David Attenborough

David Attenborough

Sir David Frederick Attenborough is a naturalist and broadcaster, who is most well-known for writing and presenting the nine "Life" series, produced in conjunction with BBC's Natural History Unit. The series includes Life on Earth (1979), The Living Planet (1984), The Trials of Life (1990), Life in the Freezer (about Antarctica; 1993), The Private Life of Plants (1995), The Life of Birds (1998), The Life of Mammals (2002), Life in the Undergrowth (2005) and Life in Cold Blood (2008).

He is the younger brother of director and actor Richard Attenborough.

Photo credit: Wildscreen's photograph of David Attenborough at ARKive's launch in Bristol, England © May 2003

Acting

2026

Wild London
Movie

Self

2025

Kingdom
Tv

Self - Narrator (voice)

2025

Deep Ocean: Kingdom of the Coelacanth
Movie

Self - Narrator (voice)

2025

Parenthood
Tv

Self - Narrator (voice)

2025

A Deeper Dive with David Attenborough
Movie

Self

2025

Ocean with David Attenborough
Movie

Self

2024

Attenborough's Life Journey
Movie

Self

2024

Asia
Tv

Self - Presenter

2024

Secret Lives of Orangutans
Movie

Self - Narrator (voice)

2024

Planeta Tierra (Fateful Planet)
Tv

Self

2024

Saving the Storks with Sir David Attenborough
Movie

Self - Narrator (voice)

2024

Saving the Storks with Sir David Attenborough
Movie

Self - Narrator (voice)

2024

Saving the Storks with Sir David Attenborough
Movie

Self - Narrator (voice)

2024

Mammals
Tv

Self - Narrator

2024

Secret World of Sound
Tv

Self - Narrator (voice)

2024

Attenborough and the Giant Sea Monster
Movie

Self - Presenter

2023

David Attenborough: A Life on Earth
Movie

Self

2023

Planet Earth III
Tv

Self - Presenter

2023

Our Planet II
Movie

Self - Narrator (voice)

2023

Our Planet II
Movie

Self - Narrator (voice)

2023

Wild Isles
Tv

Self - Presenter

2022

How the BBC Began
Tv

Self

2022

Frozen Planet II
Tv

Self - Presenter

2022

Prehistoric Planet
Tv

Self - Presenter

2022

Dinosaurs: The Final Day with David Attenborough
Movie

Self - Presenter

2022

Great Mammoth Mystery
Movie

Self - Host

2022

David Attenborough's Global Adventure
Tv

Self

2022

Attenborough's Wonder of Song
Movie

Self - Presenter

2021

Attenborough and the Mammoth Graveyard
Movie

Self - Narrator

2021

The Mating Game
Tv

Self - Presenter

2021

Breaking Boundaries: The Science of Our Planet
Movie

Self - Narrator

2021

Attenborough’s Journey
Movie

Self

2021

The Year Earth Changed
Movie

Self - Narrator (voice)

2021

Attenborough's Life in Colour
Tv

Self - Presenter

2020

Prince William: A Planet For Us All
Movie

Self

2020

Michael Palin: Travels of a Lifetime
Tv

Self

2020

David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet
Movie

Self

2020

Extinction: The Facts
Movie

Self - Presenter

2020

Planet Earth: A Celebration
Movie

Self - Narrator (voice)

2020

Diving Deep: The Life and Times of Mike deGruy
Movie

Self

2019

The Forum
Movie

Self

2019

The Living Thames
Movie

Self

2019

The Kiwi, The Knight and the Qashqai
Movie

Self

2019

Climate Change: The Facts
Movie

Self - Presenter

2019

Our Planet: Behind the Scenes
Movie

Self - Narrator

2019

Our Planet
Tv

Self - Narrator (voice)

2019

Blue Planet UK
Tv

Self

2019

Dragons and Damsels
Movie

Self - Narrator

2019

Wild Karnataka
Movie

Self - Narrator

2018

Whale Wisdom
Movie

Self - Narrator

2018

Dynasties
Tv

Self - Narrator

2018

Into the Jungle
Movie

Self - Narrator

2018

Deep Ocean: Descent into the Mariana Trench
Movie

Self - Narrator

2018

David Attenborough's Tasmania
Movie

Self - Narrator (voice)

2018

Pangolins: The World's Most Wanted Animal
Movie

Self - Narrator (voice)

