Cast & creator
David Attenborough
Best known for The Graham Norton Show, The One Show, NOVA
Sir David Attenborough (born May 8, 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.
Also known as: David Frederick Attenborough, Sir David Attenborough, Дэвид Фредерик Аттенборо, Девід Аттенборо, 大卫·爱登堡
191
film credits
147
television credits
288
1954–2026 · acting roles
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Filmography (338)
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The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
The One Show
Self - Guest
2006
NOVA
Narrator
1974NOVA
Writer
1974
Wogan
Self
1982
Horizon
1964Horizon
Self
1964Horizon
Himself / Narrator
1964
Nature
Narrator (voice)
1982Nature
Host
1982Nature
Self
1982
RTL Tonight
Self
2025
Natural World
Presenter
1983Natural World
Narrator (voice)
1983Natural World
Narrator
1983Natural World
Self - Host
1983Natural World
Self - Narrator
1983Natural World
Writer
1983
Omnibus
Self
1967
Parkinson
Self
1998
The Jonathan Ross Show
Self
2011The Alan Titchmarsh Show
Self
2007
Voice
2012
Parkinson
Self - Guest
2004
Skavlan
Self - Guest
2009The Terry and Gaby Show
2003Goldene Kamera
Self
1984
Planet Earth II
Self - Narrator
2016Planet Earth II
Casting
2016
Going Live!
Self
1987
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Self - Guest
2001
Prehistoric Planet
Self - Presenter
2022
Planet Earth
Self - Narrator
2006Planet Earth
Writer
2006
Planet Earth III
Self - Presenter
2023
Great Barrier Reef with David Attenborough
Self - Presenter
2015Great Barrier Reef with David Attenborough
Writer
2015
Our Planet
Self - Narrator (voice)
2019
Frozen Planet II
Self - Presenter
2022
Wildlife on One
Narrator
1977
Ocean with David Attenborough
Self
2025
Africa
Self - Narrator (voice)
2013Africa
Writer
2013
Winterwatch
Self
2013
The Hunt
Self - Narrator (voice)
2015
The Life of Mammals
Self - Presenter
2002The Life of Mammals
Writer
2002
Dynasties
Self - Narrator
2018
The Blue Planet
Self - Narrator (voice)
2001
Secrets of Wild India
Narrator
2012
Micro Monsters with David Attenborough
Presenter
2013
Kingdom
Self - Narrator (voice)
2025
A Gorilla Story: Told by David Attenborough
Self
2026
State of the Planet
Self - Presenter
2000State of the Planet
Writer
2000
Frozen Planet
Self - Narrator
2011Frozen Planet
Writer
2011
Life
Self - Narrator (voice)
2009
Seven Worlds, One Planet
Self - Narrator (voice)
2019
Life Story
Self - Presenter
2014
Blue Planet II
Self - Presenter
2017
This Morning
Self
1988
The Year Earth Changed
Self - Narrator (voice)
2021
Mammals
Self - Narrator
2024
Life on Earth
Self - Presenter
1979Life on Earth
Writer
1979
Television
1985
David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet
Self
2020
Wild City
Self - Narrator (voice)
2016Wild City
Presenter
2016
A Perfect Planet
Self - Narrator (voice)
2021
Nature's Great Events
Self - Presenter
2009
Wild Isles
Self - Presenter
2023
Life in the Undergrowth
Self
2005Life in the Undergrowth
Writer
2005
David Attenborough's Rise of Animals: Triumph of the Vertebrates
Self - Presenter
2013David Attenborough's Rise of Animals: Triumph of the Vertebrates
Screenplay
2013
The Green Planet
Self - Narrator (voice)
2022
Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World
Self
2021
The Life of Birds
Self - Narrator (voice)
1998The Life of Birds
Writer
1998
Zoo Quest
1954
David Attenborough's Natural Curiosities
Self - Presenter
2013
Parenthood
Self - Narrator
2025
Trials of Life
