Sir David Frederick Attenborough (born 8 May 1926 in London, England) 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.
Movie | The Deepest Breath | Self (archive footage) | 2023-01-21 |
Series | Prehistoric Planet | Self - Presenter | 2022-05-23 |
Movie | Breaking Boundaries: The Science of Our Planet | Self | 2021-06-04 |
Series | The Earthshot Prize: Repairing Our Planet | Narrator | 2021-10-03 |
Movie | Parkinson at 50 | Self (archive footage) | 2021-08-28 |
Movie | Extinction: The Facts | Self - Presenter | 2020-09-13 |
Movie | David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet | Self | 2020-09-28 |
Movie | Prince William: A Planet For Us All | Self | 2020-10-05 |
Series | Michael Palin: Travels of a Lifetime | Self | 2020-10-04 |
Series | Our Planet | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2019-04-05 |
Movie | Climate Change: The Facts | Self - Presenter | 2019-04-18 |
Series | Seven Worlds, One Planet | Self - Narrator | 2019-10-27 |
Movie | The Forum | Self | 2019-11-06 |
Movie | The Queen's Green Planet | Self | 2018-04-16 |
Movie | Attenborough and the Sea Dragon | Self | 2018-01-07 |
Movie | Pangolins: The World's Most Wanted Animal | Narrator (voice) | 2018-05-15 |
Series | Dynasties | Self - Narrator | 2018-11-11 |
Movie | David Attenborough's Tasmania | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2018-06-03 |
Movie | Into the Jungle | Self - Narrator | 2018-08-31 |
Series | Plants Behaving Badly | 2017-05-02 | |
Movie | Richard Batterham, Master Potter | Self | 2017-01-01 |
Series | Blue Planet II | Self - Presenter | 2017-10-29 |
Movie | And the Winner Isn't | Self | 2017-12-08 |
Movie | Attenborough and the Empire of the Ants | Self – Presenter | 2017-12-28 |
Movie | David Attenborough's Ant Mountain | Self - Presenter | 2017-12-28 |
Movie | Attenborough and the Giant Dinosaur | Self - Presenter | 2016-01-24 |
Movie | Attenborough at 90 | Self | 2016-05-08 |
Movie | Attenborough at 90: Behind the Lens | Self | 2016-04-30 |
Series | Planet Earth II | Self - Narrator | 2016-11-06 |
Movie | Attenborough's Life That Glows | Self - Presenter | 2016-05-09 |
Series | David Attenborough's Conquest of the Skies | Self - Presenter | 2015-01-03 |
Movie | Attenborough's Paradise Birds | Self - Presenter | 2015-01-29 |
Movie | David Attenborough Meets President Obama | Self | 2015-06-28 |
Series | Great Barrier Reef with David Attenborough | Self - Presenter | 2015-12-30 |
Series | The Hunt | Self - Narrator | 2015-11-01 |
Movie | David Attenborough's Natural History Museum Alive | Self - Presenter | 2014-01-01 |
Series | Wild Canada | Narrator | 2014-03-13 |
Series | Life Story | Self - Presenter | 2014-10-23 |
Movie | Fabulous Frogs | Self - Narrator | 2014-06-25 |
Movie | Björk: Biophilia Live | Self - Opening sequence voice | 2014-10-10 |
Series | David Attenborough's Natural Curiosities | Self - Presenter | 2013-01-29 |
Series | Africa | Self - Narrator | 2013-01-02 |
Movie | Edwardian Insects on Film | Self | 2013-03-19 |
Series | Galapagos 3D with David Attenborough | Self - Presenter | 2013-01-01 |
Movie | When Björk Met Attenborough | Self | 2013-07-26 |
Movie | Galapagos with David Attenborough | Self - Presenter | 2013-04-17 |
Series | David Attenborough's Rise of Animals: Triumph of the Vertebrates | Self - Presenter | 2013-09-20 |
Movie | Autopsy on a Dream | Self | 2013-10-20 |
Series | Micro Monsters with David Attenborough | Self - Narrator | 2013-06-15 |
Movie | Tales of Television Centre | 2012-05-17 | |
Series | Kingdom of Plants | Self - Narrator | 2012-05-26 |
Series | Attenborough: 60 Years in the Wild | Self - Presenter | 2012-11-16 |
Movie | The Penguin King | Self - Narrator | 2012-10-23 |
Movie | Attenborough: 60 Years in the Wild | Self - Presenter | 2012-11-16 |