2018

Attenborough's Wonder of Eggs
Movie

Self - Presenter

2018

Attenborough and the Sea Dragon
Movie

Presenter

2018

Deep Ocean: Giants of the Antarctic Deep
Movie

Narrator

2018

Deep Ocean: Giants of the Antarctic Deep
Movie

Narrator

2017

David Attenborough's Ant Mountain
Movie

Self - Presenter

2017

Attenborough and the Empire of the Ants
Movie

Self – Presenter

2017

Attenborough and the Giant Elephant
Movie

Self - Presenter

2017

And the Winner Isn't
Movie

Self

2017

Plants Behaving Badly
Tv

Self

2017

Richmond Park National Nature Reserve
Movie

Self

2017

Hotel Armadillo
Movie

Self - Narrator

2017

Puerto Rico: Island of Enchantment
Movie

Self - Narrator

2017

Puerto Rico: Island of Enchantment
Movie

Self - Narrator

2017

Puerto Rico: Island of Enchantment
Movie

Self - Narrator

2017

Puerto Rico: Island of Enchantment
Movie

Self - Narrator

2017

Cheetahs: Growing Up Fast
Movie

Self - Narrator (voice)

2017

Planet Earth II: A World of Wonder
Movie

Self - Presenter

2017

Richard Batterham, Master Potter
Movie

Self

2016

Planet Earth II
Tv

Self - Narrator

2016

Jaguars: Brazil's Super Cats
Movie

Self

2016

Deep Ocean: Lights in the Abyss
Movie

Self - Narrator

2016

Zoo Quest in Colour
Movie

Self - Presenter

2016

Attenborough's Life That Glows
Movie

Self - Presenter

2016

Attenborough at 90
Movie

Self

2016

Attenborough's Passion Projects
Tv

Self - Presenter

2016

Attenborough at 90: Behind the Lens
Movie

Self

2016

David Attenborough's Wild City
Tv

Self - Narrator

2016

Wild City
Tv

Self - Narrator (voice)

2016

Attenborough and the Giant Dinosaur
Movie

Self - Presenter

2015

Cougars Undercover
Movie

Self

2015

The Hunt
Tv

Self - Narrator (voice)

2015

David Attenborough Meets President Obama
Movie

Self

2015

Attenborough's Big Birds
Movie

Narrator

2015

Legends of the Deep: Deep Sea Sharks
Movie

Self - Narrator

2015

Africa's Fishing Leopards
Movie

Narrator (voice)

2015

Attenborough's Paradise Birds
Movie

Presenter - Narrator

2015

Deep Ocean
Tv

Self - Narrator

2015

Deep Ocean: The Lost World of the Pacific
Movie

Self – Narrator

2014

Björk: Biophilia Live
Movie

Self - Opening Sequence (voice)

2014

Sir David Attenborough – A Life on Earth
Movie

David Attenborough

2014

Sir David Attenborough – A Life on Earth
Movie

Self

2014

Sir David Attenborough – A Life on Earth
Movie

David Attenborough

2014

Mountain Lions: Big Cats in High Places
Movie

Narrator

2014

Fabulous Frogs
Movie

Self - Narrator

2014

The Bat Man of Mexico
Movie

Self

2014

Conquest of The Skies 3D
Movie

自己

2014

Conquest of The Skies 3D
Movie

编剧

2014

David Attenborough's Natural History Museum Alive
Movie

Presenter

2013

Autopsy on a Dream
Movie

Self

2013

David Attenborough's Rise of Animals: Triumph of the Vertebrates
Tv

Self - Presenter

2013

When Björk Met Attenborough
Movie

Self

2013

Micro Monsters with David Attenborough
Tv

Presenter

2013

Legends of the Deep: The Giant Squid
Movie

Self - Narrator

2013

David Attenborough's Natural Curiosities
Tv

Self - Presenter

2013

David Attenborough: The Early Years
Movie

Self

2013

Winterwatch
Tv

Self

2013

Africa
Tv

Self - Narrator (voice)

2013

Galapagos 3D with David Attenborough
Tv

Self - Presenter

2012

Attenborough: 60 Years in the Wild
Tv

Self - Presenter

2012

Attenborough: 60 Years in the Wild
Movie

Self - Presenter

2012

Attenborough's Ark
Movie

Narrator

2012

The Penguin King
Movie

Self - Narrator

2012

Voice
Tv

Unknown

2012

Hummingbirds: Jewelled Messengers
Movie

Self - Narrator (voice)