Self - Narrator (voice)
1990
Asia
Self : Presenter
2024
Deep Blue
Self
2003Deep Blue
Writer
2003
Secret World of Sound
Self - Narrator (voice)
2024
Tiger: Spy In The Jungle
2008
The Living Planet
Self
1984The Living Planet
Writer
1984
Attenborough: 60 Years in the Wild
Self - Presenter
2012
Attenborough's Life in Colour
Self - Presenter
2021
Secret Garden
Self - Presenter
2026Gay Byrne's Late Late Moments
Self - Guest (archive footage)
2020
First Life
Self - Presenter
2010First Life
Writer
2010
Secret Lives of Orangutans
Self - Narrator (voice)
2024
Kingdom of Plants
Self - Narrator
2012
All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace
Self
2011
Life in Cold Blood
Self - Narrator (voice)
2008Life in Cold Blood
Writer
2008
A Zed & Two Noughts
Himself - Documentary Narrator (voice)
1985
David Attenborough's 100 Years on Planet Earth
Self
2026
Galapagos 3D with David Attenborough
Self - Presenter
2013Galapagos 3D with David Attenborough
Writer
2013
Deep Ocean: Descent into the Mariana Trench
Self - Narrator
2018
Wild London
Self
2026
The Private Life of Plants
Self - Presenter
1995The Private Life of Plants
Writer
1995
Great Thinkers: In Their Own Words
Self
2011
Breaking Boundaries: The Science of Our Planet
Self - Narrator
2021
Michael Palin: Travels of a Lifetime
Self
2020
Brave New World with Stephen Hawking
Self
2011
David Attenborough's Conquest of the Skies
Self - Presenter
2015David Attenborough's Conquest of the Skies
Writer
2015
And the Winner Isn't
Self
2017
The Earthshot Prize: Repairing Our Planet
Self - Narrator (voice)
2021
The World About Us
Narrator
1967
Timelapse of the Future: A Journey to the End of Time
Self - Narrator (archive sound)
2019The Romantics and Us with Simon Schama
Self
2020
Life in the Freezer
Self - Presenter
1993Life in the Freezer
Writer
1993
The Mating Game
Self - Presenter
2021
How the BBC Began
Self
2022
Wildlife Specials
1995In Confidence
2010
Fateful Planet
Self
2024
Flying Monsters 3D with David Attenborough
Self - Presenter / Narrator
2011Flying Monsters 3D with David Attenborough
Writer
2011
Queen Elizabeth II: Her Story, Our Century
Self
2026
Madagascar
Self - Presenter
2011
Genius of Britain
Self
2010
Dinosaurs: The Final Day with David Attenborough
Self - Presenter
2022
Simon Schama's Story of Us
Self - Reader
2025
Reef Diaries
Self - Narrator
2015
Parkinson at 50
Self (archive footage)
2021Folk Britannia
Self
2006
Attenborough and the Empire of the Ants
Self – Presenter
2017Attenborough and the Empire of the Ants
Writer
2017
The First Eden
Presenter - Narrator
1987
Björk: Biophilia Live
Self - Opening Sequence (voice)
2014
Tales of Television Centre
Self
2012
The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough
2003
Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe
Self (voice)
2002
David Attenborough's Tasmania
Self - Narrator (voice)
2018
Lost Worlds, Vanished Lives
Presenter - Narrator
1989
Attenborough and the Giant Sea Monster
Self - Presenter
2024
Attenborough at 90
Self
2016
David Attenborough's Global Adventure
Self
2022
Attenborough and the Mammoth Graveyard
Self - Narrator
2021
When Björk Met Attenborough
Self
2013
Planet Earth: A Celebration
Self - Narrator (voice)
2020
Galapagos with David Attenborough
Self - Presenter
2013Galapagos with David Attenborough
Writer
2013
Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life
Presenter
2009Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life
Writer
2009
Are We Changing Planet Earth?
