Biography
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.
Filmography
all 282
self 213
Movies 165
TV Shows 117
Narrator 26
Writer 10
Voice 3
Creator 1
Self - Narrator (voice)
Parenthood (2025)
TV
Self - Reader
Simon Schama's Story of Us (2025)
TV
Self - Presenter
Asia (2024)
TV
Self - Narrator (voice)
Secret Lives of Orangutans (2024)
Movie
Narrator / Writer
Prehistoric Planet Immersive - Triceratops Forest (2024)
Movie
Self - Narrator
Mammals (2024)
TV
Self - Presenter
Attenborough and the Giant Sea Monster (2024)
Movie
Self - Narrator (voice)
Secret World of Sound (2024)
TV
Narrator / Writer
Prehistoric Planet Immersive - Pterosaur Beach (2024)
Movie
Self - Presenter
Planet Earth III (2023)
TV
Self - Presenter
Wild Isles (2023)
TV
Self (archive footage)
The Deepest Breath (2023)
Movie
Self - Presenter
Frozen Planet II (2022)
TV
Self - Presenter
Prehistoric Planet (2022)
TV
Self - Presenter
Dinosaurs: The Final Day with David Attenborough (2022)
Movie
Self - Narrator
Satoyama (2022)
TV
Self - Host
Great Mammoth Mystery (2022)
Movie
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Green Planet (2022)
TV
Self - Presenter
Attenborough's Wonder of Song (2022)
Movie
Self - Narrator
Attenborough and the Mammoth Graveyard (2021)
Movie
Self - Presenter
The Mating Game (2021)
TV
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Earthshot Prize: Repairing Our Planet (2021)
TV
Self (archive footage)
Parkinson at 50 (2021)
Movie
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Year Earth Changed (2021)
Movie
Self - Presenter
Attenborough's Life in Colour (2021)
TV
Self - Narrator (voice)
A Perfect Planet (2021)
TV
Self - Presenter
Extinction: The Facts (2020)
Movie
Self - Narrator (voice)
Planet Earth: A Celebration (2020)
Movie
Self - Narrator (voice)
Seven Worlds, One Planet (2019)
TV
Self - Gerald's Colleague
What The Durrells Did Next (2019)
Movie
10
Self - Presenter
Climate Change: The Facts (2019)
Movie
Self - Narrator (voice)
Our Planet (2019)
TV
10
Self - Narrator
Our Planet: Behind the Scenes (2019)
Movie
Self - Narrator (archive sound)
Timelapse of the Future: A Journey to the End of Time (2019)
Movie
Self - Narrator
Dragons and Damsels (2019)
Movie
Self - Narrator
Wild Karnataka (2019)
Movie
Self - Narrator
Whale Wisdom (2018)
Movie
Self - Narrator
Dynasties (2018)
TV
Self - Narrator
Into the Jungle (2018)
Movie
Self - Narrator
Deep Ocean: Descent into the Mariana Trench (2018)
Movie
Self - Narrator (voice)
David Attenborough's Tasmania (2018)
Movie
Self - Narrator (voice)
Pangolins: The World's Most Wanted Animal (2018)
Movie
Self - Presenter
Attenborough's Wonder of Eggs (2018)
Movie
Self – Presenter / Writer
Attenborough and the Empire of the Ants (2017)
Movie
Self - Presenter
David Attenborough's Ant Mountain (2017)
Movie
Self - Presenter
Attenborough and the Giant Elephant (2017)
Movie
Self - Presenter
Blue Planet II (2017)
TV
4.33
Self - Narrator
Hotel Armadillo (2017)
Movie
Self - Narrator
Puerto Rico: Island of Enchantment (2017)
Movie
Self - Narrator (voice)
Cheetahs: Growing Up Fast (2017)
Movie
Self - Presenter
Planet Earth II: A World of Wonder (2017)
Movie
Self - Narrator / Casting
Planet Earth II (2016)
TV
6.64
Self - Special Contributor
A Plastic Ocean (2016)
Movie
Self - Presenter / Sound Recordist
Zoo Quest in Colour (2016)
Movie
Self - Presenter
Attenborough's Life That Glows (2016)
Movie
Self - Presenter
Attenborough's ion Projects (2016)
TV
Self - Narrator (voice) / Presenter
Wild City (2016)
TV
Self - Presenter
Attenborough and the Giant Dinosaur (2016)
Movie