2012

Kingdom of Plants
Tv

Self - Narrator

2012

Tales of Television Centre
Movie

Self

2012

Hot Tuna
Movie

Narrator

2012

Superfish: Bluefin Tuna
Movie

Unknown

2011

Frozen Planet
Tv

Self - Narrator

2011

Brave New World with Stephen Hawking
Tv

Self

2011

Animal House
Movie

Self

2011

The Jonathan Ross Show
Tv

Self

2011

Flying Monsters 3D with David Attenborough
Movie

Self - Presenter / Narrator

2011

Desert Seas
Movie

Self - Narrator (voice)

2011

The Secrets of Scott's Hut
Movie

Self

2011

Attenborough and the Giant Egg
Movie

Self - Presenter

2011

Madagascar
Tv

Self - Presenter

2010

First Life
Tv

Self - Presenter

2010

Jane Goodall - Beauty and the Beasts
Movie

Self

2010

Jane Goodall - Beauty and the Beasts
Movie

Self

2010

Jane Goodall - Beauty and the Beasts
Movie

Self

2010

Jane Goodall - Beauty and the Beasts
Movie

Self

2010

Genius of Britain
Tv

Self

2010

Birds of Paradise
Movie

Self

2009

Water Life A World of Water
Movie

导演

2009

Life
Tv

Self - Narrator (voice)

2009

Uncovering Our Earliest Ancestor: The Link
Movie

Self - Presenter / Narrator

2009

Nature's Great Events
Tv

Self - Presenter

2009

Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life
Movie

Presenter

2008

Clever Monkeys
Movie

Narrator

2008

Superfish
Movie

Self - Narrator

2008

Tiger: Spy In The Jungle
Tv

Unknown

2008

Life in Cold Blood
Tv

Self - Narrator (voice)

2008

Snow Leopard: Beyond the Myth
Movie

Narrator

2007

The Alan Titchmarsh Show
Tv

Self

2007

Attenborough Explores... Our Fragile World
Movie

Himself - Presenter

2007

The Graham Norton Show
Tv

Self

2007

Trek - Spy on the Wildebeest
Movie

Unknown

2006

The One Show
Tv

Self - Guest

2006

Can We Save Planet Earth?
Movie

Unknown

2006

Are We Changing Planet Earth?
Tv

Unknown

2006

Your Favourite Attenborough Moment
Movie

Self (archive footage)

2006

Gorillas Revisited with Sir David Attenborough
Movie

Presenter

2006

My Favourite Attenborough Moment
Movie

Self (archive footage)

2006

Planet Earth
Tv

Self - Narrator

2006

Desert Lions
Movie

Self - Narrator (voice)

2005

Life in the Undergrowth
Tv

Self

2005

Kea: The Smartest Parrot
Movie

Presenter

2005

Echo and Other Elephants
Tv

Self - Narrator (voice)

2004

Satoyama II: Japan's Secret Watergarden
Movie

Narrator

2004

The Amber Time Machine
Movie

Narrator

2004

The Minsmere Year
Movie

Unknown

2003

Smart Sharks: Swimming With Roboshark
Movie

Self

2003

The Terry and Gaby Show
Tv

Unknown

2003

Deep Blue
Movie

Self

2002

Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe
Movie

Self (voice)

2002

The Life of Mammals
Tv

Self - Presenter

2002

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

Self

2002

Great Natural Wonders of the World
Movie

Presenter

2002

Attenborough the Controller
Movie

Self

2001

The Blue Planet
Tv

Self - Narrator (voice)

2000

Bowerbirds: The Art of Seduction
Movie

Narrator

2000

Lions: Spy in the Den
Movie

Narrator

2000

Living with Dinosaurs
Movie

Presenter

2000

The Lost Gods of Easter Island
Movie

Himself - Presenter

2000

The Song of the Earth
Movie

Narrator

1999

Tiger: The Elusive Princess
Movie

Narrator (voice)

1999

Islands of the Vampire Birds
Movie

Narrator

1999

Satoyama I: Japan's Secret Watergarden
Movie

Narrator

1998

The Life of Birds
Tv

Self - Narrator (voice)

1998

Parkinson
Tv

Self

1997

Leopard: The Agent of Darkness
Movie

Self

1997

Humpback Whale: The Giant of the Oceans
Movie

Self

1996

Sperm Whales: Back from the Abyss
Movie

Narrator

1996

Attenborough in Paradise
Movie

Self - Narrator

1996

Attenborough in Paradise
Tv

Unknown

1996

Survival Island
Movie

Narrator

1995

World of Wildlife: African Big Cats
Movie

Self - Narrator

1995

The Private Life of Plants
Tv

Self - Presenter

1993

Life in the Freezer
Tv

Self - Presenter

1991

Barn Owl: Bird of Darkness
Movie

Unknown

1990

Trials of Life
Tv

Self - Narrator (voice)

