David Attenborough
Born
May 8, 1926 (99 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
London, England, UK
Sir David Attenborough (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

Ocean with David Attenborough
Self
2025

A Deeper Dive with David Attenborough
Self
2025

Attenborough's Life Journey
Self
2024

Prehistoric Planet Immersive - Triceratops Forest
Narrator
2024

Prehistoric Planet Immersive - Pterosaur Beach
Narrator
2024

Attenborough and the Jurassic Sea Monster
Self
2024

The Earthshot Prize: Repairing Our Planet
Self - Narrator (voice) · (5 episodes)
2021

The Mating Game
Self - Presenter · (5 episodes)
2021

David Attenborough's Global Adventure
Self · (3 episodes)
2021

Attenborough's Life in Colour
Self - Presenter · (2 episodes)
2021

Timelapse of the Future: A Journey to the End of Time
Self - Narrator (archive sound)
2019
Cue the Queen: Celebrating the Christmas Speech
Self
2015

The Hunt
Self - Narrator (voice) · (7 episodes)
2015

David Attenborough's Conquest of the Skies
Self - Presenter · (3 episodes)
2015

Life Story
Self - Presenter · (7 episodes)
2014

David Attenborough's Rise of Animals: Triumph of the Vertebrates
Self - Presenter · (2 episodes)
2013

David Attenborough's Natural Curiosities
Self - Presenter · (27 episodes)
2013

Africa
Self - Narrator (voice) · (6 episodes)
2013

Hot Tuna
Narrator
2012

Frozen Planet
Self - Narrator · (7 episodes)
2011

The Jonathan Ross Show
Self · (1 episode)
2011

All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace
Self · (3 episodes)
2011

Madagascar
Self - Presenter · (3 episodes)
2011

First Life
Self - Presenter · (2 episodes)
2010

Life
Self - Narrator (voice) · (10 episodes)
2009

Nature's Great Events
Self - Presenter · (6 episodes)
2009

Tiger: Spy In The Jungle
(3 episodes)
2008

Life in Cold Blood
Self - Narrator (voice) · (5 episodes)
2008
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
Self · (1 episode)
2007

The One Show
Self - Guest · (4 episodes)
2006

Are We Changing Planet Earth?
(2 episodes)
2006

Planet Earth
Self - Narrator · (11 episodes)
2006

Life in the Undergrowth
Self · (5 episodes)
2005

The Minsmere Year
2004
The Terry and Gaby Show
(1 episode)
2003

The Life of Mammals
Self - Presenter · (10 episodes)
2002

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Self - Guest · (4 episodes)
2001

The Blue Planet
Self - Narrator (voice) · (8 episodes)
2001

State of the Planet
Self - Presenter · (3 episodes)
2000
Living with Dinosaurs
Presenter
2000

The Life of Birds
Self - Narrator (voice) · (10 episodes)
1998

Wildlife Specials
(30 episodes)
1995

Life in the Freezer
Self - Presenter · (6 episodes)
1993

Barn Owl: Bird of Darkness
1991

The Making Of The Trials Of Life - Once More Into The Termite Mound
Self
1990

Trials of Life
Self - Narrator (voice) · (12 episodes)
1990

Lost Worlds, Vanished Lives
Presenter - Narrator · (4 episodes)
1989

The First Eden
Presenter - Narrator · (4 episodes)
1987

Natural World
Presenter · (1 episode)
1983

Natural World
Narrator (voice) · (28 episodes)
1983

Natural World
Narrator · (23 episodes)
1983

Nature
Narrator (voice) · (5 episodes)
1982

Squirrel On My Shoulder
Narrator
1979
Horizon: Death of the Oceans
Himself

Saving the Storks with Sir David Attenborough
Narrator

Mammals
Self - Narrator · (6 episodes)
2024

Planet Earth III
Self - Presenter · (8 episodes)
2023

Wild Isles
Self - Presenter · (5 episodes)
2023

Frozen Planet II
Self - Presenter · (6 episodes)
2022

Prehistoric Planet
Self - Presenter · (10 episodes)
2022

Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World
Self · (1 episode)
2021
The Romantics and Us with Simon Schama
Self · (1 episode)
2020

Our Planet
Self - Narrator (voice) · (12 episodes)
2019

Blue Planet UK
Self · (5 episodes)
2019

Dynasties
Self - Narrator · (9 episodes)
2018

Tomorrow's World: People of Science
Self · (1 episode)
2018

Blue Planet II
Self - Presenter · (7 episodes)
2017

Plants Behaving Badly
Self · (2 episodes)
2017

Planet Earth II
Self - Narrator · (6 episodes)
2016

Attenborough's Passion Projects
Self - Presenter · (4 episodes)
2016

Great Barrier Reef with David Attenborough
Self - Presenter · (3 episodes)
2015

Micro Monsters with David Attenborough
Presenter · (6 episodes)
2013

Galapagos 3D with David Attenborough
Self - Presenter · (3 episodes)
2013

Attenborough: 60 Years in the Wild
Self - Presenter · (3 episodes)
2012

Kingdom of Plants
Self - Narrator · (3 episodes)
2012

Brave New World with Stephen Hawking
Self · (5 episodes)
2011

Great Thinkers: In Their Own Words
Self · (2 episodes)
2011

Genius of Britain
Self · (3 episodes)
2010

Skavlan
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
2009

Planet Earth: The Future
Narrator · (0 episode)
2006
Folk Britannia
Self · (1 episode)
2006

