David Attenborough

Sir David Attenborough (8th May 1926) 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.

Known For: Acting

Born: London, England, UK, 1926-05-08

Died: null

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1955	Zoo Quest to West Africa	Self	0
2	1961	Elsa the Lioness	Self	0
3	1971	A Blank on the Map	Himself - Presenter	82
4	1978	At Home with Badgers	Narrator	0
5	1981	An Everyday Miracle	Narrator	0
6	1983	Aliens From Inner Space	Narrator	0
7	1985	A Zed & Two Noughts	Himself - Documentary Narrator (voice)	70
8	1990	A TV Dante	Himself	64
9	1990	The Trials of Life	Self - Presenter	90
10	1993	Killer Whales: Wolves of the Sea	Narrator	0
11	1995	The Private Life of Plants	himself	84
12	1996	Survival Island	Narrator	60
13	1996	Sperm Whales: Back from the Abyss	Narrator	0
14	1997	Humpback Whale: The Giant of the Oceans	Self	0
15	1997	Leopard: The Agent of Darkness	Self	0
16	1998	The Dragons of Galapagos	Narrator	65
17	1999	Satoyama I: Japan's Secret Watergarden	Narrator	70
18	1999	Islands of the Vampire Birds	Narrator	0
19	1999	Tiger: The Elusive Princess	Narrator (voice)	0
20	1999	The Greatest Wildlife Show on Earth	Presenter - Narrator	85
21	2000	The Song of the Earth	Narrator	70
22	2000	The Lost Gods of Easter Island	Himself - Presenter	65
23	2000	Lions: Spy in the Den	Narrator	80
24	2000	Bowerbirds: The Art of Seduction	Narrator	0
25	2002	Attenborough the Controller	Self	0
26	2002	Great Natural Wonders of the World	Presenter	52
27	2002	Life on Air: David Attenborough's 50 Years in Television	Himself	88
28	2002	Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe	Self (voice)	53
29	2003	Deep Blue	Self	68
30	2003	The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough		0
31	2004	The Amber Time Machine	Narrator	75
32	2004	Satoyama II: Japan's Secret Watergarden	Narrator	77
33	2004	Bears: Spy in the Woods		80
34	2005	Kea: The Smartest Parrot	Presenter	55
35	2006	A War on Science	Self	90
36	2006	Gorillas Revisited with Sir David Attenborough	Presenter	78
37	2007	Trek - Spy on the Wildebeest		70
38	2007	Attenborough Explores... Our Fragile World	Himself - Presenter	0
39	2008	Snow Leopard: Beyond the Myth	Narrator	70
40	2009	Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life	Presenter	77
41	2009	Uncovering Our Earliest Ancestor: The Link	Self - Presenter / Narrator	71
42	2010	Attenborough's Journey	Self	73
43	2010	Mad and Bad: 60 Years of Science on TV	Self	40
44	2011	Attenborough and the Giant Egg	Self - Presenter	86
45	2011	Desert Seas	Self - Narrator (voice)	90
46	2011	Flying Monsters 3D with David Attenborough	Self - Presenter / Narrator	70
47	2011	Animal House	Self	0
48	2012	Superfish: Bluefin Tuna		83
49	2012	Tales of Television Centre	Self	80
50	2012	Hummingbirds: Jewelled Messengers	Self - Narrator (voice)	80
51	2012	The Penguin King	Self - Narrator	70
52	2012	Attenborough's Ark	Narrator	90
53	2012	Attenborough: 60 Years in the Wild	Self - Presenter	66
54	2013	Edwardian Insects on Film	Self	90
55	2013	Galapagos with David Attenborough	Self - Presenter	72
56	2013	The Mating Game	Narrator	0
57	2013	When Björk Met Attenborough	Self	78
58	2013	Autopsy on a Dream	Self	75
59	2014	David Attenborough's Natural History Museum Alive	Presenter	66
60	2014	Fabulous Frogs	Self - Narrator	80
61	2014	Mountain Lions: Big Cats in High Places	Narrator	0
62	2014	Björk: Biophilia Live	Self - Opening Sequence (voice)	76
63	2015	Attenborough's Paradise Birds	Presenter - Narrator	79
64	2015	Africa's Fishing Leopards	Narrator (voice)	0
65	2015	Legends of the Deep: Deep Sea Sharks	Self - Narrator	70
66	2015	Attenborough's Big Birds	Narrator	85
67	2015	David Attenborough Meets President Obama	Self	78
68	2015	Cougars Undercover	Self	0
69	2016	Attenborough and the Giant Dinosaur	Self - Presenter	76
70	2016	Attenborough at 90: Behind the Lens	Self	84
71	2016	Attenborough at 90	Self	80
72	2016	Attenborough's Life That Glows	Self - Presenter	81
73	2016	Zoo Quest in Colour	Self - Presenter	83
74	2016	Jaguars: Brazil's Super Cats	Self	0
75	2017	Richard Batterham, Master Potter	Self	0
76	2017	Cheetahs: Growing Up Fast	Self - Narrator (voice)	0
