narrator · 4 eps
Attenborough in Paradise
7 eps
The Miracle of Bali
3 eps
Self / Appearances (190)
The Graham Norton Show
Self · 4 eps
RTL Tonight
Self · 1 eps
Horizon
Self · 1 eps
Horizon
Himself / Narrator · 1 eps
Nature
Self · 1 eps
Wogan
Self · 1 eps
Natural World
Self - Host · 9 eps
Natural World
Self - Narrator · 1 eps
Omnibus
Self · 1 eps
The One Show
Self - Guest · 2 eps
The Jonathan Ross Show
Self · 1 eps
Planet Earth
Self - Narrator · 11 eps
Parkinson
Self · 2 eps
Prehistoric Planet
Self - Presenter · 10 eps
Going Live!
Self · 1 eps
Skavlan
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Self - Guest · 4 eps
Seven Worlds, One Planet
Self - Narrator (voice) · 7 eps
Planet Earth II
Self - Narrator · 6 eps
Our Planet
Self - Narrator (voice) · 12 eps
Planet Earth III
Self - Presenter · 8 eps
The Blue Planet
Self - Narrator (voice) · 8 eps
Blue Planet II
Self - Presenter · 7 eps
David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet
Self
Life
Self - Narrator (voice) · 10 eps
The Year Earth Changed
Self - Narrator (voice)
Africa
Self - Narrator (voice) · 6 eps
Ocean with David Attenborough
Self
Frozen Planet
Self - Narrator · 7 eps
Dynasties
Self - Narrator · 9 eps
Kingdom
Self - Narrator (voice) · 6 eps
A Gorilla Story: Told by David Attenborough
Self
Winterwatch
Self · 1 eps
Trials of Life
Self - Narrator (voice) · 12 eps
The Hunt
Self - Narrator (voice) · 7 eps
Wild London
Self
A Perfect Planet
Self - Narrator (voice) · 5 eps
Asia
Self : Presenter · 7 eps
Wild Isles
Self - Presenter · 5 eps
Life on Earth
Self - Presenter · 13 eps
The Green Planet
Self - Narrator (voice) · 5 eps
Galapagos 3D with David Attenborough
Self - Presenter · 3 eps
Mammals
Self - Narrator · 6 eps
The Life of Mammals
Self - Presenter · 10 eps
Frozen Planet II
Self - Presenter · 6 eps
Deep Blue
Self
The Life of Birds
Self - Narrator (voice) · 10 eps
Wild City
Self - Narrator (voice) · 6 eps
Nature's Great Events
Self - Presenter · 6 eps
Kingdom of Plants
Self - Narrator · 3 eps
Parenthood
Self - Narrator · 5 eps
Secret World of Sound
Self - Narrator (voice) · 3 eps
The Living Planet
Self · 12 eps
David Attenborough's Natural Curiosities
Self - Presenter · 27 eps
Madagascar
Self - Presenter · 3 eps
Great Barrier Reef with David Attenborough
Self - Presenter · 3 eps
This Morning
Self · 1 eps
Breaking Boundaries: The Science of Our Planet
Self - Narrator
Life in Cold Blood
Self - Narrator (voice) · 5 eps
A Zed & Two Noughts
Himself - Documentary Narrator (voice)
Attenborough's Life in Colour
Self - Presenter · 2 eps
First Life
Self - Presenter · 2 eps
Life Story
Self - Presenter · 6 eps
Life in the Undergrowth
Self · 5 eps
David Attenborough's Rise of Animals: Triumph of the Vertebrates
Self - Presenter · 2 eps
And the Winner Isn't
Self
Secret Garden
Self - Presenter · 5 eps
Queen Elizabeth II: Her Story, Our Century
Self
David Attenborough's 100 Years on Planet Earth
Self
Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World
Self · 1 eps
Life in the Freezer
Self - Presenter · 6 eps
Reef Diaries
Self - Narrator
The Private Life of Plants
Self - Presenter · 6 eps
The Mating Game
Self - Presenter · 5 eps
Fateful Planet
Self · 1 eps
All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace
Self · 3 eps
David Attenborough's Conquest of the Skies
Self - Presenter · 3 eps
Secret Lives of Orangutans
Self - Narrator (voice)
How the BBC Began
Self · 3 eps
The Earthshot Prize: Repairing Our Planet
Self - Narrator (voice) · 5 eps
Dinosaurs: The Final Day with David Attenborough
Self - Presenter
Genius of Britain
Self · 3 eps
Attenborough: 60 Years in the Wild
Self - Presenter · 3 eps
Michael Palin: Travels of a Lifetime
Self · 4 eps
Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe
Self (voice)
Brave New World with Stephen Hawking
Self · 5 eps
Flying Monsters 3D with David Attenborough
Self - Presenter / Narrator
David Attenborough: A Life on Earth
Self
Into the Jungle
Self - Narrator
Tomorrow's World: People of Science
Self · 1 eps
Fabulous Animals
Self - Presenter · 6 eps
State of the Planet
Self - Presenter · 3 eps
Climate Change: The Facts
Self - Presenter
Desert Seas
Self - Narrator (voice)
Fabulous Frogs
Self - Narrator
Attenborough and the Mammoth Graveyard
Self - Narrator
Attenborough's Journey
Self
Pangolins: The World's Most Wanted Animal
Self - Narrator (voice)
A TV Dante
Himself
Great Thinkers: In Their Own Words
Self · 2 eps
David Attenborough's Global Adventure
Self · 4 eps
Extinction: The Facts
Self - Presenter
Echo and Other Elephants
Self - Narrator (voice) · 1 eps
Attenborough and the Empire of the Ants
Self – Presenter
Parkinson at 50
Self (archive footage)
Planet Earth: A Celebration
Self - Narrator (voice)
Attenborough at 90
Self
David Attenborough's Tasmania
Self - Narrator (voice)
Simon Schama's Story of Us
Self - Reader · 3 eps
Deep Ocean: Kingdom of the Coelacanth
Self - Narrator (voice)
Attenborough the Controller
Self
Attenborough and the Giant Egg
Self - Presenter
A War on Science
Self
Deep Ocean: The Lost World of the Pacific
Self – Narrator
Björk: Biophilia Live
Self - Opening Sequence (voice)
Timelapse of the Future: A Journey to the End of Time
Self - Narrator (archive sound)
The Living Thames
Self
Superfish
Self - Narrator
The Private Life of Plants
himself
Wild Karnataka
Self - Narrator
Attenborough's Wonder of Song
Self - Presenter
Attenborough's Passion Projects
Self - Presenter · 4 eps
Diving Deep: The Life and Times of Mike deGruy
Self
Attenborough and the Giant Sea Monster
Self - Presenter
Galapagos with David Attenborough
Self - Presenter
When Björk Met Attenborough
Self
Jaguars: Brazil's Super Cats
Self
Desert Lions
Self - Narrator (voice)
Jane Goodall - Beauty and the Beasts
Self
The Penguin King
Self - Narrator
Birds of Paradise
Self
Elsa the Lioness
Self
The Forum
Self
Tales of Television Centre
Self
Uncovering Our Earliest Ancestor: The Link
Self - Presenter / Narrator
Plants Behaving Badly
Self · 2 eps
Deep Ocean
Self - Narrator · 4 eps
Attenborough in Paradise
Self - Narrator
Attenborough: 60 Years in the Wild
Self - Presenter
Cheetahs: Growing Up Fast
Self - Narrator (voice)
A Deeper Dive with David Attenborough
Self
The Trials of Life
Self - Presenter
The Secrets of Scott's Hut
Self
Attenborough’s Journey
Self
Attenborough and the Giant Dinosaur
Self - Presenter
Deep Ocean: Descent into the Mariana Trench
Self - Narrator
Attenborough and the Giant Elephant
Self - Presenter