The Private Life of Plants
Self - Presenter · (6 episodes)
1995

Going Live!
Self · (1 episode)
1987
Goldene Kamera Verleihung
Self · (1 episode)
1984

Wogan
Self · (1 episode)
1982

Horizon
Self · (1 episode)
1964

Horizon
Himself / Narrator · (1 episode)
1964
Blue Planet III
Self - Presenter · (6 episodes)

Parenthood
Self - Narrator (voice) · (6 episodes)
2025

Simon Schama's Story of Us
Self - Reader · (3 episodes)
2025

Asia
Self - Presenter · (7 episodes)
2024

Secret Lives of Orangutans
Self - Narrator (voice)
2024

Attenborough and the Giant Sea Monster
Self - Presenter
2024

Secret World of Sound
Self - Narrator (voice) · (3 episodes)
2024

David Attenborough: A Life on Earth
Self
2023

The Deepest Breath
Self (archive footage)
2023

How the BBC Began
Self · (3 episodes)
2022

Dinosaurs: The Final Day with David Attenborough
Self - Presenter
2022

Great Mammoth Mystery
Self - Host
2022

David Attenborough's Global Adventures
(3 episodes)
2022

The Green Planet
Self - Narrator (voice) · (5 episodes)
2022

Attenborough's Wonder of Song
Self - Presenter
2022

Attenborough and the Mammoth Graveyard
Self - Narrator
2021

Parkinson at 50
Self (archive footage)
2021

Breaking Boundaries: The Science of Our Planet
Self
2021

Attenborough’s Journey
Self
2021

The Year Earth Changed
Self - Narrator (voice)
2021

A Perfect Planet
Self - Narrator (voice) · (5 episodes)
2021

Prince William: A Planet For Us All
Self
2020

Michael Palin: Travels of a Lifetime
Self · (4 episodes)
2020

David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet
Self
2020
Sir David Attenborough and Sir Michael Palin in Conversation
Self
2020

Extinction: The Facts
Self - Presenter
2020

Planet Earth: A Celebration
Self - Narrator (voice)
2020

Chris Packham: 7.7 Billion People and Counting
Self
2020

Diving Deep: The Life and Times of Mike deGruy
Self
2020

The Forum
Self
2019

Seven Worlds, One Planet
Self - Narrator (voice) · (7 episodes)
2019

The Kiwi, The Knight and the Qashqai
Self
2019

Climate Change: The Facts
Self - Presenter
2019

Our Planet: Behind the Scenes
Self - Narrator
2019

Dragons and Damsels
Self - Narrator
2019

Wild Karnataka
Self - Narrator
2019

Whale Wisdom
Self - Narrator
2018

Into the Jungle
Self - Narrator
2018

Deep Ocean: Descent into the Mariana Trench
Self - Narrator
2018

David Attenborough's Tasmania
Self - Narrator (voice)
2018

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

The Queen's Green Planet
Self
2018

Attenborough's Wonder of Eggs
Self - Presenter
2018

Attenborough and the Sea Dragon
Presenter
2018

Deep Ocean: Giants of the Antarctic Deep
Narrator
2018

The Making of David Attenborough's Ant Mountain
Self
2018

David Attenborough's Ant Mountain
Self - Presenter
2017

Attenborough and the Empire of the Ants
Self – Presenter
2017

Attenborough and the Giant Elephant
Self - Presenter
2017

And the Winner Isn't
Self
2017
Richmond Park National Nature Reserve
Self
2017

Hotel Armadillo
Self - Narrator
2017

Puerto Rico: Island of Enchantment
Self - Narrator
2017

Cheetahs: Growing Up Fast
Self - Narrator (voice)
2017
Richard Batterham, Master Potter
Self
2017

Planet Earth II: A World of Wonder
Self - Presenter
2017

Jaguars: Brazil's Super Cats
Self
2016

Zoo Quest in Colour
Self - Presenter
2016

Attenborough's Life That Glows
Self - Presenter
2016

Attenborough at 90
Self
2016

Attenborough at 90: Behind the Lens
Self
2016

Wild City
Self - Narrator (voice) · (6 episodes)
2016

Attenborough and the Giant Dinosaur
Self - Presenter
2016
Cougars Undercover
Self
2015

David Attenborough Meets President Obama
Self
2015

Attenborough's Big Birds
Narrator
2015

Legends of the Deep: Deep Sea Sharks
Self - Narrator
2015

Africa's Fishing Leopards
Narrator (voice)
2015

Attenborough's Paradise Birds
Presenter - Narrator
2015

Deep Ocean: The Lost World of the Pacific
Self – Narrator
2015

Deep Ocean
Self - Narrator · (4 episodes)
2015

Björk: Biophilia Live
Self - Opening Sequence (voice)
2014

Mountain Lions: Big Cats in High Places
Narrator
2014

Fabulous Frogs
Self - Narrator
2014

The Bat Man of Mexico
Self
2014

David Attenborough's Natural History Museum Alive
Presenter
2014
Autopsy on a Dream
Self
2013

