Acting
David Attenborough
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.
Acting
- 2026Secret GardenSelf - Presenter5 ep.
- 2025KingdomSelf - Narrator (voice)6 ep.
- 2025ParenthoodSelf - Narrator5 ep.
- 2025Simon Schama's Story of UsSelf - Reader3 ep.
- 2024AsiaSelf : Presenter7 ep.
- 2024Fateful PlanetSelf1 ep.
- 2024MammalsSelf - Narrator6 ep.
- 2024Secret World of SoundSelf - Narrator (voice)3 ep.
- 2023Planet Earth IIISelf - Presenter8 ep.
- 2023Our Planet IISelf - Narrator (Voice)4 ep.
- 2023Wild IslesSelf - Presenter5 ep.
- 2023Climate Crisis5 ep.
- 2022How the BBC BeganSelf3 ep.
- 2022Frozen Planet IISelf - Presenter6 ep.
- 2022Prehistoric PlanetSelf - Presenter10 ep.
- 2022David Attenborough's Global AdventureSelf4 ep.
- 2022The Green PlanetSelf - Narrator (voice)5 ep.
- 2021The Mating GameSelf - Presenter5 ep.
- 2021The Earthshot Prize: Repairing Our PlanetSelf - Narrator (voice)5 ep.
- 2021Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the WorldSelf1 ep.
- 2021Attenborough's Life in ColourSelf - Presenter2 ep.
- 2021A Perfect PlanetSelf - Narrator (voice)5 ep.
- 2020Michael Palin: Travels of a LifetimeSelf4 ep.
- 2020The Romantics and Us with Simon SchamaSelf1 ep.
- 2020Gay Byrne's Late Late MomentsSelf - Guest (archive footage)1 ep.
- 2019Seven Worlds, One PlanetSelf - Narrator (voice)7 ep.
- 2019Our PlanetSelf - Narrator (voice)12 ep.
- 2019Blue Planet UKSelf5 ep.
- 2018DynastiesSelf - Narrator9 ep.
- 2018Tomorrow's World: People of ScienceSelf1 ep.
- 2017Blue Planet IISelf - Presenter7 ep.
- 2017Plants Behaving BadlySelf2 ep.
- 2016Planet Earth IISelf - Narrator6 ep.
- 2016Attenborough's Passion ProjectsSelf - Presenter4 ep.
- 2016Wild CitySelf - Narrator (voice)6 ep.
- 2016David Attenborough's Wild CitySelf - Narrator6 ep.
- 2015Great Barrier Reef with David AttenboroughSelf - Presenter3 ep.
- 2015The HuntSelf - Narrator (voice)7 ep.
- 2015David Attenborough's Conquest of the SkiesSelf - Presenter3 ep.
- 2015Deep OceanSelf - Narrator4 ep.
- 2014Life StorySelf - Presenter6 ep.
- 2013David Attenborough's Rise of Animals: Triumph of the VertebratesSelf - Presenter2 ep.
- 2013Micro Monsters with David AttenboroughPresenter6 ep.
- 2013David Attenborough's Natural CuriositiesSelf - Presenter27 ep.
- 2013WinterwatchSelf1 ep.
- 2013AfricaSelf - Narrator (voice)6 ep.
- 2013Galapagos 3D with David AttenboroughSelf - Presenter3 ep.
- 2012Attenborough: 60 Years in the WildSelf - Presenter3 ep.
- 2012Voice1 ep.
- 2012Kingdom of PlantsSelf - Narrator3 ep.
- 2012Secrets of Wild IndiaNarrator3 ep.
- 2011Frozen PlanetSelf - Narrator7 ep.
- 2011Brave New World with Stephen HawkingSelf5 ep.
- 2011The Jonathan Ross ShowSelf1 ep.
- 2011Great Thinkers: In Their Own WordsSelf2 ep.
- 2011All Watched Over by Machines of Loving GraceSelf3 ep.
- 2011MadagascarSelf - Presenter3 ep.
- 2010First LifeSelf - Presenter2 ep.
- 2010Genius of BritainSelf3 ep.
- 2010In Confidence1 ep.
- 2009LifeSelf - Narrator (voice)10 ep.
- 2009Nature's Great EventsSelf - Presenter6 ep.
- 2008Tiger: Spy In The Jungle3 ep.
- 2008Life in Cold BloodSelf - Narrator (voice)5 ep.
- 2007The Alan Titchmarsh ShowSelf1 ep.
- 2007The Graham Norton ShowSelf4 ep.
- 2006The One ShowSelf - Guest2 ep.
- 2006Are We Changing Planet Earth?2 ep.
- 2006Planet EarthSelf - Narrator11 ep.
- 2006Folk BritanniaSelf1 ep.
- 2005Life in the UndergrowthSelf5 ep.
- 2005Echo and Other ElephantsSelf - Narrator (voice)1 ep.
- 2004ParkinsonSelf - Guest3 ep.
- 2003The Terry and Gaby Show1 ep.
- 2002The Life of MammalsSelf - Presenter10 ep.
- 2001Friday Night with Jonathan RossSelf - Guest4 ep.
- 2001The Blue PlanetSelf - Narrator (voice)8 ep.
- 2000State of the PlanetSelf - Presenter3 ep.
- 1998The Life of BirdsSelf - Narrator (voice)10 ep.
