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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
May 8, 1926
Place of Birth
London, England, UK
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
David Attenborough
1.2 Popularity
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
6.2
Self - Narrator (voice)
Kingdom
2025
10.0
Self - Narrator (voice)
Deep Ocean: Kingdom of the Coelacanth
2025
8.0
Self - Narrator (voice)
Parenthood
2025
8.2
Self
Ocean with David Attenborough
2025
6.0
Self
A Deeper Dive with David Attenborough
2025
0.0
Self - Reader
Simon Schama's Story of Us
2025
0.0
Self
Attenborough's Life Journey
2024
8.9
Self - Presenter
Asia
2024
7.7
Self - Narrator (voice)
Secret Lives of Orangutans
2024
🎬
0.0
Self - Narrator (voice)
Saving the Storks with Sir David Attenborough
2024
Credits
Kingdom
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2025
6.2
Deep Ocean: Kingdom of the Coelacanth
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2025
10.0
Parenthood
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2025
8.0
Ocean with David Attenborough
as Self
2025
8.2
A Deeper Dive with David Attenborough
as Self
2025
6.0
Simon Schama's Story of Us
as Self - Reader
2025
0.0
Attenborough's Life Journey
as Self
2024
0.0
Asia
as Self - Presenter
2024
8.9
Secret Lives of Orangutans
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2024
7.7
🎬
Saving the Storks with Sir David Attenborough
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2024
0.0
Mammals
as Self - Narrator
2024
8.4
Secret World of Sound
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2024
8.1
Attenborough and the Giant Sea Monster
as Self - Presenter
2024
8.0
David Attenborough: A Life on Earth
as Self
2023
10.0
Planet Earth III
as Self - Presenter
2023
8.5
Our Planet II
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2023
0.0
Wild Isles
as Self - Presenter
2023
8.2
How the BBC Began
as Self
2022
0.0
Frozen Planet II
as Self - Presenter
2022
8.4
Prehistoric Planet
as Self - Presenter
2022
8.3
Dinosaurs: The Final Day with David Attenborough
as Self - Presenter
2022
7.3
Great Mammoth Mystery
as Self - Host
2022
0.0
David Attenborough's Global Adventure
as Self
2022
8.5
The Green Planet
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2022
8.8
Attenborough's Wonder of Song
as Self - Presenter
2022
8.5
Attenborough and the Mammoth Graveyard
as Self - Narrator
2021
7.4
The Earthshot Prize: Repairing Our Planet
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2021
8.5
The Mating Game
as Self - Presenter
2021
8.3
Parkinson at 50
as Self (archive footage)
2021
10.0
Breaking Boundaries: The Science of Our Planet
as Self - Narrator
2021
7.4
Attenborough’s Journey
as Self
2021
8.0
The Year Earth Changed
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2021
7.9
Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World
as Self
2021
3.9
Attenborough's Life in Colour
as Self - Presenter
2021
7.6
A Perfect Planet
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2021
8.7
Prince William: A Planet For Us All
as Self
2020
6.0
Michael Palin: Travels of a Lifetime
as Self
2020
7.3
David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet
as Self
2020
8.4
🎬
Sir David Attenborough and Sir Michael Palin in Conversation
as Self
2020
5.7
Extinction: The Facts
as Self - Presenter
2020
7.5
🎬
The Romantics and Us with Simon Schama
as Self
2020
10.0
Planet Earth: A Celebration
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2020
8.6
Chris Packham: 7.7 Billion People and Counting
as Self
2020
0.0
Diving Deep: The Life and Times of Mike deGruy
as Self
2020
7.0
The Forum
as Self
2019
7.0
Seven Worlds, One Planet
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2019
