David Attenborough
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.
As actor 277
The Graham Norton Show
2007
NOVA
1974
Horizon
1964
Nature
1982
RTL Tonight
2025
Natural World
1983
Wogan
1982
The One Show
2006
Omnibus
1967
The Jonathan Ross Show
2011
Voice
2012
Planet Earth
2006
Parkinson
1998
Prehistoric Planet
2022
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
2007
Skavlan
2009
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
2001
Going Live!
1987
Planet Earth III
2023
The Terry and Gaby Show
2003
Goldene Kamera
1984
The Blue Planet
2001
Wildlife on One
1977
Planet Earth II
2016
Blue Planet II
2017
Seven Worlds, One Planet
2019
David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet
2020
Winterwatch
2013
Our Planet
2019
Life
2009
Television
1985
A Gorilla Story: Told by David Attenborough
2026
Wild London
2026
Africa
2013
The Year Earth Changed
2021
Dynasties
2018
Ocean with David Attenborough
2025
Frozen Planet
2011
The Life of Birds
1998
Kingdom
2025
The Hunt
2015
Wildlife Specials
1995
A Perfect Planet
2021
Uncovering Our Earliest Ancestor: The Link
2009
Trials of Life
1990
Deep Blue
2003
Asia
2024
Parenthood
2025
The Green Planet
2022
This Morning
1988
Galapagos 3D with David Attenborough
2013
Wild Isles
2023
Wild City
2016
The Life of Mammals
2002
Attenborough's Life in Colour
2021
Frozen Planet II
2022
Mammals
2024
Life on Earth
1979
Kingdom of Plants
2012
David Attenborough's Natural Curiosities
2013
Secret World of Sound
2024
Life Story
2014
Nature's Great Events
2009
First Life
2010
Breaking Boundaries: The Science of Our Planet
2021
A Zed & Two Noughts
1985
David Attenborough's Rise of Animals: Triumph of the Vertebrates
2013
Micro Monsters with David Attenborough
2013
Zoo Quest
1954
The Living Planet
1984
In Confidence
2010
Secrets of Wild India
2012
Gay Byrne's Late Late Moments
2020
Reef Diaries
2015
Madagascar
2011
The Private Life of Plants
1995
Life in Cold Blood
2008
Great Barrier Reef with David Attenborough
2015
All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace
2011
The Mating Game
2021
David Attenborough's 100 Years on Planet Earth
2026
Life in the Undergrowth
2005
Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World
2021
Life in the Freezer
1993
The Romantics and Us with Simon Schama
2020
A TV Dante
1990
Desert Seas
2011
Secret Garden
2026
Secret Lives of Orangutans
2024
Attenborough: 60 Years in the Wild
2012
Attenborough and the Giant Egg
2011
Fateful Planet
2024
Wild Karnataka
2019
Queen Elizabeth II: Her Story, Our Century
2026
David Attenborough's Conquest of the Skies
2015
Simon Schama's Story of Us
2025
Making Life on Earth: Attenborough’s Greatest Adventure
2026
Brave New World with Stephen Hawking
2011
And the Winner Isn't
2017
David Attenborough's Global Adventure
2022
Tiger: Spy In The Jungle
2008
Flying Monsters 3D with David Attenborough
2011
Attenborough and the Mammoth Graveyard
2021
Adventure
1963
The Earthshot Prize: Repairing Our Planet
2021
Attenborough and the Giant Sea Monster
2024
Michael Palin: Travels of a Lifetime
2020
Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe
2002
The World About Us
1967
Climate Change: The Facts
2019
Attenborough and the Sea Dragon
2018
Attenborough the Controller
2002
Fabulous Frogs
2014
Planet Earth: A Celebration
2020
Superfish
2008
State of the Planet
2000
Timelapse of the Entire Universe
2018
Genius of Britain
2010
Attenborough and the Empire of the Ants
2017
Lost Worlds, Vanished Lives
1989
Jane Goodall - Beauty and the Beasts
2010
Parkinson at 50
2021
Echo and Other Elephants
2005
Attenborough at 90
2016
Dinosaurs: The Final Day with David Attenborough
2022
Kea: The Smartest Parrot?
