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 | Parkinson at 50 | Self (archive footage) | 2021-08-28 |
Series | The Earthshot Prize: Repairing Our Planet | Narrator | 2021-10-03 |
Movie | Prince William: A Planet For Us All | Self | 2020-10-05 |
Movie | Climate Change: The Facts | Self - Presenter | 2019-04-18 |
Movie | Attenborough and the Sea Dragon | Self | 2018-01-07 |
Movie | Attenborough's Wonder of Eggs | Self - Presenter | 2018-03-31 |
Movie | Into the Jungle | Self - Narrator | 2018-08-31 |
Movie | The Queen's Green Planet | Self | 2018-04-16 |
Series | Blue Planet II | Self - Presenter | 2017-10-29 |
Movie | And the Winner Isn't | Self | 2017-12-08 |
Movie | Attenborough and the Giant Elephant | Self - Presenter | 2017-12-10 |
Movie | Attenborough and the Giant Dinosaur | Self - Presenter | 2016-01-24 |
Movie | Attenborough at 90 | Self | 2016-05-08 |
Movie | Attenborough at 90: Behind the Lens | Self | 2016-04-30 |
Movie | Attenborough's Life That Glows | Self - Presenter | 2016-05-09 |
Movie | Zoo Quest in Colour | Self | 2016-05-17 |
Series | Planet Earth II | Self - Narrator | 2016-11-06 |
Movie | Attenborough's Paradise Birds | Self - Presenter | 2015-01-29 |
Movie | Legends of the Deep: Deep Sea Sharks | Self - Narrator | 2015-06-01 |
Series | David Attenborough's Conquest of the Skies | Self - Presenter | 2015-01-03 |
Series | Great Barrier Reef with David Attenborough | Self - Presenter | 2015-12-30 |
Series | The Hunt | Self - Narrator | 2015-11-01 |
Movie | David Attenborough Meets President Obama | Self | 2015-06-28 |
Movie | David Attenborough's Natural History Museum Alive | Self - Presenter | 2014-01-01 |
Movie | Fabulous Frogs | Self - Narrator | 2014-06-25 |
Movie | Björk: Biophilia Live | Self - Opening sequence voice | 2014-10-10 |
Series | Life Story | Self - Presenter | 2014-10-23 |
Series | David Attenborough's Natural Curiosities | Self - Presenter | 2013-01-29 |
Series | Africa | Self - Narrator | 2013-01-02 |
Movie | Edwardian Insects on Film | Self | 2013-03-19 |
Series | Galapagos 3D with David Attenborough | Self - Presenter | 2013-01-01 |
Movie | Autopsy on a Dream | Self | 2013-10-20 |
Movie | Galapagos with David Attenborough | Self - Presenter | 2013-04-17 |
Movie | When Björk Met Attenborough | Self | 2013-07-26 |
Series | David Attenborough's Rise of Animals: Triumph of the Vertebrates | Self - Presenter | 2013-09-20 |
Series | Micro Monsters with David Attenborough | Self - Narrator | 2013-06-15 |
Movie | Tales of Television Centre | 2012-05-17 | |
Movie | Superfish: Bluefin Tuna | 2012-04-12 | |
Series | Kingdom of Plants | Self - Narrator | 2012-05-26 |
Movie | Hummingbirds: Jewelled Messengers | Narrator | 2012-06-25 |
Series | Attenborough: 60 Years in the Wild | Self - Presenter | 2012-11-16 |
Movie | Attenborough: 60 Years in the Wild | Self - Presenter | 2012-11-16 |
Movie | The Penguin King | Self - Narrator | 2012-10-23 |
Movie | Attenborough and the Giant Egg | Self - Presenter | 2011-03-02 |
Series | Madagascar | Self - Presenter | 2011-02-09 |
Series | Human Planet | Narrator | 2011-01-13 |
Movie | Desert Seas | Narrator (voice) | 2011-04-21 |
Series | Frozen Planet | Self - Narrator | 2011-10-26 |
Movie | Flying Monsters 3D with David Attenborough | Self - Presenter / Narrator | 2011-05-06 |
Movie | Animal House | 2011-09-07 | |
Series | Brave New World with Stephen Hawking | Self | 2011-10-17 |