8.5
The Living Thames
as Self
2019
0.0
The Kiwi, The Knight and the Qashqai
as Self
2019
0.0
Climate Change: The Facts
as Self - Presenter
2019
7.1
Our Planet
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2019
8.5
Our Planet: Behind the Scenes
as Self - Narrator
2019
7.6
Blue Planet UK
as Self
2019
0.0
Timelapse of the Future: A Journey to the End of Time
as Self - Narrator (archive sound)
2019
8.5
Dragons and Damsels
as Self - Narrator
2019
8.0
Wild Karnataka
as Self - Narrator
2019
8.6
Whale Wisdom
as Self - Narrator
2018
7.3
Dynasties
as Self - Narrator
2018
8.3
Into the Jungle
as Self - Narrator
2018
7.8
Deep Ocean: Descent into the Mariana Trench
as Self - Narrator
2018
9.3
David Attenborough's Tasmania
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2018
7.5
Pangolins: The World's Most Wanted Animal
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2018
6.5
The Queen's Green Planet
as Self
2018
7.0
Attenborough's Wonder of Eggs
as Self - Presenter
2018
6.0
Tomorrow's World: People of Science
as Self
2018
0.0
Attenborough and the Sea Dragon
as Presenter
2018
7.0
Deep Ocean: Giants of the Antarctic Deep
as Narrator
2018
0.0
The Making of David Attenborough's Ant Mountain
as Self
2018
7.5
Attenborough and the Empire of the Ants
as Self – Presenter
2017
7.0
David Attenborough's Ant Mountain
as Self - Presenter
2017
9.0
Attenborough and the Giant Elephant
as Self - Presenter
2017
7.2
And the Winner Isn't
as Self
2017
5.7
Blue Planet II
as Self - Presenter
2017
8.6
Plants Behaving Badly
as Self
2017
0.0
🎬
Richmond Park National Nature Reserve
as Self
2017
0.0
Hotel Armadillo
as Self - Narrator
2017
0.0
Puerto Rico: Island of Enchantment
as Self - Narrator
2017
0.0
Cheetahs: Growing Up Fast
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2017
0.0
🎬
Richard Batterham, Master Potter
as Self
2017
0.0
Planet Earth II: A World of Wonder
as Self - Presenter
2017
7.4
Planet Earth II
as Self - Narrator
2016
8.6
Jaguars: Brazil's Super Cats
as Self
2016
0.0
Deep Ocean: Lights in the Abyss
as Self - Narrator
2016
7.0
Zoo Quest in Colour
as Self - Presenter
2016
8.5
Attenborough's Life That Glows
as Self - Presenter
2016
8.1
Attenborough at 90
as Self
2016
8.0
Attenborough's Passion Projects
as Self - Presenter
2016
8.0
Attenborough at 90: Behind the Lens
as Self
2016
8.4
Wild City
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2016
4.0
Attenborough and the Giant Dinosaur
as Self - Presenter
2016
7.3
Great Barrier Reef with David Attenborough
as Self - Presenter
2015
7.3
🎬
Cue the Queen: Celebrating the Christmas Speech
as Self
2015
6.0
🎬
Cougars Undercover
as Self
2015
0.0
The Hunt
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2015
8.2
David Attenborough Meets President Obama
as Self
2015
7.8
Attenborough's Big Birds
as Narrator
2015
8.5
Legends of the Deep: Deep Sea Sharks
as Self - Narrator
2015
7.0
Africa's Fishing Leopards
as Narrator (voice)
2015
0.0
Attenborough's Paradise Birds
as Presenter - Narrator
2015
8.1
David Attenborough's Conquest of the Skies
as Self - Presenter
2015
8.5
Deep Ocean
as Self - Narrator
2015
9.2
Deep Ocean: The Lost World of the Pacific
as Self – Narrator
2015
7.8
Life Story
as Self - Presenter
2014
8.4
Björk: Biophilia Live
as Self - Opening Sequence (voice)
2014
7.6
Mountain Lions: Big Cats in High Places
as Narrator
2014
0.0
Fabulous Frogs
as Self - Narrator
2014
8.3
The Bat Man of Mexico
as Self
2014
9.1
Conquest of The Skies 3D
as 自己
2014
0.0
Conquest of The Skies 3D
as 编剧
2014
0.0
David Attenborough's Natural History Museum Alive
as Presenter
2014
6.8
🎬
Autopsy on a Dream
as Self
2013
7.5
David Attenborough's Rise of Animals: Triumph of the Vertebrates
as Self - Presenter
2013
8.1
