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 | Climate Change: The Facts | Self - Presenter | 2019-04-18 |
Movie | Timelapse of the Future: A Journey to the End of Time | Narrator (archive sound) | 2019-03-20 |
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 |
Movie | Richard Batterham, Master Potter | Self | 2017-01-01 |
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 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 |
Series | Planet Earth II | Self - Narrator | 2016-11-06 |
Movie | Attenborough's Life That Glows | Self - Presenter | 2016-05-09 |
Movie | Zoo Quest in Colour | Self | 2016-05-17 |
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 |
Movie | Attenborough's Paradise Birds | Self - Presenter | 2015-01-29 |
Movie | David Attenborough Meets President Obama | Self | 2015-06-28 |
Series | The Hunt | Self - Narrator | 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 | Self - Presenter | 2014-01-01 |
Movie | Fabulous Frogs | Self - Narrator | 2014-06-25 |
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 | Galapagos with David Attenborough | Self - Presenter | 2013-04-17 |
Movie | Edwardian Insects on Film | Self | 2013-03-19 |
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 | |
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 | Hummingbirds: Jewelled Messengers | Narrator | 2012-06-25 |
Movie | Attenborough and the Giant Egg | Self - Presenter | 2011-03-02 |
Series | Human Planet | Narrator | 2011-01-13 |
Movie | Desert Seas | Narrator (voice) | 2011-04-21 |
Series | Madagascar | Self - Presenter | 2011-02-09 |
Movie | Animal House | 2011-09-07 | |
Series | Frozen Planet | Self - Narrator | 2011-10-26 |
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 | Flying Monsters 3D with David Attenborough | Self - Presenter / Narrator | 2011-05-06 |
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 | Nature's Great Events | Himself - Presenter | 2009-02-11 |
Series | Life | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2009-10-11 |
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 |
Movie | A War on Science | David Attenborough | 2006-01-26 |
Series | Planet Earth | Self - Narrator | 2006-03-05 |
Series | The One Show | Unknown | 2006-08-14 |
Series | Planet Earth: The Future | Narrator | 2006-11-26 |
Series | Are We Changing Planet Earth? | Unknown | 2006-05-24 |
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 Lost Gods of Easter Island | Himself - Presenter | 2000-04-24 |
Series | State of the Planet | Narrator/Presenter | 2000-11-15 |
Series | The Life of Birds | Narrator | 1998-10-21 |
Movie | The Dragons of Galapagos | Narrator | 1998-05-01 |
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 |
Series | Trials of Life | Narrator | 1990-10-04 |
Movie | The Trials of Life | Presenter/Narrator | 1990-10-03 |
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 |