Series | All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace | Self | 2011-05-23 |
Movie | Attenborough's Journey | Self | 2010-10-23 |
Movie | Mad and Bad: 60 Years of Science on TV | Himself | 2010-12-15 |
Movie | Darwin's Struggle: The Evolution of the Origin of Species | Presenter | 2009-02-02 |
Movie | Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life | Narrator | 2009-02-01 |
Movie | The Link: Uncovering Our Earliest Ancestor | Himself - Presenter / Narrator | 2009-04-26 |
Series | Nature's Great Events | Himself - Presenter | 2009-02-11 |
Series | Life | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2009-10-11 |
Movie | Snow Leopard: Beyond the Myth | Narrator | 2008-01-04 |
Series | Life in Cold Blood | Narrator | 2008-02-04 |
Series | Tiger: Spy In The Jungle | 2008-03-30 | |
Movie | Gorillas Revisited with Sir David Attenborough | Presenter | 2007-01-01 |
Movie | Trek - Spy on the Wildebeest | 2007-01-13 | |
Series | The Alan Titchmarsh Show | Unknown | 2007-09-03 |
Movie | Attenborough Explores... Our Fragile World | Himself - Presenter | 2007-09-02 |
Series | Planet Earth | Self - Narrator | 2006-03-05 |
Series | Are We Changing Planet Earth? | Unknown | 2006-05-24 |
Movie | A War on Science | David Attenborough | 2006-01-26 |
Series | The One Show | Unknown | 2006-08-14 |
Series | Planet Earth: The Future | Narrator | 2006-11-26 |
Series | Life in the Undergrowth | Self | 2005-11-23 |
Movie | The Amber Time Machine | Narrator | 2004-02-15 |
Movie | Bears: Spy in the Woods | 2004-11-30 | |
Movie | Deep Blue | Self | 2003-05-18 |
Series | The Terry and Gaby Show | Unknown | 2003-06-02 |
Movie | Attenborough the Controller | Self | 2002-01-01 |
Movie | Great Natural Wonders of the World | Presenter | 2002-01-01 |
Movie | Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe | Self (voice) | 2002-12-13 |
Series | The Life of Mammals | Self - Presenter | 2002-11-20 |
Series | The Blue Planet | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2001-09-12 |
Series | Friday Night with Jonathan Ross | Unknown | 2001-11-02 |
Movie | The Lost Gods of Easter Island | Himself - Presenter | 2000-04-24 |
Series | State of the Planet | Narrator/Presenter | 2000-11-15 |
Movie | The Dragons of Galapagos | Narrator | 1998-05-01 |
Series | The Life of Birds | Narrator | 1998-10-21 |
Movie | Survival Island | Narrator | 1996-01-01 |
Movie | The Private Life of Plants | himself | 1995-01-11 |
Series | Wildlife Specials | 1995-04-14 | |
Series | Life in the Freezer | Presenter/Narrator | 1993-11-18 |
Movie | A TV Dante | Himself | 1990-06-13 |
Movie | The Trials of Life | Presenter/Narrator | 1990-10-03 |
Series | Trials of Life | Narrator | 1990-10-04 |
Series | Lost Worlds, Vanished Lives | Presenter | 1989-04-23 |
Series | This Morning | Unknown | 1988-10-03 |
Series | The First Eden | Self | 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 | Natural World | Host | 1983-10-30 |
Series | Wogan | Himself | 1982-05-04 |
Series | Nature | Narrator | 1982-10-10 |
Series | Life on Earth | Presenter | 1979-01-16 |
Series | The Tribal Eye | 1975-05-27 | |
Series | NOVA | Narrator | 1974-03-03 |
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 | Horizon | Unknown | 1964-02-04 |
Series | The People of Paradise | 1960-04-21 | |
Series | Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1955-1958 | 1955-10-25 | |
Series | This Is Your Life | Unknown | 1955-07-29 |
Series | Zoo Quest | 1954-12-21 |