2005
Timelapse of the Future: A Journey to the End of Time
2019
Africa's Fishing Leopards
2015
Great Thinkers: In Their Own Words
2011
Great Mammoth Mystery
2022
Folk Britannia
2006
When Björk Met Attenborough
2013
Tomorrow's World: People of Science
2018
Attenborough's Life Journey
2024
David Attenborough's Tasmania
2018
Attenborough's Journey
2010
Attenborough's Passion Projects
2016
Björk: Biophilia Live
2014
How the BBC Began
2022
Islands of the Vampire Birds
1999
Dinosaur Apocalypse
2022
The First Eden
1987
Cougars Undercover
2015
Aliens From Inner Space
1983
Desert Lions
2006
Galapagos with David Attenborough
2013
Deep Ocean: The Lost World of the Pacific
2015
Into the Jungle
2018
David Attenborough's Wild City
2016
The Tribal Eye
1975
Attenborough in Paradise
1996
The Lost Gods of Easter Island
2000
Extinction: The Facts
2020
Baobab: Portrait of a Tree
1971
Explorers
1975
The Private Life of Plants
1995
Satoyama: Japan's Secret Watergarden
2004
Legends of the Deep: Deep Sea Sharks
2015
Great White Shark - The Silent Stalker
1995
Can We Save Planet Earth?
2006
Fabulous Animals
1975
David Attenborough's Natural History Museum Alive
2014
The Song of the Earth
2000
Deep Ocean
2015
Deep Ocean: Descent into the Mariana Trench
2018
The Miracle of Bali
1969
Jaguars: Brazil's Super Cats
2016
Superfish: Bluefin Tuna
2012
Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life
2009
David Attenborough Meets President Obama
2015
The Queen's Green Planet
2018
The Penguin King
2012
Elsa the Lioness
1961
Attenborough's Paradise Birds
2015
Great Natural Wonders of the World
2002
My Favourite Attenborough Moment
2006
A Deeper Dive with David Attenborough
2025
Tales of Television Centre
2012
Hot Tuna
2012
The Forum
2019
The Minsmere Year
2004
Attenborough: 60 Years in the Wild
2012
Diving Deep: The Life and Times of Mike deGruy
2020
The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough
2003
Eastward With Attenborough
1973
Prince William: A Planet For Us All
2020
Zoo Quest to West Africa
1955
Dragons and Damsels
2019
Cheetahs: Growing Up Fast
2017
Pangolins: The World's Most Wanted Animal
2018
Attenborough's Big Birds
2015
Our Planet II
2023
Attenborough's Wonder of Song
2022
Autopsy on a Dream
2013
Our Planet: Behind the Scenes
2019
Are We Changing Planet Earth?
