
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 | Deep Ocean: Descent into the Mariana Trench | 2020 | |
Movie | David Attenborough. The Blue Planet | 2020 | |
Series | Our Planet | Narrator | 2019-04-05 |
Movie | The Queen's Green Planet | Himself | 2018-04-16 |
Movie | Attenborough and the Sea Dragon | Himself | 2018-01-07 |
Movie | The World's Most Wanted Animal | Narrator (U.K.) | 2018-05-23 |
Series | Dynasties | Narrator | 2018-11-11 |
Movie | Blue Planet II: One Ocean & The Deep | Narrator | 2018-05-18 |
Series | Blue Planet II | Himself - Presenter | 2017-10-29 |
Movie | Attenborough and the Giant Elephant | Himself - Presenter | 2017-12-10 |
Movie | And the Winner Isn't | Himself | 2017-12-08 |
Movie | Attenborough at 90: Behind the Lens | Himself | 2016-04-30 |
Movie | Attenborough and the Giant Dinosaur | Himself - Presenter | 2016-01-24 |
Movie | Attenborough's Life That Glows | Himself - Presenter | 2016-05-09 |
Series | Planet Earth II | Himself - Presenter | 2016-11-06 |
Movie | Zoo Quest in Colour | 2016-05-17 | |
Series | David Attenborough's Conquest of the Skies | Himelf - Host | 2015-01-03 |
Movie | Attenborough's Paradise Birds | Presenter | 2015-01-29 |
Movie | Legends of the Deep: Deep Sea Sharks | 2015-06-01 | |
Series | Great Barrier Reef with David Attenborough | Himself - Presenter | 2015-12-30 |
Series | The Hunt | Himself - Narrator | 2015-11-01 |
Movie | David Attenborough Meets President Obama | Himself | 2015-06-28 |
Series | Life Story | Himself - Presenter and Narrator | 2014-10-23 |
Movie | Natural History Museum Alive | Himself | 2014-01-01 |
Movie | Fabulous Frogs | Himself / Narrator | 2014-06-25 |
Series | Africa | Narrator | 2013-01-02 |
Series | David Attenborough's Natural Curiosities | Himself - Presenter | 2013-01-29 |
Series | Galapagos 3D | Himself - Presenter | 2013-01-01 |
Movie | When Bjork Met Attenborough | Himself | 2013-07-26 |
Movie | Edwardian Insects on Film | Himself | 2013-03-19 |
Movie | Autopsy on a Dream | Himself | 2013-10-20 |
Series | David Attenborough's Rise of Animals: Triumph of the Vertebrates | Himself | 2013-09-20 |
Movie | Galapagos with David Attenborough | Himself | 2013-04-17 |
Series | Micro Monsters 3D with David Attenborough | Narrator | 2013-06-15 |
Series | Kingdom of Plants | Host | 2012-05-26 |
Movie | Tales of Television Centre | 2012-05-30 | |
Movie | Superfish Bluefin Tuna | 2012-06-14 | |
Movie | Attenborough: 60 Years in the Wild | Narrator / Himself | 2012-11-16 |
Movie | The Penguin King | Narator | 2012-10-23 |
Series | Attenborough: 60 Years in the Wild | Himself - Presenter | 2012-11-16 |
Movie | Hummingbirds: Jewelled Messengers | Himself - Narrator | 2012-06-25 |
Movie | Nature: Birds of the Gods | Narrator | 2011-01-23 |
Series | Human Planet | Narrator | 2011-01-13 |
Series | Madagascar | Himself - Presenter | 2011-02-09 |
Series | Frozen Planet | Narrator | 2011-10-26 |
Series | Brave New World with Stephen Hawking | Himself | 2011-10-17 |
Movie | Attenborough and the Giant Egg | Presenter | 2011-03-02 |
Movie | Flying Monsters 3D | Himself - Presenter / Narrator | 2011-05-06 |
Series | All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace | Himself | 2011-05-23 |
Movie | Attenborough's Journey | Himself | 2010-10-23 |
Movie | Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life | Narrator | 2009-02-01 |
Series | Life | Himself - Narrator | 2009-10-11 |
Series | Nature's Great Events | Himself - Presenter | 2009-02-11 |
Movie | Uncovering Our Earliest Ancestor: The Link | Himself - Presenter / Narrator | 2009-04-26 |
Movie | Darwin's Struggle: The Evolution of the Origin of Species | Presenter | 2009-02-02 |
Movie | Snow Leopard: Beyond the Myth | Narrator | 2008-01-04 |
Series | Tiger: Spy In The Jungle | 2008-03-30 | |
Series | Life in Cold Blood | Narrator | 2008-02-04 |
Movie | Trek - Spy on the Wildebeest | 2007-01-13 | |
Movie | The Truth About Climate Change | Himself | 2006-01-01 |
Series | Planet Earth: The Future | 2006-11-26 | |
Series | The One Show | Unknown | 2006-08-14 |
Series | Planet Earth | Himself - Narrator | 2006-03-05 |
Movie | A War on Science | David Attenborough | 2006-01-26 |
Movie | Gorillas Revisited with Sir David Attenborough | Presenter | 2005-01-01 |
Series | Life in the Undergrowth | himself | 2005-11-23 |
Movie | The Amber Time Machine | Narrator | 2004-02-15 |
Movie | Great Natural Wonders of the World | 2002-01-01 | |
Movie | Life on Air: David Attenborough's 50 Years in Television | Himself | 2002-11-20 |
Series | The Life of Mammals | Himself - Presenter | 2002-11-20 |
Series | Friday Night with Jonathan Ross | Unknown | 2001-11-02 |
Series | The Blue Planet | Himself - Narrator | 2001-09-12 |
Series | State of the Planet | Narrator/Presenter | 2000-11-15 |
Movie | The Lost Gods of Easter Island | Himself - Presenter | 2000-04-24 |
Series | The Life of Birds | Narrator | 1998-10-21 |
Movie | The Dragons Of Galapagos | Narrator | 1998-01-01 |
Movie | Survival Island | Narrator | 1996-01-01 |
Movie | The Private Life of Plants | himself | 1995-01-01 |
Series | BBC Wildlife Specials | 1995-04-14 | |
Series | Life in the Freezer | Presenter/Narrator | 1993-11-18 |
Movie | The Trials of Life | Presenter/Narrator | 1990-10-03 |
Series | The Trials of Life | 1990-10-04 | |
Series | Lost Worlds, Vanished Lives | Presenter | 1989-04-23 |
Series | The First Eden | Themself | 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 | Nature | Narrator | 1982-10-10 |
Series | Wogan | Unknown | 1982-05-04 |
Series | Life on Earth | Narrator | 1979-01-16 |
Series | The Tribal Eye | 1975-05-27 | |
Series | NOVA | Narrator | 1974-03-03 |
Series | Horizon | Unknown | 1974-09-02 |
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 | Natural World | Narrator | 1967-12-10 |
Series | Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1955-1958 | 1955-10-25 | |
Series | Zoo Quest | 1954-12-21 |