2006
Our Planet: Behind the Scenes
Self - Narrator
2019
Attenborough in Paradise
1996Attenborough in Paradise
Writer
1996
Attenborough and the Sea Dragon
Presenter
2018
Tomorrow's World: People of Science
Self
2018
Echo and Other Elephants
Self - Narrator (voice)
2005
Great White Shark - The Silent Stalker
1995
Prince William: A Planet For Us All
Self
2020
A War on Science
Self
2006
Adventure
1963
The Queen's Green Planet
Self
2018
Uncovering Our Earliest Ancestor: The Link
Self - Presenter / Narrator
2009
Desert Seas
Self - Narrator (voice)
2011
Attenborough's Paradise Birds
Presenter - Narrator
2015
David Attenborough's Natural History Museum Alive
Presenter
2014David Attenborough's Natural History Museum Alive
Writer
2014
David Attenborough: A Life on Earth
Self
2023
Fabulous Animals
Self - Presenter
1975Fabulous Animals
Creator
1975
Desert Lions
Self - Narrator (voice)
2006Desert Lions
Script Consultant
2006
Wild Karnataka
Self - Narrator
2019
Attenborough: 60 Years in the Wild
Self - Presenter
2012
The Trials of Life
Self - Presenter
1990
Climate Change: The Facts
Self - Presenter
2019
The Tribal Eye
1975
Timelapse of the Entire Universe
Self - Narrator (archive sound)
2018
Diving Deep: The Life and Times of Mike deGruy
Self
2020
Hot Tuna
Narrator
2012Sir David Attenborough and Sir Michael Palin in Conversation
Self
2020
A Deeper Dive with David Attenborough
Self
2025
Life on Air: David Attenborough's 50 Years in Television
Self
2002
Islands of the Vampire Birds
Narrator (voice)
1999Islands of the Vampire Birds
Writer
1999
Mad and Bad: 60 Years of Science on TV
Self
2010
Baobab: Portrait of a Tree
Narrator (voice)
1971
Attenborough and the Giant Egg
Self - Presenter
2011
Jaguars: Brazil's Super Cats
Self
2016
Extinction: The Facts
Self - Presenter
2020
Aliens From Inner Space
Narrator
1983
The Penguin King
Self - Narrator
2012Kea: The Smartest Parrot?
Self - Narrator
2005
Zoo Quest in Colour
Self - Presenter
2016Zoo Quest in Colour
Sound Recordist
2016
Attenborough and the Giant Dinosaur
Self - Presenter
2016
Africa's Fishing Leopards
Narrator (voice)
2015
Deep Ocean: Giants of the Antarctic Deep
Narrator
2018
Pangolins: The World's Most Wanted Animal
Self - Narrator (voice)
2018
The People of Paradise
1960
Satoyama: Japan's Secret Watergarden
Narrator
2004
Attenborough's Wonder of Song
Self - Presenter
2022
Attenborough's Passion Projects
Self - Presenter
2016
Jane Goodall - Beauty and the Beasts
Self
2010
A TV Dante
Himself
1990Autopsy on a Dream
Self
2013
David Attenborough's Wild City
Self - Narrator
2016
Fabulous Frogs
Self - Narrator
2014
Great Natural Wonders of the World
Presenter
2002
General Studies: An Everyday Miracle
Narrator
1981
The Greatest Wildlife Show on Earth
Presenter - Narrator
1999
David Attenborough Meets President Obama
Self
2015Cougars Undercover
Self
2015
Legends of the Deep: The Giant Squid
Self - Narrator
2013
Attenborough's Life Journey
Self
2024
Attenborough's Big Birds
Narrator
2015
Deep Ocean
Self - Narrator
2015
Blue Planet UK
Self
2019
The Ascent of Kangchenjunga
Producer
1955Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1955-1958
1955My Favourite Attenborough Moment
Self (archive footage)
2006
Attenborough's Journey
Self
2010
Attenborough's Life That Glows
Self - Presenter
2016
Deep Ocean: Lights in the Abyss
Self - Narrator
2016
Mountain Lions: Big Cats in High Places
Narrator
2014
The Private Life of Plants
himself
1995
Into the Jungle
Self - Narrator
2018
The Making Of The Trials Of Life - Once More Into The Termite Mound
Self
1990
Deep Ocean: Kingdom of the Coelacanth
Self - Narrator (voice)
2026
Attenborough at 90: Behind the Lens
Self
2016
Deep Ocean: The Lost World of the Pacific
Self – Narrator
2015
Attenborough and the Giant Elephant
Self - Presenter
2017
Making Life on Earth: Attenborough’s Greatest Adventure
Self
2026Humpback Whale: The Giant of the Oceans
Self
1997
Plants Behaving Badly
Self
2017
Birds of Paradise
Self
2010
Attenborough's Wonder of Eggs
Self - Presenter
2018
Our Planet II
Self - Narrator (Voice)
2023
The Secrets of Scott's Hut
Self
2011
Satoyama I: Japan's Secret Watergarden
Narrator
1999
Attenborough the Controller
Self
2002
Trek - Spy on the Wildebeest
2007
Survival Island
Narrator
1996Survival Island
Writer
1996
Legends of the Deep: Deep Sea Sharks
Self - Narrator
2015
The Miracle of Bali
1969Attenborough Explores... Our Fragile World
Himself - Presenter
2007
Conquest of The Skies 3D
自己
2014Conquest of The Skies 3D
编剧
2014
The Mating Game
Narrator
2013
Smart Sharks: Swimming With Roboshark
Self
2003
The Bat Man of Mexico
Self
2014
A Blank on the Map
Himself - Presenter
1971A Blank on the Map
Screenplay
1971Can We Save Planet Earth?