When Björk Met Attenborough
Self
2013

The Mating Game
Narrator
2013

Galapagos with David Attenborough
Self - Presenter
2013
Edwardian Insects on Film
Self
2013

Legends of the Deep: The Giant Squid
Self - Narrator
2013

David Attenborough: The Early Years
Self
2013

Winterwatch
Self · (1 episode)
2013

Attenborough: 60 Years in the Wild
Self - Presenter
2012

Attenborough's Ark
Narrator
2012

The Penguin King
Self - Narrator
2012

Voice
(1 episode)
2012

Hummingbirds: Jewelled Messengers
Self - Narrator (voice)
2012

Tales of Television Centre
Self
2012

Superfish: Bluefin Tuna
2012

Secrets of Wild India
Narrator · (3 episodes)
2012

Animal House
Self
2011

Flying Monsters 3D with David Attenborough
Self - Presenter / Narrator
2011

Desert Seas
Self - Narrator (voice)
2011

The Secrets of Scott's Hut
Self
2011

Attenborough and the Giant Egg
Self - Presenter
2011

Mad and Bad: 60 Years of Science on TV
Self
2010

Attenborough's Journey
Self
2010

Birds of Paradise
Self
2010

Uncovering Our Earliest Ancestor: The Link
Self - Presenter / Narrator
2009

Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life
Presenter
2009

Clever Monkeys
Narrator
2008

Superfish
Self - Narrator
2008

Snow Leopard: Beyond the Myth
Narrator
2008
Attenborough Explores... Our Fragile World
Himself - Presenter
2007

The Graham Norton Show
Self · (4 episodes)
2007

Trek - Spy on the Wildebeest
2007
Can We Save Planet Earth?
2006

Gorillas Revisited with Sir David Attenborough
Presenter
2006

Desert Lions
himself
2006

A War on Science
Self
2006
Kea: The Smartest Parrot
Presenter
2005

Bears: Spy in the Woods
2004

Satoyama II: Japan's Secret Watergarden
Narrator
2004

The Amber Time Machine
Narrator
2004

The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough
2003

Smart Sharks: Swimming With Roboshark
Self
2003

Deep Blue
Self
2003

Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe
Self (voice)
2002

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

Prehistoric Planet
旁白 · (0 episode)
2002

Attenborough the Controller
Self
2002

Great Natural Wonders of the World
Presenter
2002

Bowerbirds: The Art of Seduction
Narrator
2000

Lions: Spy in the Den
Narrator
2000

The Lost Gods of Easter Island
Himself - Presenter
2000

The Song of the Earth
Narrator
2000

The Greatest Wildlife Show on Earth
Presenter - Narrator
1999

Tiger: The Elusive Princess
Narrator (voice)
1999

Islands of the Vampire Birds
Narrator
1999

Satoyama I: Japan's Secret Watergarden
Narrator
1999

The Dragons of Galapagos
Narrator
1998

Parkinson
Self · (2 episodes)
1998

Leopard: The Agent of Darkness
Self
1997
Humpback Whale: The Giant of the Oceans
Self
1997

Sperm Whales: Back from the Abyss
Narrator
1996

Attenborough in Paradise
Self - Narrator
1996

Attenborough in Paradise
(7 episodes)
1996

Survival Island
Narrator
1996

World of Wildlife: African Big Cats
Self - Narrator
1995

The Private Life of Plants
himself
1995

Killer Whales: Wolves of the Sea
Narrator
1993

The Trials of Life
Self - Presenter
1990

A TV Dante
Himself
1990

This Morning
Self · (1 episode)
1988

A Zed & Two Noughts
Himself - Documentary Narrator (voice)
1985

The Living Planet
Self · (12 episodes)
1984

Aliens From Inner Space
Narrator
1983

Natural World
Self - Host · (9 episodes)
1983

Natural World
Self - Narrator · (1 episode)
1983

Nature
Host · (2 episodes)
1982

Nature
Self · (1 episode)
1982
An Everyday Miracle
Narrator
1981

Life on Earth
Self - Presenter · (13 episodes)
1979
At Home with Badgers
Narrator
1978

Wildlife on One
Narrator · (1 episode)
1977

Fabulous Animals
Self - Presenter · (6 episodes)
1975

The Tribal Eye
(7 episodes)
1975

NOVA
Narrator · (3 episodes)
1974
Eastward With Attenborough
(6 episodes)
1973

A Blank on the Map
Himself - Presenter
1971

The Miracle of Bali
(3 episodes)
1969

Omnibus
Self · (1 episode)
1967

Horizon
(1 episode)
1964

Adventure
(9 episodes)
1963

Elsa the Lioness
Self
1961
The People of Paradise
(6 episodes)
1960
Science Is News
Self - Presenter · (1 episode)
1959
Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1955-1958
(6 episodes)
1955

Zoo Quest to West Africa
Self
1955

Zoo Quest
(42 episodes)
1954