1990

The Trials of Life
Movie

Self - Presenter

1989

Lost Worlds, Vanished Lives
Tv

Presenter - Narrator

1988

This Morning
Tv

Self

1987

Birds of the Sun God
Movie

Narrator

1985

A Zed & Two Noughts
Movie

Himself - Documentary Narrator (voice)

1984

The Living Planet
Tv

Self

1983

Aliens From Inner Space
Movie

Narrator

1983

Natural World
Tv

Self - Host

1982

Nature
Tv

Host

1982

Nature
Tv

Narrator (voice)

1982

Nature
Tv

Self

1982

Wogan
Tv

Self

1981

An Everyday Miracle
Movie

Narrator

1979

Squirrel On My Shoulder
Movie

Narrator

1979

Life on Earth
Tv

Self - Presenter

1978

At Home with Badgers
Movie

Narrator

1975

Fabulous Animals
Tv

Self - Presenter

1974

NOVA
Tv

Narrator

1967

The World About Us
Tv

Narrator

1961

Elsa the Lioness
Movie

Self

1960

The People of Paradise
Tv

Unknown

1955

Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1955-1958
Tv

Unknown

1955

Zoo Quest to West Africa
Movie

Self

Writing

2017

Attenborough and the Empire of the Ants
Movie

Writer

2014

Sir David Attenborough – A Life on Earth
Movie

Writer

2014

Sir David Attenborough – A Life on Earth
Movie

Writer

2014

Sir David Attenborough – A Life on Earth
Movie

Writer

2014

Sir David Attenborough – A Life on Earth
Movie

Writer

2014

Sir David Attenborough – A Life on Earth
Movie

Writer

2014

David Attenborough's Natural History Museum Alive
Movie

Writer

2013

David Attenborough's Rise of Animals: Triumph of the Vertebrates
Tv

Screenplay

2013

Africa
Tv

Writer

2013

Galapagos 3D with David Attenborough
Tv

Writer

2012

Attenborough's Ark
Movie

Writer

2011

Frozen Planet
Tv

Writer

2011

Flying Monsters 3D with David Attenborough
Movie

Writer

2010

First Life
Tv

Writer

2009

Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life
Movie

Writer

2008

Life in Cold Blood
Tv

Writer

2006

Planet Earth
Tv

Writer

2006

Desert Lions
Movie

Script Consultant

2005

Life in the Undergrowth
Tv

Writer

2003

Deep Blue
Movie

Writer

2002

The Life of Mammals
Tv

Writer

2000

Bowerbirds: The Art of Seduction
Movie

Writer

2000

The Lost Gods of Easter Island
Movie

Screenplay

2000

The Song of the Earth
Movie

Writer

1999

Islands of the Vampire Birds
Movie

Writer

1998

The Life of Birds
Tv

Writer

1996

Attenborough in Paradise
Movie

Writer

1996

Attenborough in Paradise
Tv

Writer

1996

Survival Island
Movie

Writer

1995

The Private Life of Plants
Tv

Writer

1993

Life in the Freezer
Tv

Writer

1984

The Living Planet
Tv

Writer

1979

Life on Earth
Tv

Writer

1974

NOVA
Tv

Writer

1955

Zoo Quest to West Africa
Movie

Writer

Crew

2016

Wild City
Tv

Presenter

2014

Sir David Attenborough – A Life on Earth
Movie

Presenter

2014

Sir David Attenborough – A Life on Earth
Movie

Presenter

2014

Sir David Attenborough – A Life on Earth
Movie

Presenter

2014

Sir David Attenborough – A Life on Earth
Movie

Presenter

2014

Sir David Attenborough – A Life on Earth
Movie

Presenter

Directing

2014

Sir David Attenborough – A Life on Earth
Movie

Director

2014

Sir David Attenborough – A Life on Earth
Movie

Director

2014

Sir David Attenborough – A Life on Earth
Movie

Director

2014

Sir David Attenborough – A Life on Earth
Movie

Director

2014

Sir David Attenborough – A Life on Earth
Movie

Director

Production

2016

Planet Earth II
Tv

Casting

1961

Elsa the Lioness
Movie

Producer

1955

Zoo Quest to West Africa
Movie

Producer

Sound

2016

Zoo Quest in Colour
Movie

Sound Recordist

Infos

Full Name
David Attenborough
Gender
Male
Date of Birth
5/8/1926
Website
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Also Known As

David Frederick Attenborough

Sir David Attenborough

Дэвид Фредерик Аттенборо

Девід Аттенборо

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大衛·艾登堡

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