David Attenborough
Birthday
1926/05/08 (98 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
London, England, UK
Also know as
David Frederick Attenborough, Sir David Attenborough, Дэвид Фредерик Аттенборо, Девід Аттенборо, 大卫·爱登堡, 大衛·艾登堡, デヴィッド・アッテンボロー, 大衛·艾登伯祿, دیوید اتنبرو
Biography
Sir David Attenborough (8th May 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 Televi...Read more
Acting
(2018) Deep Ocean: Giants of the Antarctic Deep
as Narrator
(2009) Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life
as Presenter
(1996) Survival Island
as Narrator
(1978) At Home with Badgers
as Narrator
(1990) A TV Dante
as Himself
(2017) Richard Batterham, Master Potter
as Self
(1999) Satoyama I: Japan's Secret Watergarden
as Narrator
(2017) Hotel Armadillo
as Self - Narrator
(2014) Mountain Lions: Big Cats in High Places
as Narrator
(2017) Puerto Rico: Island of Enchantment
as Self - Narrator
(2020) Chris Packham: 7.7 Billion People and Counting
as Self
(1996) Sperm Whales: Back from the Abyss
as Narrator
(2013) The Mating Game
as Narrator
(2021) Attenborough’s Journey
as Self
(2024) Attenborough and the Giant Sea Monster
as Self - Presenter
(2011) Flying Monsters 3D with David Attenborough
as Self - Presenter / Narrator
(2005) Kea: The Smartest Parrot
as Presenter
(1995) The Private Life of Plants
as himself
(2000) Bowerbirds: The Art of Seduction
as Narrator
(2000) The Song of the Earth
as Narrator
(2002) Attenborough the Controller
as Self
(2012) Attenborough's Ark
as Narrator
(2015) Attenborough's Big Birds
as Narrator
(2022) Attenborough's Wonder of Song
as Self - Presenter
(2021) Attenborough and the Mammoth Graveyard
as Self - Narrator
(1997) Leopard: The Agent of Darkness
as Self
(1997) Humpback Whale: The Giant of the Oceans
as Self
(2015) Cougars Undercover
as Self
(1999) Islands of the Vampire Birds
as Narrator
(1961) Elsa the Lioness
as Self
(1955) Zoo Quest to West Africa
as Self
(1993) Killer Whales: Wolves of the Sea
as Narrator
(2011) Attenborough and the Giant Egg
as Self - Presenter
(2006) Gorillas Revisited with Sir David Attenborough
as Presenter
(2009) Uncovering Our Earliest Ancestor: The Link
as Self - Presenter / Narrator
(2004) The Amber Time Machine
as Narrator
(1971) A Blank on the Map
as Himself - Presenter
(2023) The Deepest Breath
as Self (archive footage)
(2022) Dinosaurs: The Final Day with David Attenborough
as Self - Presenter
(2012) The Penguin King
as Self - Narrator
(2021) Parkinson at 50
as Self (archive footage)
(2010) Attenborough's Journey
as Self
(2012) Attenborough: 60 Years in the Wild
as Self - Presenter
(2002) Great Natural Wonders of the World
as Presenter
(2003) The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough
as ---
(2016) Jaguars: Brazil's Super Cats
as Self
(2016) Attenborough at 90
as Self
(2002) Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe
as Self (voice)
(2007) Trek - Spy on the Wildebeest
as ---
(2014) David Attenborough's Natural History Museum Alive
as Presenter
(2008) Snow Leopard: Beyond the Myth
as Narrator
(2013) When Björk Met Attenborough
as Self
(2017) Amazing Mighty Micro Monsters 3D
as Self - Narrator
(2013) Galapagos with David Attenborough
as Self - Presenter
(2003) Deep Blue
as Self
(2014) Fabulous Frogs
as Self - Narrator
(2024) Secret Lives of Orangutans
as Self - Narrator (voice)
(2013) Edwardian Insects on Film
as Self
(2006) A War on Science
as Self
(2015) Attenborough's Paradise Birds
as Presenter - Narrator
(2015) Africa's Fishing Leopards
as Narrator (voice)
(1999) Tiger: The Elusive Princess
as Narrator (voice)
(2012) Tales of Television Centre
as Self
(2017) Cheetahs: Growing Up Fast
as Self - Narrator (voice)
(1981) An Everyday Miracle
as Narrator
(1990) The Trials of Life
as Self - Presenter
(2016) Attenborough and the Giant Dinosaur
as Self - Presenter
(2022) Great Mammoth Mystery
as Self - Host
(2013) Autopsy on a Dream
as Self
(1998) The Dragons of Galapagos
as Narrator
(2000) The Lost Gods of Easter Island
as Himself - Presenter
(2016) Attenborough at 90: Behind the Lens
as Self
(2016) Zoo Quest in Colour
as Self - Presenter
(2016) Attenborough's Life That Glows
as Self - Presenter
(2015) David Attenborough Meets President Obama
as Self
(1983) Aliens From Inner Space
as Narrator
(2019) The Kiwi, The Knight and the Qashqai
as Self
(2012) Superfish: Bluefin Tuna
as ---
(2011) Desert Seas
as Self - Narrator (voice)
(2023) David Attenborough: A Life on Earth
as Self
(2012) Hummingbirds: Jewelled Messengers
as Self - Narrator (voice)
(2015) Legends of the Deep: Deep Sea Sharks