When Björk Met Attenborough
as Self
2013
7.8
The Mating Game
as Narrator
2013
0.0
Micro Monsters with David Attenborough
as Presenter
2013
7.3
Galapagos with David Attenborough
as Self - Presenter
2013
7.2
🎬
Edwardian Insects on Film
as Self
2013
9.0
Legends of the Deep: The Giant Squid
as Self - Narrator
2013
8.0
David Attenborough's Natural Curiosities
as Self - Presenter
2013
7.3
David Attenborough: The Early Years
as Self
2013
10.0
Winterwatch
as Self
2013
9.5
Africa
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2013
8.3
Galapagos 3D with David Attenborough
as Self - Presenter
2013
7.8
Attenborough: 60 Years in the Wild
as Self - Presenter
2012
7.4
Attenborough: 60 Years in the Wild
as Self - Presenter
2012
6.9
Attenborough's Ark
as Narrator
2012
9.0
The Penguin King
as Self - Narrator
2012
7.0
Voice
2012
0.0
Hummingbirds: Jewelled Messengers
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2012
8.0
Kingdom of Plants
as Self - Narrator
2012
7.7
Tales of Television Centre
as Self
2012
8.0
Hot Tuna
as Narrator
2012
0.0
Superfish: Bluefin Tuna
2012
8.3
Secrets of Wild India
as Narrator
2012
7.3
Frozen Planet
as Self - Narrator
2011
8.4
Brave New World with Stephen Hawking
as Self
2011
9.3
Animal House
as Self
2011
0.0
The Jonathan Ross Show
as Self
2011
5.3
Great Thinkers: In Their Own Words
as Self
2011
0.0
All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace
as Self
2011
8.2
Flying Monsters 3D with David Attenborough
as Self - Presenter / Narrator
2011
7.0
Desert Seas
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2011
9.0
The Secrets of Scott's Hut
as Self
2011
0.0
Attenborough and the Giant Egg
as Self - Presenter
2011
8.6
Madagascar
as Self - Presenter
2011
8.3
Mad and Bad: 60 Years of Science on TV
as Self
2010
4.0
First Life
as Self - Presenter
2010
7.0
Attenborough's Journey
as Self
2010
7.3
Jane Goodall - Beauty and the Beasts
as Self
2010
8.0
Genius of Britain
as Self
2010
7.0
Birds of Paradise
as Self
2010
7.7
Water Life A World of Water
as 导演
2009
0.0
Life
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2009
8.4
Uncovering Our Earliest Ancestor: The Link
as Self - Presenter / Narrator
2009
7.1
Nature's Great Events
as Self - Presenter
2009
8.4
Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life
as Presenter
2009
7.6
Skavlan
as Self - Guest
2009
5.0
Clever Monkeys
as Narrator
2008
0.0
Superfish
as Self - Narrator
2008
7.0
Tiger: Spy In The Jungle
2008
8.0
Life in Cold Blood
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2008
8.4
Snow Leopard: Beyond the Myth
as Narrator
2008
7.0
🎬
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
as Self
2007
3.7
🎬
Attenborough Explores... Our Fragile World
as Himself - Presenter
2007
0.0
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
2007
7.2
Trek - Spy on the Wildebeest
2007
7.0
The One Show
as Self - Guest
2006
4.4
🎬
Can We Save Planet Earth?
2006
6.0
Are We Changing Planet Earth?
2006
10.0
Your Favourite Attenborough Moment
as Self (archive footage)
2006
0.0
Gorillas Revisited with Sir David Attenborough
as Presenter
2006
7.8
🎬
My Favourite Attenborough Moment
as Self (archive footage)
2006
0.0
Planet Earth
as Self - Narrator
2006
8.6
Desert Lions
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2006
6.0
🎬
Folk Britannia
as Self
2006
0.0
A War on Science
as Self
2006
8.0
Life in the Undergrowth
as Self
2005
8.3
🎬
Kea: The Smartest Parrot
as Presenter
2005
5.5
Echo and Other Elephants
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2005
0.0
Bears: Spy in the Woods
2004
8.0
Satoyama II: Japan's Secret Watergarden
as Narrator
2004
7.8
The Amber Time Machine
as Narrator
2004
7.5
The Minsmere Year
2004
0.0
The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough
2003
0.0
Smart Sharks: Swimming With Roboshark
as Self
2003
0.0
🎬
The Terry and Gaby Show
2003
5.0
Deep Blue
as Self
2003
6.8
Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe
as Self (voice)
2002
5.1
The Life of Mammals
as Self - Presenter
2002
8.3
Life on Air: David Attenborough's 50 Years in Television
as Self
2002
8.8
Great Natural Wonders of the World
as Presenter
2002
5.2
Attenborough the Controller
as Self
2002
0.0
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
as Self - Guest
2001
6.0
The Blue Planet
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2001
8.4
Bowerbirds: The Art of Seduction
as Narrator
2000
0.0
Lions: Spy in the Den
as Narrator
2000
8.0
State of the Planet
as Self - Presenter
2000
7.8
🎬
Living with Dinosaurs
as Presenter
2000
0.0
The Lost Gods of Easter Island
as Himself - Presenter
2000
6.5
The Song of the Earth
as Narrator
2000
7.0
The Greatest Wildlife Show on Earth
as Presenter - Narrator
1999
8.5
Tiger: The Elusive Princess
as Narrator (voice)
1999
0.0
Islands of the Vampire Birds
as Narrator
1999
10.0
Satoyama I: Japan's Secret Watergarden
as Narrator
1999
7.0
The Life of Birds
as Self - Narrator (voice)
1998
8.1
The Dragons of Galapagos
as Narrator
1998
6.5
Parkinson
as Self
1998
0.0
Leopard: The Agent of Darkness
as Self
1997
0.0
🎬
Humpback Whale: The Giant of the Oceans
as Self
1997
0.0
Sperm Whales: Back from the Abyss
as Narrator
1996
0.0
Attenborough in Paradise
as Self - Narrator
1996
9.0
Attenborough in Paradise
1996
0.0
Survival Island
as Narrator
1996
6.0
World of Wildlife: African Big Cats
as Self - Narrator
1995
0.0
Wildlife Specials
1995
8.3
The Private Life of Plants
as himself
1995
8.4
The Private Life of Plants
as Self - Presenter
1995
9.0
Life in the Freezer
as Self - Presenter
1993
8.4
Killer Whales: Wolves of the Sea
as Narrator
1993
0.0
Barn Owl: Bird of Darkness
1991
0.0
The Making Of The Trials Of Life - Once More Into The Termite Mound
as Self
1990
0.0
Trials of Life
as Self - Narrator (voice)
1990
8.4
The Trials of Life
as Self - Presenter
1990
9.0
A TV Dante
as Himself
1990
6.4
Lost Worlds, Vanished Lives
as Presenter - Narrator
1989
8.4
This Morning
as Self
1988
5.2
Going Live!
as Self
1987
6.0
The First Eden
as Presenter - Narrator
1987
8.5
🎬
Birds of the Sun God
as Narrator
1987
0.0
A Zed & Two Noughts
as Himself - Documentary Narrator (voice)
1985
7.0
🎬
Goldene Kamera
as Self
1984
5.7
The Living Planet
as Self
1984
8.5
Aliens From Inner Space
as Narrator
1983
0.0
Natural World
as Presenter
1983
7.2
Natural World
as Narrator (voice)
1983
7.2
Natural World
as Narrator
1983
7.2
Natural World
as Self - Host
1983
7.2
Natural World
as Self - Narrator
1983
7.2
Nature
as Narrator (voice)
1982
7.8
Nature
as Host
1982
7.8
Nature
as Self
1982
7.8
Wogan
as Self
1982
4.5
🎬
An Everyday Miracle
as Narrator
1981
0.0
Squirrel On My Shoulder
as Narrator
1979
0.0
Life on Earth
as Self - Presenter
1979
9.1
🎬
At Home with Badgers
as Narrator
1978
0.0
Wildlife on One
as Narrator
1977
8.5
Fabulous Animals
as Self - Presenter
1975
0.0
The Tribal Eye
1975
8.8
NOVA
as Narrator
1974
7.0
🎬
Eastward With Attenborough
1973
0.0
A Blank on the Map
as Himself - Presenter
1971
8.2
The Miracle of Bali
1969
7.5
The World About Us
as Narrator
1967
7.8
Omnibus
as Self
1967
7.2
Horizon
1964
7.4
Horizon
as Self
1964
7.4
Horizon
as Himself / Narrator
1964
7.4
Adventure
1963
0.0
Elsa the Lioness
as Self
1961
0.0
🎬
The People of Paradise
1960
7.0
🎬
Science Is News
as Self - Presenter
1959
0.0
🎬
Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1955-1958
1955
0.0
Zoo Quest to West Africa
as Self
1955
0.0
Zoo Quest
1954
8.5
🎬
Blue Planet III
as Self - Presenter
N/A
0.0
🎬
In Flight Movie
as Narrator
N/A
0.0