Life on Air: David Attenborough's 50 Years in Television
Self
Our Planet: Behind the Scenes
Self - Narrator
David Attenborough's Wild City
Self - Narrator · 6 eps
Attenborough at 90: Behind the Lens
Self
Explorers
Self - Narrator · 10 eps
The Queen's Green Planet
Self
The Bat Man of Mexico
Self
David Attenborough Meets President Obama
Self
Blue Planet UK
Self · 5 eps
Whale Wisdom
Self - Narrator
Zoo Quest in Colour
Self - Presenter
Legends of the Deep: Deep Sea Sharks
Self - Narrator
Smart Sharks: Swimming With Roboshark
Self
Leopard: The Agent of Darkness
Self
The Spirit of Asia
Self · 8 eps
Hummingbirds: Jewelled Messengers
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Making Of The Trials Of Life - Once More Into The Termite Mound
Self
Legends of the Deep: The Giant Squid
Self - Narrator
Timelapse of the Entire Universe
Self - Narrator (archive sound)
Our Planet II
Self - Narrator (Voice) · 4 eps
Great Mammoth Mystery
Self - Host
The Lost Gods of Easter Island
Himself - Presenter
Attenborough's Life That Glows
Self - Presenter
Hotel Armadillo
Self - Narrator
Prince William: A Planet For Us All
Self
Mad and Bad: 60 Years of Science on TV
Self
Dinosaur Apocalypse
Self - Host
Animal House
Self
Making Life on Earth: Attenborough’s Greatest Adventure
Self
The Making of David Attenborough's Ant Mountain
Self
Puerto Rico: Island of Enchantment
Self - Narrator
Dragons and Damsels
Self - Narrator
Planet Earth II: A World of Wonder
Self - Presenter
David Attenborough: The Early Years
Self
Your Favourite Attenborough Moment
Self (archive footage)
Sir David Attenborough – A Life on Earth
Self
Attenborough's Life Journey
Self
Attenborough's Wonder of Eggs
Self - Presenter
Deep Ocean: Lights in the Abyss
Self - Narrator
A Blank on the Map
Himself - Presenter
Zoo Quest to West Africa
Self
World of Wildlife: African Big Cats
Self - Narrator
The Kiwi, The Knight and the Qashqai
Self
Upcoming (1)
Directing (1)
Writing (38)
NOVA
Writer
Natural World
Writer
Planet Earth
Writer
Africa
Writer
Frozen Planet
Writer
Life on Earth
Writer
Galapagos 3D with David Attenborough
Writer
The Life of Mammals
Writer
Deep Blue
Writer
The Life of Birds
Writer
The Living Planet
Writer
Great Barrier Reef with David Attenborough
Writer
Life in Cold Blood
Writer
First Life
Writer
Life in the Undergrowth
Writer
David Attenborough's Rise of Animals: Triumph of the Vertebrates
Screenplay
Life in the Freezer
Writer
The Private Life of Plants
Writer
David Attenborough's Conquest of the Skies
Writer
Flying Monsters 3D with David Attenborough
Writer
State of the Planet
Writer
David Attenborough's Natural History Museum Alive
Writer
Attenborough and the Empire of the Ants
Writer
Galapagos with David Attenborough
Writer
Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life
Writer
Desert Lions
Script Consultant
Islands of the Vampire Birds
Writer
Attenborough in Paradise
Writer
Attenborough in Paradise
Writer
Survival Island
Writer
Attenborough's Ark
Writer
The Lost Gods of Easter Island
Screenplay
The Song of the Earth
Writer
Bowerbirds: The Art of Seduction
Writer
Sir David Attenborough – A Life on Earth
Writer
A Blank on the Map
Screenplay
Zoo Quest to West Africa
Writer
The Million Pound Bird Book
Writer