as Self - Narrator
(2017) Attenborough and the Giant Elephant
as Self - Presenter
(2017) And the Winner Isn't
as Self
(1985) A Zed & Two Noughts
as Himself - Documentary Narrator (voice)
(2018) Attenborough and the Sea Dragon
as Presenter
(2018) Attenborough's Wonder of Eggs
as Self - Presenter
(2018) The Queen's Green Planet
as Self
(2007) Attenborough Explores... Our Fragile World
as Himself - Presenter
(2011) Animal House
as Self
(2004) Bears: Spy in the Woods
as ---
(1999) The Greatest Wildlife Show on Earth
as Presenter - Narrator
(2004) Satoyama II: Japan's Secret Watergarden
as Narrator
(2018) Pangolins: The World's Most Wanted Animal
as Self - Narrator (voice)
(2002) Life on Air: David Attenborough's 50 Years in Television
as Himself
(2000) Lions: Spy in the Den
as Narrator
(2018) Deep Ocean: Descent into the Mariana Trench
as Self - Narrator
(2018) David Attenborough's Tasmania
as Self - Narrator (voice)
(2010) Mad and Bad: 60 Years of Science on TV
as Self
(2014) Björk: Biophilia Live
as Self - Opening Sequence (voice)
(2019) Climate Change: The Facts
as Self - Presenter
(2017) Planet Earth II: A World of Wonder
as Self - Presenter
(2019) Our Planet: Behind the Scenes
as Self - Narrator
(2019) Wild Karnataka
as Self - Narrator
(2018) Whale Wisdom
as Self - Narrator
(2020) Diving Deep: The Life and Times of Mike deGruy
as Self
(2020) David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet
as Self
(2019) The Forum
as Self
(2019) Dragons and Damsels
as Self - Narrator
(2018) Into the Jungle
as Self - Narrator
(2015) Deep Ocean: The Lost World of the Pacific
as Self – Narrator
(2003) Smart Sharks: Swimming With Roboshark
as Self
(2017) David Attenborough's Ant Mountain
as Self - Presenter
(2013) David Attenborough: The Early Years
as Self
(2014) The Bat Man of Mexico
as Self
(2017) Richmond Park National Nature Reserve
as Self
(2020) Extinction: The Facts
as Self - Presenter
(2020) Prince William: A Planet For Us All
as Self
(2020) Sir David Attenborough and Sir Michael Palin in Conversation
as Self
(2017) Attenborough and the Empire of the Ants
as Self – Presenter
(2011) The Secrets of Scott's Hut
as Self
(1996) Attenborough in Paradise
as Self - Narrator
(2006) Desert Lions
as himself
(1995) World of Wildlife: African Big Cats
as Self - Narrator
(2013) Legends of the Deep: The Giant Squid
as Self - Narrator
(2008) Clever Monkeys
as Narrator
(2021) The Year Earth Changed
as Self - Narrator (voice)
(2006) Can We Save Planet Earth?
as ---
(2020) Planet Earth: A Celebration
as Self - Narrator (voice)
(2021) Breaking Boundaries: The Science of Our Planet
as Self
(2010) Birds of Paradise
as Self
(2018) The Making of David Attenborough's Ant Mountain
as Self
(2008) Superfish
as Self - Narrator
(2015) Cue the Queen: Celebrating the Christmas Speech
as Self
(2019) Timelapse of the Future: A Journey to the End of Time
as Self - Narrator (archive sound)
(2012) Hot Tuna
as Narrator
(2024) Attenborough and the Jurassic Sea Monster
as Self
(1990) The Making Of The Trials Of Life - Once More Into The Termite Mound
as Self
(1979) Squirrel On My Shoulder
as Narrator
(2024) Attenborough's Life Journey
as Self
(1991) Barn Owl: Bird of Darkness
as ---
(2025) Ocean with David Attenborough
as Self
Horizon: Death of the Oceans
as Himself
(2004) The Minsmere Year
as ---
(1988) This Morning
as Self
(2008) Life in Cold Blood
as Self - Narrator (voice)
(2006) The One Show
as Self - Guest
(2001) Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
as Self - Guest
(1964) Horizon
as ---
(2003) The Terry and Gaby Show
as ---
(2010) First Life
as Self - Presenter
(2021) Attenborough's Life in Colour
as Self - Presenter
(1995) Wildlife Specials
as ---
(2005) Life in the Undergrowth
as Self
(2000) State of the Planet
as Self - Presenter
(2002) The Life of Mammals
as Self - Presenter
(1954) Zoo Quest
as ---
(1993) Life in the Freezer
as Self - Presenter
(1984) The Living Planet
as Self
(1990) Trials of Life
as Self - Narrator (voice)
(1998) The Life of Birds
as Self - Narrator (voice)
(2001) The Blue Planet
as Self - Narrator (voice)
(2007) The Alan Titchmarsh Show
as Self
(1979) Life on Earth
as Self - Presenter
(1989) Lost Worlds, Vanished Lives
as Presenter - Narrator
(1983) Natural World
as Presenter
(2009) Nature's Great Events
as Self - Presenter
(2021) The Earthshot Prize: Repairing Our Planet
as Self - Narrator (voice)
(1975) The Tribal Eye
as ---
(1960) The People of Paradise
as ---
(1987) The First Eden
as Presenter - Narrator
(2006) Are We Changing Planet Earth?