77	2017	Puerto Rico: Island of Enchantment	Self - Narrator	0
78	2017	Hotel Armadillo	Self - Narrator	0
79	2017	Amazing Mighty Micro Monsters 3D	Self - Narrator	0
80	2018	Deep Ocean: Giants of the Antarctic Deep	Narrator	0
81	2020	Chris Packham: 7.7 Billion People and Counting	Self	0
82	2021	Attenborough’s Journey	Self	80
83	2021	Parkinson at 50	Self (archive footage)	100
84	2021	Attenborough and the Mammoth Graveyard	Self - Narrator	74
85	2022	Attenborough's Wonder of Song	Self - Presenter	90
86	2022	Great Mammoth Mystery	Self - Host	0
87	2022	Dinosaurs: The Final Day with David Attenborough	Self - Presenter	72
88	2023	The Deepest Breath	Self (archive footage)	75
89	2024	Attenborough and the Giant Sea Monster	Self - Presenter	90
90	2024	Secret Lives of Orangutans	Self - Narrator (voice)	77
91		The Kiwi, The Knight and the Qashqai	Self	0
92		David Attenborough: Ocean	Self	0
93	1979	Squirrel On My Shoulder	Narrator	0
94	1990	The Making Of The Trials Of Life - Once More Into The Termite Mound	Self	0
95	1995	World of Wildlife: African Big Cats	Self - Narrator	0
96	1996	Attenborough in Paradise	Self - Narrator	80
97	2003	Smart Sharks: Swimming With Roboshark	Self	0
98	2006	Desert Lions	himself	60
99	2006	Can We Save Planet Earth?		60
100	2008	Superfish	Self - Narrator	60
101	2008	Clever Monkeys	Narrator	0
102	2010	Birds of Paradise	Self	77
103	2011	The Secrets of Scott's Hut	Self	0
104	2012	Hot Tuna	Narrator	0
105	2013	David Attenborough: The Early Years	Self	100
106	2013	Legends of the Deep: The Giant Squid	Self - Narrator	80
107	2014	The Bat Man of Mexico	Self	91
108	2015	Deep Ocean: The Lost World of the Pacific	Self – Narrator	78
109	2015	Cue the Queen: Celebrating the Christmas Speech	Self	60
110	2017	Planet Earth II: A World of Wonder	Self - Presenter	75
111	2017	Richmond Park National Nature Reserve	Self	0
112	2017	And the Winner Isn't	Self	57
113	2017	Attenborough and the Giant Elephant	Self - Presenter	72
114	2017	David Attenborough's Ant Mountain	Self - Presenter	90
115	2017	Attenborough and the Empire of the Ants	Self – Presenter	70
116	2018	The Making of David Attenborough's Ant Mountain	Self	75
117	2018	Attenborough and the Sea Dragon	Presenter	67
118	2018	Attenborough's Wonder of Eggs	Self - Presenter	60
119	2018	The Queen's Green Planet	Self	70
120	2018	Pangolins: The World's Most Wanted Animal	Self - Narrator (voice)	65
121	2018	David Attenborough's Tasmania	Self - Narrator (voice)	72
122	2018	Deep Ocean: Descent into the Mariana Trench	Self - Narrator	93
123	2018	Into the Jungle	Self - Narrator	76
124	2018	Whale Wisdom	Self - Narrator	73
125	2019	Wild Karnataka	Self - Narrator	84
126	2019	Dragons and Damsels	Self - Narrator	80
127	2019	Timelapse of the Future: A Journey to the End of Time	Self - Narrator (archive sound)	86
128	2019	Our Planet: Behind the Scenes	Self - Narrator	76
129	2019	Climate Change: The Facts	Self - Presenter	71
130	2019	The Forum	Self	70
131	2020	Diving Deep: The Life and Times of Mike deGruy	Self	70
132	2020	Planet Earth: A Celebration	Self - Narrator (voice)	86
133	2020	Extinction: The Facts	Self - Presenter	74
134	2020	David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet	Self	85
135	2020	Sir David Attenborough and Sir Michael Palin in Conversation	Self	57
136	2020	Prince William: A Planet For Us All	Self	60
137	2021	The Year Earth Changed	Self - Narrator (voice)	79
138	2021	Breaking Boundaries: The Science of Our Planet	Self	74
139	2023	David Attenborough: A Life on Earth	Self	0
140	2024	Attenborough and the Jurassic Sea Monster	Self	70
141	2024	Attenborough's Life Journey	Self	0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1954	Zoo Quest		85
2	1955	Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1955-1958		0
3	1959	Science Is News	Self - Presenter	0
4	1960	The People of Paradise		0
5	1963	Adventure		0
6	1964	Horizon		73
7	1964	Horizon	Self	73
8	1964	Horizon	Himself / Narrator	73
9	1966	Goldene Kamera Verleihung	Self	35
10	1969	The Miracle of Bali		75
11	1973	Eastward With Attenborough		0
12	1974	NOVA	Narrator	69
13	1975	The Tribal Eye		88
14	1975	Fabulous Animals	Self - Presenter	0
15	1977	Wildlife on One	Narrator	85
