David Attenborough

David Attenborough

Acting

Born May 8, 1926 · London, England, UK

3 films as director · Active 1975–2014

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…

Known for

The Graham Norton Show

The Graham Norton Show

2007

NOVA

NOVA

1974

Horizon

Horizon

1964

Horizon

Horizon

1964

Horizon

Horizon

1964

RTL Tonight

RTL Tonight

2025

Nature

Nature

1982

Nature

Nature

1982

Directed(3)

Sir David Attenborough – A Life on Earth

2014Sir David Attenborough – A Life on Earth

Acting(277)

2026David Attenborough's 100 Years on Planet EarthSelf

2026Making Life on Earth: Attenborough’s Greatest AdventureSelf

2026Queen Elizabeth II: Her Story, Our CenturySelf

2026Deep Ocean: Kingdom of the CoelacanthSelf - Narrator (voice)

2026A Gorilla Story: Told by David AttenboroughSelf

2026Secret GardenSelf - Presenter

2026Wild LondonSelf

2025KingdomSelf - Narrator (voice)

2025RTL TonightSelf

2025ParenthoodSelf - Narrator

2025Ocean with David AttenboroughSelf

2025A Deeper Dive with David AttenboroughSelf

2025Simon Schama's Story of UsSelf - Reader

2024Attenborough's Life JourneySelf

2024AsiaSelf : Presenter

2024Secret Lives of OrangutansSelf - Narrator (voice)

2024Fateful PlanetSelf

2024Saving the Storks with Sir David AttenboroughSelf - Narrator (voice)

2024MammalsSelf - Narrator

2024Secret World of SoundSelf - Narrator (voice)

2024Attenborough and the Giant Sea MonsterSelf - Presenter

2023David Attenborough: A Life on EarthSelf

2023Planet Earth IIISelf - Presenter

2023Our Planet IISelf - Narrator (Voice)

2023Wild IslesSelf - Presenter

2022How the BBC BeganSelf

2022Frozen Planet IISelf - Presenter

2022Prehistoric PlanetSelf - Presenter

2022Dinosaur ApocalypseSelf - Host

2022Dinosaurs: The Final Day with David AttenboroughSelf - Presenter

2022Great Mammoth MysterySelf - Host

2022David Attenborough's Global AdventureSelf

2022The Green PlanetSelf - Narrator (voice)

2022Attenborough's Wonder of SongSelf - Presenter

2021Attenborough and the Mammoth GraveyardSelf - Narrator

2021The Earthshot Prize: Repairing Our PlanetSelf - Narrator (voice)

2021The Mating GameSelf - Presenter

2021Parkinson at 50Self (archive footage)

2021Breaking Boundaries: The Science of Our PlanetSelf - Narrator

2021Attenborough’s JourneySelf

2021The Year Earth ChangedSelf - Narrator (voice)

2021Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the WorldSelf

2021Attenborough's Life in ColourSelf - Presenter

2021A Perfect PlanetSelf - Narrator (voice)

2020Prince William: A Planet For Us AllSelf

2020Michael Palin: Travels of a LifetimeSelf

2020David Attenborough: A Life on Our PlanetSelf

2020Sir David Attenborough and Sir Michael Palin in ConversationSelf

2020Extinction: The FactsSelf - Presenter

2020The Romantics and Us with Simon SchamaSelf

2020Planet Earth: A CelebrationSelf - Narrator (voice)

2020Gay Byrne's Late Late MomentsSelf - Guest (archive footage)

2020Diving Deep: The Life and Times of Mike deGruySelf

2019The ForumSelf

2019Seven Worlds, One PlanetSelf - Narrator (voice)

2019The Living ThamesSelf

2019The Kiwi, The Knight and the QashqaiSelf

2019Climate Change: The FactsSelf - Presenter

2019Our Planet: Behind the ScenesSelf - Narrator

2019Our PlanetSelf - Narrator (voice)

2019Blue Planet UKSelf

2019Timelapse of the Future: A Journey to the End of TimeSelf - Narrator (archive sound)

2019Dragons and DamselsSelf - Narrator

2019Wild KarnatakaSelf - Narrator

2018Whale WisdomSelf - Narrator

2018DynastiesSelf - Narrator

2018Into the JungleSelf - Narrator

2018Deep Ocean: Descent into the Mariana TrenchSelf - Narrator

2018David Attenborough's TasmaniaSelf - Narrator (voice)

2018Pangolins: The World's Most Wanted AnimalSelf - Narrator (voice)

2018The Queen's Green PlanetSelf

2018Attenborough's Wonder of EggsSelf - Presenter

2018Timelapse of the Entire UniverseSelf - Narrator (archive sound)