Movie | Desert Seas | Narrator (voice) | 2011-04-21 |
Series | Human Planet | Narrator | 2011-01-13 |
Series | Madagascar | Self - Presenter | 2011-02-09 |
Movie | Attenborough and the Giant Egg | Self - Presenter | 2011-03-02 |
Movie | Flying Monsters 3D with David Attenborough | Self - Presenter / Narrator | 2011-05-06 |
Series | Frozen Planet | Self - Narrator | 2011-10-26 |
Series | All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace | Self | 2011-05-23 |
Movie | Attenborough's Journey | Self | 2010-10-23 |
Movie | Birds of Paradise | Self | 2010-01-06 |
Series | First Life | Self - Presenter | 2010-11-05 |
Movie | Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life | Narrator | 2009-02-01 |
Movie | Darwin's Struggle: The Evolution of the Origin of Species | Presenter | 2009-02-02 |
Series | Nature's Great Events | Himself - Presenter | 2009-02-11 |
Series | Life | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2009-10-11 |
Movie | The Link: Uncovering Our Earliest Ancestor | Himself - Presenter / Narrator | 2009-04-26 |
Series | Life in Cold Blood | Narrator | 2008-02-04 |
Movie | Snow Leopard: Beyond the Myth | Narrator | 2008-01-04 |
Series | Tiger: Spy In The Jungle | 2008-03-30 | |
Movie | Gorillas Revisited with Sir David Attenborough | Presenter | 2007-01-01 |
Movie | Trek - Spy on the Wildebeest | 2007-01-13 | |
Series | The Alan Titchmarsh Show | Unknown | 2007-09-03 |
Movie | A War on Science | David Attenborough | 2006-01-26 |
Series | Are We Changing Planet Earth? | Unknown | 2006-05-24 |
Series | Planet Earth | Self - Narrator | 2006-03-05 |
Series | The One Show | Unknown | 2006-08-14 |
Series | Planet Earth: The Future | 2006-11-26 | |
Series | Life in the Undergrowth | Self | 2005-11-23 |
Movie | The Amber Time Machine | Narrator | 2004-02-15 |
Series | The Terry and Gaby Show | Unknown | 2003-06-02 |
Movie | Deep Blue | Self | 2003-05-18 |
Movie | Great Natural Wonders of the World | Presenter | 2002-01-01 |
Series | The Life of Mammals | Self - Presenter | 2002-11-20 |
Series | The Blue Planet | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2001-09-12 |
Series | Friday Night with Jonathan Ross | Unknown | 2001-11-02 |
Series | State of the Planet | Narrator/Presenter | 2000-11-15 |
Movie | The Greatest Wildlife Show on Earth | Self - Presenter / Narrator | 1999-12-31 |
Series | The Life of Birds | Narrator | 1998-10-21 |
Movie | Survival Island | Narrator | 1996-01-01 |
Movie | The Private Life of Plants | himself | 1995-01-11 |
Series | Wildlife Specials | 1995-04-14 | |
Series | Life in the Freezer | Presenter/Narrator | 1993-11-18 |
Movie | A TV Dante | Himself | 1990-06-13 |
Movie | The Trials of Life | Presenter/Narrator | 1990-10-03 |
Series | The Trials of Life | Narrator | 1990-10-04 |
Series | Lost Worlds, Vanished Lives | Presenter | 1989-04-23 |
Series | This Morning | Unknown | 1988-10-03 |
Series | The First Eden | Self | 1987-03-08 |
Movie | A Zed & Two Noughts | Himself - Documentary Narrator (voice) | 1985-10-04 |
Series | The Living Planet | Presenter/Narrator | 1984-01-19 |
Series | Natural World | Host | 1983-10-30 |
Series | Wogan | Unknown | 1982-05-04 |
Series | Nature | Narrator | 1982-10-10 |
Series | Life on Earth | Presenter | 1979-01-16 |
Series | Wildlife on One | Unknown | 1977-01-06 |
Series | The Tribal Eye | 1975-05-27 | |
Series | NOVA | Narrator | 1974-03-03 |
Series | Eastward With Attenborough | 1973-10-11 | |
Movie | A Blank on the Map | Himself - Presenter | 1971-12-29 |
Series | The Miracle of Bali | 1969-06-10 | |
Series | Horizon | Unknown | 1964-02-04 |
Series | The People of Paradise | 1960-04-21 | |
Series | Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1955-1958 | 1955-10-25 | |
Series | Zoo Quest | 1954-12-21 |