as ---
(1969) The Miracle of Bali
as ---
(2009) Life
as Self - Narrator (voice)
(1983) Natural World
as Narrator (voice)
(2011) The Jonathan Ross Show
as Self
(1973) Eastward With Attenborough
as ---
(2008) Tiger: Spy In The Jungle
as ---
(1955) Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1955-1958
as ---
(2011) Madagascar
as Self - Presenter
(2013) Africa
as Self - Narrator (voice)
(2013) David Attenborough's Rise of Animals: Triumph of the Vertebrates
as Self - Presenter
(2011) All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace
as Self
(2021) David Attenborough's Global Adventure
as Self
(1983) Natural World
as Narrator
(1974) NOVA
as Narrator
(1982) Nature
as Narrator (voice)
(2014) Life Story
as Self - Presenter
(2013) David Attenborough's Natural Curiosities
as Self - Presenter
(2006) Planet Earth
as Self - Narrator
(2011) Frozen Planet
as Self - Narrator
(2021) The Mating Game
as Self - Presenter
(2015) The Hunt
as Self - Narrator (voice)
(2015) David Attenborough's Conquest of the Skies
as Self - Presenter
(2021) Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World
as Self
(2015) Great Barrier Reef with David Attenborough
as Self - Presenter
(2006) Folk Britannia
as Self
(2012) Kingdom of Plants
as Self - Narrator
(2009) Skavlan
as Self - Guest
(2011) Brave New World with Stephen Hawking
as Self
(2020) The Romantics and Us with Simon Schama
as Self
(2016) Planet Earth II
as Self - Narrator
(1964) Horizon
as Self
(2022) Prehistoric Planet
as Self - Presenter
(2013) Micro Monsters with David Attenborough
as Presenter
(2019) Blue Planet UK
as Self
(2017) Blue Planet II
as Self - Presenter
(2018) Tomorrow's World: People of Science
as Self
(1982) Wogan
as Self
(2013) Galapagos 3D with David Attenborough
as Self - Presenter
(2017) Plants Behaving Badly
as Self
(1964) Horizon
as Himself / Narrator
(2012) Attenborough: 60 Years in the Wild
as Self - Presenter
(2006) Planet Earth: The Future
as Narrator
(1987) Going Live!
as Self
(2019) Our Planet
as Self - Narrator (voice)
(2018) Dynasties
as Self - Narrator
Blue Planet III
as Self - Presenter
(2023) Wild Isles
as Self - Presenter
(2022) Frozen Planet II
as Self - Presenter
(2024) Mammals
as Self - Narrator
(2016) Attenborough's Passion Projects
as Self - Presenter
(1995) The Private Life of Plants
as Self - Presenter
(2023) Planet Earth III
as Self - Presenter
(2011) Great Thinkers: In Their Own Words
as Self
(2010) Genius of Britain
as Self
(1984) Goldene Kamera Verleihung
as Self
(1963) Adventure
as ---
(2019) Seven Worlds, One Planet
as Self - Narrator (voice)
(1982) Nature
as Host
(2020) Michael Palin: Travels of a Lifetime
as Self
(2007) The Graham Norton Show
as Self
(2022) The Green Planet
as Self - Narrator (voice)
(2022) How the BBC Began
as Self
(1983) Natural World
as Self - Host
(1959) Science Is News
as Self - Presenter
(2015) Deep Ocean
as Self - Narrator
(1983) Natural World
as Self - Narrator
(1977) Wildlife on One
as Narrator
(2012) Voice
as ---
(2012) Secrets of Wild India
as Narrator
(2021) A Perfect Planet
as Self - Narrator (voice)
(2016) Wild City
as Self - Narrator (voice)
(2024) Asia
as Self - Presenter
(2002) Prehistoric Planet
as 旁白
(1998) Parkinson
as Self
(1996) Attenborough in Paradise
as ---
(1975) Fabulous Animals
as Self - Presenter
(1982) Nature
as Self
(2025) Simon Schama's Story of Us
as Self - Reader
(2013) Winterwatch
as Self
(2025) Parenthood
as Self - Narrator (voice)
(2022) David Attenborough's Global Adventures
as ---
(2024) Secret World of Sound
as Self - Narrator (voice)