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