2006
Attenborough's Life That Glows
2016
Blue Planet III
Birds of Paradise
2010
The Greatest Wildlife Show on Earth
1999
Attenborough and the Giant Dinosaur
2016
Deep Ocean: Giants of the Antarctic Deep
2018
David Attenborough: A Life on Earth
2023
A War on Science
2006
The Mating Game
2013
The Trials of Life
1990
Attenborough's Ark
2012
Plants Behaving Badly
2017
A Blank on the Map
1971
Zoo Quest in Colour
2016
Humpback Whale: The Giant of the Oceans
1997
Attenborough at 90: Behind the Lens
2016
Conquest of The Skies 3D
2014
General Studies: An Everyday Miracle
1981
Attenborough's Wonder of Eggs
2018
The Living Thames
2019
The Spirit of Asia
1980
Whale Wisdom
2018
Puerto Rico: Island of Enchantment
2017
Deep Ocean: Kingdom of the Coelacanth
2026
Mountain Lions: Big Cats in High Places
2014
Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1955-1958
1955
Bears: Spy in the Woods
2004
Satoyama I: Japan's Secret Watergarden
1999
Leopard: The Agent of Darkness
1997
The Secrets of Scott's Hut
2011
At Home with Badgers
1978
The People of Paradise
1960
Trek - Spy on the Wildebeest
2007
Deep Ocean: Lights in the Abyss
2016
Killer Whales: Wolves of the Sea
1993
Animal House
2011
Attenborough’s Journey
2021
Survival Island
1996
Sir David Attenborough and Sir Michael Palin in Conversation
2020
Tiger: The Elusive Princess
1999
David Attenborough: The Early Years
2013
Sir David Attenborough – A Life on Earth
2014
Attenborough Explores... Our Fragile World
2007
Legends of the Deep: The Giant Squid
2013
Edwardian Insects on Film
2013
Cue the Queen: Celebrating the Christmas Speech
2015
Barn Owl: Bird of Darkness
1991
Life on Air: David Attenborough's 50 Years in Television
2002
Living with Dinosaurs
2000
Attenborough in Paradise
1996
Blue Planet UK
2019
Smart Sharks: Swimming With Roboshark
2003
Snow Leopard: Beyond the Myth
2008
Attenborough and the Giant Elephant
2017
The Making Of The Trials Of Life - Once More Into The Termite Mound
1990
Sperm Whales: Back from the Abyss
1996
Gorillas Revisited with Sir David Attenborough
2006
Hotel Armadillo
2017
The Making of David Attenborough's Ant Mountain
2018
The Amber Time Machine
2004
Birds of the Sun God
1987
Hummingbirds: Jewelled Messengers
2012
Planet Earth II: A World of Wonder
2017
The Dragons of Galapagos
1998
David Attenborough's Animals of the British Countryside - Land Mammals
1985
World of Wildlife: African Big Cats
1995
Squirrel on My Shoulder
1979
The Bat Man of Mexico
2014
Richmond Park National Nature Reserve
2017
Richard Batterham, Master Potter
2017
Mad and Bad: 60 Years of Science on TV
2010
Clever Monkeys
2008
NHKスペシャル 映像詩 里山II 命めぐる水辺
2008
Lions: Spy in the Den
2000
The Million Pound Bird Book
1985
Water Life A World of Water
2009
Saving the Storks with Sir David Attenborough
2024
The Kiwi, The Knight and the Qashqai
2019
Science Is News
1959
Bowerbirds: The Art of Seduction
2000
Your Favourite Attenborough Moment
2006
On the crew 46
NOVA
1974
Natural World
1983
Planet Earth
2006
Planet Earth II
2016
Africa
2013
Frozen Planet
2011
The Life of Birds
1998
Deep Blue
2003
Galapagos 3D with David Attenborough
2013
Wild City
2016
The Life of Mammals
2002
Life on Earth
1979
First Life
2010
David Attenborough's Rise of Animals: Triumph of the Vertebrates
2013
The Living Planet
1984
The Private Life of Plants
1995
Life in Cold Blood
2008
Great Barrier Reef with David Attenborough
2015
Life in the Undergrowth
2005
Life in the Freezer
1993
David Attenborough's Conquest of the Skies
2015
Flying Monsters 3D with David Attenborough
2011
State of the Planet
2000
Attenborough and the Empire of the Ants
2017
The Ascent of Kangchenjunga
1955
Islands of the Vampire Birds
1999
Desert Lions
2006
Galapagos with David Attenborough
2013
Attenborough in Paradise
1996
The Lost Gods of Easter Island
2000
Fabulous Animals
1975
David Attenborough's Natural History Museum Alive
2014
The Song of the Earth
2000
Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life
2009
Elsa the Lioness
1961
Zoo Quest to West Africa
1955
Attenborough's Ark
2012
A Blank on the Map
1971
Zoo Quest in Colour
2016
Survival Island
1996
Sir David Attenborough – A Life on Earth
2014
Flying Casanovas
Attenborough in Paradise
1996
Afrique sauvage - L'avenir en marche
2015
The Million Pound Bird Book
1985
Bowerbirds: The Art of Seduction
2000