BIRTH 08/05/1926
Country United Kingdom
SHOWS 55
MOVIES 30
SHOWRUNNER 4
SCRIPT 10

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.

Shows Movies showrunner Partners

Shows (55)

Our Planet (2019)

Self - Narrator / Self - Narrator (voice)

Prehistoric Planet (2022)

Self - Presenter

Kingdom (2025)

Narrator (voice) / Self - Narrator (voice)

Parenthood (2025)

Self - Narrator (voice)

Planet Earth II

Presenter/Narrator / Self - Narrator

Planet Earth III

Self - Presenter

Planet Earth

Self - Narrator

Life (2009)

Self - Narrator (voice)

Frozen Planet

Narrator / Self - Narrator

Attenborough's Life in Colour

Self - Presenter

Wild Isles

Self - Presenter

The Graham Norton Show

Self

NOVA

Narrator

The Blue Planet

Presenter/Narrator / Self - Narrator (voice)

Dynasties (2018)

Self - Narrator

Seven Worlds, One Planet

Self - Narrator

Mammals (2023)

Self - Narrator

Secret World of Sound with David Attenborough

Narrator / Self - Narrator (voice)

The Green Planet

Self - Narrator (voice) / Self - Presenter

Frozen Planet II

Self - Presenter

Asia

Self - Presenter

Horizon

Himself / Narrator / Self

Natural World

Narrator / Narrator (voice) / Presenter / Self - Host / Self - Narrator

David Attenborough's Conquest of the Skies

Self - Presenter

Kingdom of Plants 3D

Self - Narrator

The Hunt (2015)

Self - Narrator / Self - Narrator (voice)

Life in the Undergrowth

Self

Blue Planet II

Self - Presenter

The Living Planet

Presenter/Narrator / Self

The Private Life of Plants

Self - Presenter

Brave New World with Stephen Hawking

Self

Life on Earth

Narrator

Africa (2013)

Self - Narrator

Galapagos with David Attenborough

Self - Presenter

Micro Monsters with David Attenborough

Self - Narrator

Madagascar

Self - Presenter

David Attenborough's Natural Curiosities

Self - Presenter

David Attenborough's Rise of Animals:…

Self - Presenter

The ONE Show

Self - Guest

The Jonathan Ross Show

Self

Life Story

Self - Presenter

David Attenborough's Great Barrier Reef

Self - Presenter

First Life with David Attenborough

Self - Presenter

A Perfect Planet

Narrator

Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World

Self

Nature

Host / Narrator (voice) / Self

The Trials of Life

Narrator

Life in the Freezer

Presenter/Narrator

The Mating Game (2021)

Self - Presenter

The Life of Mammals

Self - Presenter

Lost Worlds, Vanished Lives

Presenter

The Life of Birds

Narrator

Life in Cold Blood

Narrator

Deep Ocean

Self - Narrator

Simon Schama's Story of Us

Self - Reader

Movies (30)

Dinosaurs: The Final Day with David…

Self - Presenter

Ocean with David Attenborough

Self

Breaking Boundaries: The Science of Our…

Self - Narrator

Deep Blue

Self

The Year Earth Changed

Self - Narrator (voice)

David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet

Self

A Zed & Two Noughts

Himself - Documentary Narrator (voice)

Attenborough and the Sea Dragon

Presenter

Climate Change: The Facts

Self - Presenter

Autopsy on a Dream

Self

Our Planet: Behind the Scenes

Self - Narrator

Attenborough's Life That Glows

Self - Presenter

David Attenborough's Natural History Museum…

Presenter

Attenborough's Paradise Birds

Presenter - Narrator

Whale Wisdom

Self - Narrator

Extinction: The Facts

Self - Presenter

David Attenborough Meets President Obama

Self

Tales of Television Centre

Self

Hummingbirds: Jewelled Messengers

Self - Narrator (voice)

Planet Earth II: A World of Wonder

Self - Presenter

Survival Island

Narrator

Clever Monkeys

Narrator

Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe

Self (voice)

The Trials of Life

Self - Presenter

Björk: Biophilia Live

Self - Opening Sequence (voice)

Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life

Presenter

Flying Monsters 3D with David Attenborough

Self - Presenter / Narrator

Secret Lives of Orangutans

Self - Narrator (voice)

Attenborough's Wonder of Song

Self - Presenter

When Björk Met Attenborough

Self

Showrunner (4)

Life in Cold Blood

Life on Earth

David Attenborough's Natural Curiosities

The Life of Birds

Script (10)

Planet Earth

(5 episodes)

Deep Blue

NOVA

(2 episodes)

Natural World

(2 episodes)

David Attenborough's Conquest of the Skies

(2 episodes)

Flying Monsters 3D with David Attenborough

David Attenborough's Natural History Museum…

Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life

The Private Life of Plants

(6 episodes)

Galapagos with David Attenborough

(3 episodes)

Partners (10)

Colin Stafford-Johnson