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 | Breaking Boundaries: The Science of Our Planet | Self | 2021-06-04 |
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 | Timelapse of the Future: A Journey to the End of Time | Narrator (archive sound) | 2019-03-20 |
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 | The Queen's Green Planet | Self | 2018-04-16 |
Movie | Into the Jungle | Self - Narrator | 2018-08-31 |
Series | Blue Planet II | Self - Presenter | 2017-10-29 |
Movie | Richard Batterham, Master Potter | Self | 2017-01-01 |
Movie | And the Winner Isn't | Self | 2017-12-08 |
Movie | Attenborough and the Giant Elephant | Self - Presenter | 2017-12-10 |
Movie | Attenborough at 90: Behind the Lens | Self | 2016-04-30 |
Movie | Attenborough at 90 | Self | 2016-05-08 |
Movie | Attenborough and the Giant Dinosaur | Self - Presenter | 2016-01-24 |
Movie | Attenborough's Life That Glows | Self - Presenter | 2016-05-09 |
Series | Planet Earth II | Self - Narrator | 2016-11-06 |
Movie | Zoo Quest in Colour | Self | 2016-05-17 |
Movie | Attenborough's Paradise Birds | Self - Presenter | 2015-01-29 |
Series | David Attenborough's Conquest of the Skies | Self - Presenter | 2015-01-03 |
Movie | Legends of the Deep: Deep Sea Sharks | Self - Narrator | 2015-06-01 |
Series | The Hunt | Self - Narrator | 2015-11-01 |
Movie | David Attenborough Meets President Obama | Self | 2015-06-28 |
Series | Great Barrier Reef with David Attenborough | Self - Presenter | 2015-12-30 |
Movie | Fabulous Frogs | Self - Narrator | 2014-06-25 |
Movie | David Attenborough's Natural History Museum Alive | Self - Presenter | 2014-01-01 |
Series | Life Story | Self - Presenter | 2014-10-23 |
Movie | Björk: Biophilia Live | Self - Opening Sequence (voice) | 2014-10-10 |
Series | David Attenborough's Natural Curiosities | Self - Presenter | 2013-01-29 |
Series | Africa | Self - Narrator | 2013-01-02 |
Series | Galapagos 3D with David Attenborough | Self - Presenter | 2013-01-01 |
Movie | Edwardian Insects on Film | Self | 2013-03-19 |
Movie | Galapagos with David Attenborough | Self - Presenter | 2013-04-17 |
Movie | Autopsy on a Dream | Self | 2013-10-20 |
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 | |
Movie | Hummingbirds: Jewelled Messengers | Narrator | 2012-06-25 |
Series | Kingdom of Plants | Self - Narrator | 2012-05-26 |
Movie | The Penguin King | Self - Narrator | 2012-10-23 |
Movie | Attenborough: 60 Years in the Wild | Self - Presenter | 2012-11-16 |
Series | Attenborough: 60 Years in the Wild | Self - Presenter | 2012-11-16 |
Movie | Desert Seas | Narrator (voice) | 2011-04-21 |
Movie | Attenborough and the Giant Egg | Self - Presenter | 2011-03-02 |
Series | Human Planet | Narrator | 2011-01-13 |
Series | Madagascar | Self - Presenter | 2011-02-09 |
Movie | Flying Monsters 3D with David Attenborough | Self - Presenter / Narrator | 2011-05-06 |
Series | All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace | Self | 2011-05-23 |
Series | Brave New World with Stephen Hawking | Self | 2011-10-17 |
Series | Frozen Planet | Self - Narrator | 2011-10-26 |
Movie | Animal House | 2011-09-07 | |
Movie | Attenborough's Journey | Self | 2010-10-23 |
Movie | Mad and Bad: 60 Years of Science on TV | Himself | 2010-12-15 |
Movie | Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life | Narrator | 2009-02-01 |
Movie | Darwin's Struggle: The Evolution of the Origin of Species | Presenter | 2009-02-02 |
Series | Life | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2009-10-11 |
Series | Nature's Great Events | Himself - Presenter | 2009-02-11 |
Movie | The Link: Uncovering Our Earliest Ancestor | Himself - Presenter / Narrator | 2009-04-26 |
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 |