David Attenborough
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.
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- Born:
- May 8, 1926 In London, England, UK
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 121
- First Appeared:
- In the series Zoo Quest 1954-12-21
- Latest Project:
- Movie David Attenborough: A Life on Earth 2023-12-14
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | David Attenborough: A Life on Earth | Self | 2023-12-14 |
| Series | Frozen Planet II | Self - Presenter | 2022-09-11 |
| Movie | Breaking Boundaries: The Science of Our Planet | Self | 2021-06-04 |
| Series | The Earthshot Prize: Repairing Our Planet | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2021-10-03 |
| Movie | Parkinson at 50 | Self (archive footage) | 2021-08-28 |
| Movie | Prince William: A Planet For Us All | Self | 2020-10-05 |
| Movie | The Forum | Self | 2019-11-06 |
| Movie | Timelapse of the Future: A Journey to the End of Time | Self - Narrator (archive sound) | 2019-03-20 |
| Movie | Climate Change: The Facts | Self - Presenter | 2019-04-18 |
| Movie | Attenborough's Wonder of Eggs | Self - Presenter | 2018-03-31 |
| Movie | The Queen's Green Planet | Self | 2018-04-16 |
| Movie | Attenborough and the Sea Dragon | Presenter | 2018-01-07 |
| Movie | Pangolins: The World's Most Wanted Animal | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2018-05-15 |
| Movie | Into the Jungle | Self - Narrator | 2018-08-31 |
| Movie | Richard Batterham, Master Potter | Self | 2017-01-01 |
| Series | Blue Planet II | Self - Presenter | 2017-10-29 |
| Movie | Attenborough and the Giant Elephant | Self - Presenter | 2017-12-10 |
| Movie | And the Winner Isn't | Self | 2017-12-08 |
| Movie | Attenborough at 90: Behind the Lens | Self | 2016-04-30 |
| Movie | Attenborough and the Giant Dinosaur | Self - Presenter | 2016-01-24 |
| Movie | Attenborough at 90 | Self | 2016-05-08 |
| Movie | Zoo Quest in Colour | Self - Presenter | 2016-05-17 |
| Movie | Attenborough's Life That Glows | Self - Presenter | 2016-05-09 |
| Series | Planet Earth II | Self - Narrator | 2016-11-06 |
| Movie | Legends of the Deep: Deep Sea Sharks | Self - Narrator | 2015-06-01 |
| Movie | David Attenborough Meets President Obama | Self | 2015-06-28 |
| Movie | Attenborough's Paradise Birds | Presenter - Narrator | 2015-01-29 |
| Series | David Attenborough's Conquest of the Skies | Self - Presenter | 2015-01-03 |
| Series | The Hunt | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2015-11-01 |
| Series | Great Barrier Reef with David Attenborough | Self - Presenter | 2015-12-30 |
| Movie | Cougars Undercover | Self | 2015-11-22 |
| Movie | David Attenborough's Natural History Museum Alive | 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 (voice) | 2013-01-02 |
| Series | Galapagos 3D with David Attenborough | Self - Presenter | 2013-01-01 |
| Movie | Edwardian Insects on Film | Self | 2013-03-19 |
| Movie | When Björk Met Attenborough | Self | 2013-07-26 |
| Movie | Autopsy on a Dream | Self | 2013-10-20 |
| Movie | Galapagos with David Attenborough | Self - Presenter | 2013-04-17 |
| Series | David Attenborough's Rise of Animals: Triumph of the Vertebrates | Self - Presenter | 2013-09-20 |
| Series | Micro Monsters with David Attenborough | Presenter | 2013-06-15 |
| Movie | Tales of Television Centre | Self | 2012-05-17 |
| Movie | Superfish: Bluefin Tuna | 2012-04-12 | |
| Series | Kingdom of Plants | Self - Narrator | 2012-05-26 |
| Movie | Attenborough: 60 Years in the Wild | Self - Presenter | 2012-11-16 |
| Movie | Hummingbirds: Jewelled Messengers | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2012-06-25 |
| Series | 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 | Human Planet | Narrator | 2011-01-13 |
| Movie | Desert Seas | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2011-04-21 |
| Series | Madagascar | Self - Presenter | 2011-02-09 |
| Series | All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace | Self | 2011-05-23 |
| Series | Frozen Planet | Self - Narrator | 2011-10-26 |
| Movie | Flying Monsters 3D with David Attenborough | Self - Presenter / Narrator | 2011-05-06 |
| Series | Brave New World with Stephen Hawking | Self | 2011-10-17 |
| Movie | Animal House | Self | 2011-09-07 |
| Movie | Attenborough's Journey | Self | 2010-10-23 |
| Movie | Mad and Bad: 60 Years of Science on TV | Self | 2010-12-15 |
| Movie | Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life | Presenter | 2009-02-01 |
| Movie | Darwin's Struggle: The Evolution of the Origin of Species | Presenter | 2009-02-02 |
| Series | Nature's Great Events | Self - Presenter | 2009-02-11 |
| Series | Life | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2009-10-11 |
| Movie | Uncovering Our Earliest Ancestor: The Link | Self - Presenter / Narrator | 2009-04-26 |
| Movie | Snow Leopard: Beyond the Myth | Narrator | 2008-01-04 |
| Series | Life in Cold Blood | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2008-02-04 |
| Series | Tiger: Spy In The Jungle | 2008-03-30 | |
| Movie | Trek - Spy on the Wildebeest | 2007-01-13 | |
| Movie | Attenborough Explores... Our Fragile World | Himself - Presenter | 2007-09-02 |
| Series | The Alan Titchmarsh Show | Unknown | 2007-09-03 |
| Series | Planet Earth | Self - Narrator | 2006-03-05 |
| Movie | A War on Science | Self | 2006-01-26 |
| Movie | Gorillas Revisited with Sir David Attenborough | Presenter | 2006-04-14 |
| Series | Are We Changing Planet Earth? | Unknown | 2006-05-24 |
| Series | Planet Earth: The Future | Narrator | 2006-11-26 |
| Series | The One Show | Unknown | 2006-08-14 |
| 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 |
| Series | The Life of Mammals | Self - Presenter | 2002-11-20 |
| Movie | Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe | Self (voice) | 2002-12-13 |
| Series | The Blue Planet | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2001-09-12 |
| Series | Friday Night with Jonathan Ross | Unknown | 2001-11-02 |
| Movie | The Song of the Earth | Narrator | 2000-01-01 |
| Movie | The Lost Gods of Easter Island | Himself - Presenter | 2000-04-24 |
| Series | State of the Planet | Self - Presenter | 2000-11-15 |
| Movie | The Dragons of Galapagos | Narrator | 1998-05-01 |
| Series | The Life of Birds | Self - Narrator (voice) | 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 | Self - Presenter | 1993-11-18 |
| Movie | A TV Dante | Himself | 1990-06-13 |
| Movie | The Trials of Life | Self - Presenter | 1990-10-03 |
| Series | Trials of Life | Self - Narrator (voice) | 1990-10-04 |
| Series | Lost Worlds, Vanished Lives | Presenter - Narrator | 1989-04-23 |
| Series | This Morning | Unknown | 1988-10-03 |
| Series | The First Eden | Presenter - Narrator | 1987-03-08 |
| Movie | A Zed & Two Noughts | Himself - Documentary Narrator (voice) | 1985-10-04 |
| Series | The Living Planet | Self | 1984-01-19 |
| Series | Natural World | Self - Host | 1983-10-30 |
| Series | Wogan | Himself | 1982-05-04 |
| Series | Nature | Narrator | 1982-10-10 |
| Series | Life on Earth | Self - 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 |