Self - Presenter / Writer
Great Barrier Reef with David Attenborough (2015)
TV
5
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Hunt (2015)
TV
6.33
Self - Narrator
Legends of the Deep: Deep Sea Sharks (2015)
Movie
Narrator (voice)
Africa's Fishing Leopards (2015)
Movie
Presenter - Narrator
Attenborough's Paradise Birds (2015)
Movie
Self - Presenter / Writer
David Attenborough's Conquest of the Skies (2015)
TV
Self – Narrator
Deep Ocean: The Lost World of the Pacific (2015)
Movie
Self - Narrator
Deep Ocean (2015)
TV
Self - Presenter
Life Story (2014)
TV
6
Self - Opening Sequence (voice)
Björk: Biophilia Live (2014)
Movie
Self - Narrator
Fabulous Frogs (2014)
Movie
Self - Narrator - UK Version
Galapagos 3D: Nature's Wonderland (2014)
Movie
Presenter / Writer
David Attenborough's Natural History Museum Alive (2014)
Movie
Self - Presenter / Screenplay
David Attenborough's Rise of Animals: Triumph of the Vertebrates (2013)
TV
6
Narrator
The Mating Game (2013)
Movie
Self - Presenter / Writer
Galapagos with David Attenborough (2013)
Movie
Self - Narrator
Legends of the Deep: The Giant Squid (2013)
Movie
Self - Presenter
David Attenborough's Natural Curiosities (2013)
TV
6.75
Self - Narrator (voice)
Africa (2013)
TV
6.67
Self - Presenter / Writer
Galapagos 3D with David Attenborough (2013)
TV
Self - Presenter
Attenborough: 60 Years in the Wild (2012)
Movie
Self - Presenter
Attenborough: 60 Years in the Wild (2012)
TV
Narrator / Writer
Attenborough's Ark (2012)
Movie
Self - Narrator
The Penguin King (2012)
Movie
Self - Narrator (voice)
Hummingbirds: Jewelled Messengers (2012)
Movie
Self - Narrator
Kingdom of Plants (2012)
TV
Narrator
Hot Tuna (2012)
Movie
Narrator
Secrets of Wild India (2012)
TV
Self - Narrator / Writer
Frozen Planet (2011)
TV
5.5
Self - Presenter / Narrator / Writer
Flying Monsters 3D with David Attenborough (2011)
Movie
Self - Narrator (voice)
Desert Seas (2011)
Movie
Self - Presenter
Attenborough and the Giant Egg (2011)
Movie
Self - Presenter
Madagascar (2011)
TV
6
Self - Presenter / Writer
First Life (2010)
TV
6
Self - Narrator (voice)
Life (2009)
TV
3.67
Self - Presenter / Narrator
Uncovering Our Earliest Ancestor: The Link (2009)
Movie
Self - Presenter
Nature's Great Events (2009)
TV
6
Presenter / Writer
Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life (2009)
Movie
Self - Guest
Skavlan (2009)
TV
Narrator
Clever Monkeys (2008)
Movie
Self - Narrator
Superfish (2008)
Movie
Self - Narrator (voice)
Life in Cold Blood (2008)
TV
6
Self - Narrator
Lobo: The Wolf That Changed America (2007)
Movie
Himself - Presenter
Attenborough Explores... Our Fragile World (2007)
Movie
Self - Guest
The One Show (2006)
TV
Self - Narrator / Writer
Planet Earth (2006)
TV
5.91
himself / Script Consultant
Desert Lions (2006)
Movie
Self / Writer
Life in the Undergrowth (2005)
TV
6
Presenter
Kea: The Smartest Parrot (2005)
Movie
Narrator
The Amber Time Machine (2004)
Movie
Self - Narrator
Elephants: Spy in the Herd (2003)
Movie
Self / Writer
Deep Blue (2003)
Movie
Self - Presenter / Writer
The Life of Mammals (2002)
TV
5
Self - Guest
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (2001)
TV
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Blue Planet (2001)
TV
6.22
Narrator / Writer
Bowerbirds: The Art of Seduction (2000)
Movie
Narrator
Lions: Spy in the Den (2000)
Movie
Self - Presenter / Writer
State of the Planet (2000)
TV
Presenter
Living with Dinosaurs (2000)
Movie
Himself - Presenter / Screenplay
The Lost Gods of Easter Island (2000)
Movie
Narrator / Writer
The Song of the Earth (2000)
Movie
Presenter - Narrator