2018Tomorrow's World: People of ScienceSelf

2018Attenborough and the Sea DragonPresenter

2018Deep Ocean: Giants of the Antarctic DeepNarrator

2018The Making of David Attenborough's Ant MountainSelf

2017Attenborough and the Empire of the AntsSelf – Presenter

2017Attenborough and the Giant ElephantSelf - Presenter

2017And the Winner Isn'tSelf

2017Blue Planet IISelf - Presenter

2017Plants Behaving BadlySelf

2017Richmond Park National Nature ReserveSelf

2017Hotel ArmadilloSelf - Narrator

2017Puerto Rico: Island of EnchantmentSelf - Narrator

2017Cheetahs: Growing Up FastSelf - Narrator (voice)

2017Richard Batterham, Master PotterSelf

2017Planet Earth II: A World of WonderSelf - Presenter

2016Planet Earth IISelf - Narrator

2016Jaguars: Brazil's Super CatsSelf

2016Deep Ocean: Lights in the AbyssSelf - Narrator

2016Zoo Quest in ColourSelf - Presenter

2016Attenborough's Life That GlowsSelf - Presenter

2016Attenborough at 90Self

2016Attenborough's Passion ProjectsSelf - Presenter

2016Attenborough at 90: Behind the LensSelf

2016Wild CitySelf - Narrator (voice)

2016David Attenborough's Wild CitySelf - Narrator

2016Attenborough and the Giant DinosaurSelf - Presenter

2015Reef DiariesSelf - Narrator

2015Great Barrier Reef with David AttenboroughSelf - Presenter

2015Cue the Queen: Celebrating the Christmas SpeechSelf

2015Cougars UndercoverSelf

2015The HuntSelf - Narrator (voice)

2015David Attenborough Meets President ObamaSelf

2015Attenborough's Big BirdsNarrator

2015Legends of the Deep: Deep Sea SharksSelf - Narrator

2015Africa's Fishing LeopardsNarrator (voice)

2015Attenborough's Paradise BirdsPresenter - Narrator

2015David Attenborough's Conquest of the SkiesSelf - Presenter

2015Deep Ocean: The Lost World of the PacificSelf – Narrator

2015Deep OceanSelf - Narrator

2014Life StorySelf - Presenter

2014Björk: Biophilia LiveSelf - Opening Sequence (voice)

2014Sir David Attenborough – A Life on EarthDavid Attenborough

2014Mountain Lions: Big Cats in High PlacesNarrator

2014Fabulous FrogsSelf - Narrator

2014The Bat Man of MexicoSelf

2014Conquest of The Skies 3D自己

2014David Attenborough's Natural History Museum AlivePresenter

2013Autopsy on a DreamSelf

2013David Attenborough's Rise of Animals: Triumph of the VertebratesSelf - Presenter

2013When Björk Met AttenboroughSelf

2013The Mating GameNarrator

2013Micro Monsters with David AttenboroughPresenter

2013Galapagos with David AttenboroughSelf - Presenter

2013Edwardian Insects on FilmSelf

2013Legends of the Deep: The Giant SquidSelf - Narrator

2013David Attenborough's Natural CuriositiesSelf - Presenter

2013David Attenborough: The Early YearsSelf

2013WinterwatchSelf

2013AfricaSelf - Narrator (voice)

2013Galapagos 3D with David AttenboroughSelf - Presenter

2012Attenborough: 60 Years in the WildSelf - Presenter

2012Attenborough: 60 Years in the WildSelf - Presenter

2012Attenborough's ArkNarrator

2012The Penguin KingSelf - Narrator

2012Hummingbirds: Jewelled MessengersSelf - Narrator (voice)

2012Kingdom of PlantsSelf - Narrator

2012Tales of Television CentreSelf

2012Hot TunaNarrator

2012Superfish: Bluefin Tuna

2012Secrets of Wild IndiaNarrator

2011Frozen PlanetSelf - Narrator

2011Brave New World with Stephen HawkingSelf

2011Animal HouseSelf

2011The Jonathan Ross ShowSelf

2011Great Thinkers: In Their Own WordsSelf

2011All Watched Over by Machines of Loving GraceSelf

2011Flying Monsters 3D with David AttenboroughSelf - Presenter / Narrator

2011Desert SeasSelf - Narrator (voice)

2011The Secrets of Scott's HutSelf

2011Attenborough and the Giant EggSelf - Presenter

2011MadagascarSelf - Presenter

2010Mad and Bad: 60 Years of Science on TVSelf

2010First LifeSelf - Presenter

2010Attenborough's JourneySelf

2010Jane Goodall - Beauty and the BeastsSelf

2010Genius of BritainSelf

2010In Confidence

2010Birds of ParadiseSelf

2009Water Life A World of Water导演

2009LifeSelf - Narrator (voice)

2009Uncovering Our Earliest Ancestor: The LinkSelf - Presenter / Narrator

2009Nature's Great EventsSelf - Presenter

2009Charles Darwin and the Tree of LifePresenter

2009SkavlanSelf - Guest

2008NHKスペシャル映像詩里山II 命めぐる水辺Narrator

2008Clever MonkeysNarrator

2008SuperfishSelf - Narrator

2008Tiger: Spy In The Jungle

2008Life in Cold BloodSelf - Narrator (voice)

2008Snow Leopard: Beyond the MythNarrator

2007The Alan Titchmarsh ShowSelf

2007Attenborough Explores... Our Fragile WorldHimself - Presenter

2007The Graham Norton ShowSelf

2007Trek - Spy on the Wildebeest

2006The One ShowSelf - Guest

2006Can We Save Planet Earth?