16	1979	Life on Earth	Self - Presenter	91
17	1982	Wogan	Self	45
18	1982	Nature	Narrator (voice)	81
19	1982	Nature	Host	81
20	1982	Nature	Self	81
21	1983	Natural World	Presenter	70
22	1983	Natural World	Narrator (voice)	70
23	1983	Natural World	Narrator	70
24	1983	Natural World	Self - Host	70
25	1983	Natural World	Self - Narrator	70
26	1984	The Living Planet	Self	84
27	1987	The First Eden	Presenter - Narrator	84
28	1987	Going Live!	Self	60
29	1988	This Morning	Self	55
30	1989	Lost Worlds, Vanished Lives	Presenter - Narrator	84
31	1990	Trials of Life	Self - Narrator (voice)	84
32	1993	Life in the Freezer	Self - Presenter	83
33	1995	The Private Life of Plants	Self - Presenter	89
34	1995	Wildlife Specials		83
35	1996	Attenborough in Paradise		0
36	1998	Parkinson	Self	0
37	1998	The Life of Birds	Self - Narrator (voice)	80
38	2000	State of the Planet	Self - Presenter	78
39	2001	The Blue Planet	Self - Narrator (voice)	83
40	2001	Friday Night with Jonathan Ross	Self - Guest	58
41	2002	Prehistoric Planet	旁白	80
42	2002	The Life of Mammals	Self - Presenter	83
43	2003	The Terry and Gaby Show		50
44	2005	Life in the Undergrowth	Self	82
45	2006	Folk Britannia	Self	0
46	2006	Planet Earth	Self - Narrator	86
47	2006	Are We Changing Planet Earth?		100
48	2006	The One Show	Self - Guest	46
49	2006	Planet Earth: The Future	Narrator	86
50	2007	The Graham Norton Show	Self	72
51	2007	The Alan Titchmarsh Show	Self	37
52	2008	Life in Cold Blood	Self - Narrator (voice)	83
53	2008	Tiger: Spy In The Jungle		83
54	2009	Skavlan	Self - Guest	50
55	2009	Nature's Great Events	Self - Presenter	84
56	2009	Life	Self - Narrator (voice)	83
57	2010	Genius of Britain	Self	70
58	2010	First Life	Self - Presenter	70
59	2011	Madagascar	Self - Presenter	83
60	2011	All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace	Self	83
61	2011	Great Thinkers: In Their Own Words	Self	0
62	2011	The Jonathan Ross Show	Self	48
63	2011	Brave New World with Stephen Hawking	Self	93
64	2011	Frozen Planet	Self - Narrator	83
65	2012	Secrets of Wild India	Narrator	73
66	2012	Kingdom of Plants	Self - Narrator	72
67	2012	Voice		0
68	2012	Attenborough: 60 Years in the Wild	Self - Presenter	74
69	2013	Galapagos 3D with David Attenborough	Self - Presenter	76
70	2013	Africa	Self - Narrator (voice)	83
71	2013	David Attenborough's Natural Curiosities	Self - Presenter	71
72	2013	Micro Monsters with David Attenborough	Presenter	70
73	2013	David Attenborough's Rise of Animals: Triumph of the Vertebrates	Self - Presenter	80
74	2014	Life Story	Self - Presenter	83
75	2015	Deep Ocean	Self - Narrator	92
76	2015	David Attenborough's Conquest of the Skies	Self - Presenter	82
77	2015	The Hunt	Self - Narrator (voice)	81
78	2015	Great Barrier Reef with David Attenborough	Self - Presenter	70
79	2016	Wild City	Self - Narrator (voice)	40
80	2016	Attenborough's Passion Projects	Self - Presenter	80
81	2016	Planet Earth II	Self - Narrator	86
82	2017	Plants Behaving Badly	Self	0
83	2017	Blue Planet II	Self - Presenter	87
84	2018	Tomorrow's World: People of Science	Self	0
85	2018	Dynasties	Self - Narrator	82
86	2019	Blue Planet UK	Self	0
87	2019	Our Planet	Self - Narrator (voice)	85
88	2019	Seven Worlds, One Planet	Self - Narrator (voice)	83
89	2020	The Romantics and Us with Simon Schama	Self	100
90	2020	Michael Palin: Travels of a Lifetime	Self	73
91	2021	A Perfect Planet	Self - Narrator (voice)	87
92	2021	Attenborough's Life in Colour	Self - Presenter	76
93	2021	Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World	Self	43
94	2021	David Attenborough's Global Adventure	Self	80
95	2021	The Earthshot Prize: Repairing Our Planet	Self - Narrator (voice)	90
96	2021	The Mating Game	Self - Presenter	82
97	2022	The Green Planet	Self - Narrator (voice)	88
98	2022	Prehistoric Planet	Self - Presenter	83
99		Blue Planet III	Self - Presenter	0
100	2022	Frozen Planet II	Self - Presenter	83
101	2022	How the BBC Began	Self	0
102	2023	Wild Isles	Self - Presenter	83
103	2023	Planet Earth III	Self - Presenter	94
104	2024	Mammals	Self - Narrator	85
105	2024	Asia	Self - Presenter	91
106	2025	Simon Schama’s Story of Us	Self - Reader	0
107	2025	Parenthood		0