The Greatest Wildlife Show on Earth (1999)
Movie
Narrator (voice)
Tiger: The Elusive Princess (1999)
Movie
Narrator / Writer
Islands of the Vampire Birds (1999)
Movie
Self - Narrator (voice) / Writer
The Life of Birds (1998)
TV
4.75
Self
Parkinson (1998)
TV
Self - Narrator / Writer
Attenborough in Paradise (1996)
Movie
Narrator
Survival Island (1996)
Movie
Self - Narrator
World of Wildlife: African Big Cats (1995)
Movie
Self - Presenter / Writer
The Private Life of Plants (1995)
TV
Self - Presenter / Writer
Life in the Freezer (1993)
TV
6
Self - Narrator (voice)
Trials of Life (1990)
TV
Self - Presenter
The Trials of Life (1990)
Movie
Himself
A TV Dante (1990)
Movie
Presenter - Narrator
Lost Worlds, Vanished Lives (1989)
TV
Presenter - Narrator
The First Eden (1987)
TV
Himself - Documentary Narrator (voice)
A Zed & Two Noughts (1985)
Movie
Self / Writer
The Living Planet (1984)
TV
Narrator
Aliens From Inner Space (1983)
Movie
Self - Host / Narrator (voice) / Narrator / Self - Host / Self - Narrator / Presenter / Writer
Natural World (1983)
TV
6
Narrator (voice) / Host / Self
Nature (1982)
TV
1
Self
Wogan (1982)
TV
Narrator
An Everyday Miracle (1981)
Movie
Narrator
Squirrel On My Shoulder (1979)
Movie
Self - Presenter / Writer
Life on Earth (1979)
TV
Narrator
At Home with Badgers (1978)
Movie
Narrator
Wildlife on One (1977)
TV
Self - Presenter / Creator
Fabulous Animals (1975)
TV
Narrator / Writer
NOVA (1974)
TV
4.75
Himself - Presenter / Screenplay
A Blank on the Map (1971)
Movie
Self - Narrator
The World (1967)
TV
Self
Omnibus (1967)
TV
Himself / Narrator / Self
Horizon (1964)
TV
5.5
Self / Producer
Elsa the Lioness (1961)
Movie
Self - Presenter
Science Is News (1959)
TV
Self / Writer / Producer
Zoo Quest to West Africa (1955)
Movie
ArchiveFootage
Vegan 2020
Movie
Himself / Presenter
Horizon: Death of the Oceans
Movie
Self - Narrator
Saving Planet Earth: Fixing a Hole
Movie
Self - Guest
In Confidence
TV
Self - Presenter
Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life
TV
Self - Presenter
Blue Planet III
TV
Self - Narrator
王朝：狐獴特辑
Movie
Gallery
Information
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1926-05-08 (99 years old)
Birth Place
Isleworth, United Kingdom
Height
Spouse
Jane Elizabeth Ebsworth Oriel
Father
Frederick Attenborough
Mother
Mary Clegg
Siblings
Richard Attenborough, John Attenborough
Citizenships
United Kingdom
Also Known 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
Awards
Corresponding Member of the Australian Academy of Science, Honorary member of the British Ecological Society, Caird Medal, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology, Founder’s Medal, Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, Fellow of the Zoological Society of London, Fellow of the Linnean Society of London, Edinburgh Medal, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Narrator, Scottish Geographical Medal, Cherry Kearton Medal and Award, CIEEM Medal, Honorary Fellow of the Zoological Society of London, Crystal Award, Commander of the Royal Victorian Order, Livingstone Medal, Silver Medal of the Zoological Society of London, Linnean Tercentenary Medal, Fonseca Prize, Bodley Medal, Natural World Book Prize, Companion of Honour, Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Kalinga Prize, International Cosmos Prize, Nierenberg Prize, Princess of Asturias Award for Social Sciences, Michael Faraday Prize, Champions of the Earth, Knight Bachelor, Benjamin Franklin Medal, Emmy Award, Order of Merit
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