- 1998ParkinsonSelf2 ep.
- 1996Attenborough in Paradise7 ep.
- 1995Wildlife Specials30 ep.
- 1995The Private Life of PlantsSelf - Presenter6 ep.
- 1993Life in the FreezerSelf - Presenter6 ep.
- 1990Trials of LifeSelf - Narrator (voice)12 ep.
- 1989Lost Worlds, Vanished LivesPresenter - Narrator4 ep.
- 1987Going Live!Self1 ep.
- 1987The First EdenPresenter - Narrator4 ep.
- 1985Television1 ep.
- 1984Goldene KameraSelf1 ep.
- 1984The Living PlanetSelf12 ep.
- 1983Natural WorldNarrator (voice)61 ep.
- 1982NatureNarrator (voice)8 ep.
- 1980The Spirit of AsiaSelf8 ep.
- 1979Life on EarthSelf - Presenter13 ep.
- 1977Wildlife on OneNarrator1 ep.
- 1975Fabulous AnimalsSelf - Presenter6 ep.
- 1975ExplorersSelf - Narrator10 ep.
- 1975The Tribal Eye7 ep.
- 1974NOVANarrator3 ep.
- 1973Eastward With Attenborough6 ep.
- 1969The Miracle of Bali3 ep.
- 1967The World About UsNarrator1 ep.
- 1967OmnibusSelf1 ep.
- 1964HorizonHimself / Narrator3 ep.
- 1963Adventure9 ep.
- 1960The People of Paradise6 ep.
- 1959Science Is NewsSelf - Presenter1 ep.
- 1955Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1955-19586 ep.
- 1954Zoo Quest42 ep.
- —Blue Planet IIISelf - Presenter1 ep.
Behind the camera
- 2016Planet Earth IICasting6 ep.
- 2016Wild CityPresenter6 ep.
- 2015Great Barrier Reef with David AttenboroughWriter3 ep.
- 2015David Attenborough's Conquest of the SkiesWriter3 ep.
- 2013David Attenborough's Rise of Animals: Triumph of the VertebratesScreenplay2 ep.
- 2013AfricaWriter6 ep.
- 2013Galapagos 3D with David AttenboroughWriter3 ep.
- 2011Frozen PlanetWriter7 ep.
- 2010First LifeWriter2 ep.
- 2008Life in Cold BloodWriter5 ep.
- 2006Planet EarthWriter11 ep.
- 2005Life in the UndergrowthWriter5 ep.
- 2002The Life of MammalsWriter10 ep.
- 2000State of the PlanetWriter3 ep.
- 1998The Life of BirdsWriter10 ep.
- 1996Attenborough in ParadiseWriter7 ep.
- 1995The Private Life of PlantsWriter6 ep.
- 1993Life in the FreezerWriter6 ep.
- 1984The Living PlanetWriter12 ep.
- 1983Natural WorldWriter61 ep.
- 1979Life on EarthWriter13 ep.
Guest appearances
- 2026RTL TonightSelf1 ep.
- 2014NatureHost, Narrator (voice), Self8 ep.
- 2023WinterwatchSelf1 ep.
- 2021Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the WorldSelf1 ep.
- 2020The Romantics and Us with Simon SchamaSelf1 ep.
- 2020Gay Byrne's Late Late MomentsSelf - Guest (archive footage)1 ep.
- 2006HorizonHimself / Narrator, Self3 ep.
- 1984Natural WorldNarrator, Narrator (voice), Presenter, Self - Narrator53 ep.
- 2018SkavlanSelf - Guest1 ep.
- 2018Tomorrow's World: People of ScienceSelf1 ep.
- 2012The Graham Norton ShowSelf4 ep.
- 2015Voice1 ep.
- 2012In Confidence1 ep.
- 2012The Jonathan Ross ShowSelf1 ep.
- 2011Great Thinkers: In Their Own WordsSelf2 ep.
- 2008The One ShowSelf - Guest2 ep.
- 2010Genius of BritainSelf3 ep.
- 2002Friday Night with Jonathan RossSelf - Guest4 ep.
- 2009The Alan Titchmarsh ShowSelf1 ep.
- 2008This MorningSelf1 ep.
- 2005ParkinsonSelf - Guest, Self - Guest (archival footage)4 ep.
- 2006Are We Changing Planet Earth?2 ep.
- 2000NOVANarrator3 ep.
- 2006Folk BritanniaSelf1 ep.
- 2005Echo and Other ElephantsSelf - Narrator (voice)1 ep.
- 2003The Terry and Gaby Show1 ep.
- 1998ParkinsonSelf2 ep.
- 1993Goldene KameraSelf1 ep.
- 1990Going Live!Self1 ep.
- 1985Television1 ep.
- 1984WoganSelf1 ep.
- 1983Wildlife on OneNarrator1 ep.
- 1976OmnibusSelf1 ep.
Also known as: David Frederick Attenborough · Sir David Attenborough · Дэвид Фредерик Аттенборо · Девід Аттенборо · 大卫·爱登堡 · 大衛·艾登堡 · デヴィッド・アッテンボロー · 大衛·艾登伯祿 · دیوید اتنبرو · Ντέιβιντ Άτενμπρα · Ντέιβιντ Φρέντερικ Ατένμπορο