2006Eastward With Attenborough
1973
The Forum
Self
2019
Lions: Spy in the Den
Narrator
2000
The Dragons of Galapagos
Narrator (voice)
1998At Home with Badgers
Narrator
1978
The Spirit of Asia
Self
1980
Killer Whales: Wolves of the Sea
Narrator
1993
Leopard: The Agent of Darkness
Self
1997
Superfish
Self - Narrator
2008
Cheetahs: Growing Up Fast
Self - Narrator (voice)
2017
David Attenborough: The Early Years
Self
2013
Attenborough’s Journey
Self
2021Birds of the Sun God
Narrator
1987Blue Planet III
Self - Presenter
The Song of the Earth
Narrator
2000The Song of the Earth
Writer
2000
Elsa the Lioness
Self
1961Elsa the Lioness
Producer
1961
Snow Leopard: Beyond the Myth
Narrator
2008
Water Life A World of Water
导演
2009
Dinosaur Apocalypse
Self - Host
2022
Whale Wisdom
Self - Narrator
2018
Zoo Quest to West Africa
Self
1955Zoo Quest to West Africa
Writer
1955Zoo Quest to West Africa
Producer
1955
Attenborough in Paradise
Self - Narrator
1996Attenborough in Paradise
Writer
1996
Tiger: The Elusive Princess
Narrator (voice)
1999
Your Favourite Attenborough Moment
Self (archive footage)
2006Barn Owl: Bird of Darkness
1991
Planet Earth II: A World of Wonder
Self - Presenter
2017
Bears: Spy in the Woods
2004
Bowerbirds: The Art of Seduction
Narrator
2000Bowerbirds: The Art of Seduction
Writer
2000Cue the Queen: Celebrating the Christmas Speech
Self
2015Saving the Storks with Sir David Attenborough
Self - Narrator (voice)
2024
The Kiwi, The Knight and the Qashqai
Self
2019
Hummingbirds: Jewelled Messengers
Self - Narrator (voice)
2012
The Living Thames
Self
2019
Gorillas Revisited with Sir David Attenborough
Presenter
2006Edwardian Insects on Film
Self
2013
Attenborough's Ark
Narrator
2012Attenborough's Ark
Writer
2012
Sir David Attenborough – A Life on Earth
David Attenborough
2014Sir David Attenborough – A Life on Earth
Self
2014Sir David Attenborough – A Life on Earth
Writer
2014Sir David Attenborough – A Life on Earth
Director
2014Sir David Attenborough – A Life on Earth
Presenter
2014
The Minsmere Year
2004
The Million Pound Bird Book
Presenter
1985The Million Pound Bird Book
Writer
1985David Attenborough's Animals of the British Countryside - Land Mammals
Narrator
1985
Dragons and Damsels
Self - Narrator
2019
The Lost Gods of Easter Island
Himself - Presenter
2000The Lost Gods of Easter Island
Screenplay
2000
World of Wildlife: African Big Cats
Self - Narrator
1995Afrique sauvage - L'avenir en marche
Presenter
2015
Flying Casanovas
Creator
Richard Batterham, Master Potter
Self
2017
Squirrel on My Shoulder
Narrator
1979
Puerto Rico: Island of Enchantment
Self - Narrator
2017Richmond Park National Nature Reserve
Self
2017
The Making of David Attenborough's Ant Mountain
Self
2018
Superfish: Bluefin Tuna
2012
Animal House
Self
2011
The Amber Time Machine
Narrator
2004
Sperm Whales: Back from the Abyss
Narrator
1996
Hotel Armadillo
Self - Narrator
2017The World Around Us
Creator
1967Living with Dinosaurs
Presenter
2000
Great Mammoth Mystery
Self - Host
2022
Explorers
Self - Narrator
1975Science Is News
Self - Presenter
1959
Clever Monkeys
Narrator
2008
NHKスペシャル 映像詩 里山II 命めぐる水辺
Narrator
2008