2006Are We Changing Planet Earth?

2006Your Favourite Attenborough MomentSelf (archive footage)

2006Gorillas Revisited with Sir David AttenboroughPresenter

2006My Favourite Attenborough MomentSelf (archive footage)

2006Desert LionsSelf - Narrator (voice)

2006Planet EarthSelf - Narrator

2006Folk BritanniaSelf

2006A War on ScienceSelf

2005Life in the UndergrowthSelf

2005Kea: The Smartest Parrot?Self - Narrator

2005Echo and Other ElephantsSelf - Narrator (voice)

2004Bears: Spy in the Woods

2004Satoyama: Japan's Secret WatergardenNarrator

2004The Amber Time MachineNarrator

2004The Minsmere Year

2003The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough

2003Smart Sharks: Swimming With RobosharkSelf

2003The Terry and Gaby Show

2003Deep BlueSelf

2002Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost TribeSelf (voice)

2002Life on Air: David Attenborough's 50 Years in TelevisionSelf

2002The Life of MammalsSelf - Presenter

2002Attenborough the ControllerSelf

2002Great Natural Wonders of the WorldPresenter

2001Friday Night with Jonathan RossSelf - Guest

2001The Blue PlanetSelf - Narrator (voice)

2000Bowerbirds: The Art of SeductionNarrator

2000Lions: Spy in the DenNarrator

2000State of the PlanetSelf - Presenter

2000Living with DinosaursPresenter

2000The Lost Gods of Easter IslandHimself - Presenter

2000The Song of the EarthNarrator

1999The Greatest Wildlife Show on EarthPresenter - Narrator

1999Tiger: The Elusive PrincessNarrator (voice)

1999Islands of the Vampire BirdsNarrator (voice)

1999Satoyama I: Japan's Secret WatergardenNarrator

1998The Life of BirdsSelf - Narrator (voice)

1998The Dragons of GalapagosNarrator (voice)

1998ParkinsonSelf

1997Leopard: The Agent of DarknessSelf

1997Humpback Whale: The Giant of the OceansSelf

1996Sperm Whales: Back from the AbyssNarrator

1996Attenborough in ParadiseSelf - Narrator

1996Attenborough in Paradise

1996Survival IslandNarrator

1995World of Wildlife: African Big CatsSelf - Narrator

1995Wildlife Specials

1995The Private Life of Plantshimself

1995The Private Life of PlantsSelf - Presenter

1995Great White Shark - The Silent Stalker

1993Life in the FreezerSelf - Presenter

1993Killer Whales: Wolves of the SeaNarrator

1991Barn Owl: Bird of Darkness

1990The Making Of The Trials Of Life - Once More Into The Termite MoundSelf

1990Trials of LifeSelf - Narrator (voice)

1990The Trials of LifeSelf - Presenter

1990A TV DanteHimself

1989Lost Worlds, Vanished LivesPresenter - Narrator

1988This MorningSelf

1987Going Live!Self

1987The First EdenPresenter - Narrator

1987Birds of the Sun GodNarrator

1985A Zed & Two NoughtsHimself - Documentary Narrator (voice)

1985David Attenborough's Animals of the British Countryside - Land MammalsNarrator

1985The Million Pound Bird BookPresenter

1984Goldene KameraSelf

1984The Living PlanetSelf

1983Aliens From Inner SpaceNarrator

1983Natural WorldPresenter

1982NatureNarrator (voice)

1981General Studies: An Everyday MiracleNarrator

1980The Spirit of AsiaSelf

1979Squirrel on My ShoulderNarrator

1979Life on EarthSelf - Presenter

1978At Home with BadgersNarrator

1977Wildlife on OneNarrator

1975Fabulous AnimalsSelf - Presenter

1975ExplorersSelf - Narrator

1975The Tribal Eye

1974NOVANarrator

1973Eastward With Attenborough

1971A Blank on the MapHimself - Presenter

1971Baobab: Portrait of a TreeNarrator (voice)

1969The Miracle of Bali

1967The World About UsNarrator

1967OmnibusSelf

1961Elsa the LionessSelf

1960The People of Paradise

1959Science Is NewsSelf - Presenter

1955Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1955-1958

1955Zoo Quest to West AfricaSelf

Blue Planet IIISelf - Presenter