David Attenborough

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1926-05-08 (99 years old)

Place of Birth

London, England, UK

David Attenborough

Biography

Sir David Attenborough (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

1996

Survival Island

as Narrator

1978

1990

A TV Dante

as Himself

2017

Hotel Armadillo

as Self - Narrator

2013

The Mating Game

as Narrator

2011

Flying Monsters 3D with David Attenborough

as Self - Presenter / Narrator

2005

2000

2012

2022

1961

2011

2009

Uncovering Our Earliest Ancestor: The Link

as Self - Presenter / Narrator

2004

1971

A Blank on the Map

as Himself - Presenter

2023

The Deepest Breath

as Self (archive footage)

2012

The Penguin King

as Self - Narrator

2021

Parkinson at 50

as Self (archive footage)

2012

2013

2003

Deep Blue

as Self

2014

Fabulous Frogs

as Self - Narrator

2024

Secret Lives of Orangutans

as Self - Narrator (voice)

2006

2015

Attenborough's Paradise Birds

as Presenter - Narrator

2015

Africa's Fishing Leopards

as Narrator (voice)

1999

Tiger: The Elusive Princess

as Narrator (voice)

2017

Cheetahs: Growing Up Fast

as Self - Narrator (voice)

1981

1990

The Trials of Life

as Self - Presenter

2022

Great Mammoth Mystery

as Self - Host

2000

The Lost Gods of Easter Island

as Himself - Presenter

2016

Zoo Quest in Colour

as Self - Presenter

2016

2011

Desert Seas

as Self - Narrator (voice)

2012

Hummingbirds: Jewelled Messengers

as Self - Narrator (voice)

1985

A Zed & Two Noughts

as Himself - Documentary Narrator (voice)

2018

2011

1999

2018

2000

2018

David Attenborough's Tasmania

as Self - Narrator (voice)

2014

Björk: Biophilia Live

as Self - Opening Sequence (voice)

2019

Climate Change: The Facts

as Self - Presenter

2017

2019

2019

Wild Karnataka

as Self - Narrator

2018

Whale Wisdom

as Self - Narrator

2019

The Forum

as Self

2019

Dragons and Damsels

as Self - Narrator

2018

Into the Jungle

as Self - Narrator

2017

2020

Extinction: The Facts

as Self - Presenter

1996

Attenborough in Paradise

as Self - Narrator

2006

Desert Lions

as himself

2008

Clever Monkeys

as Narrator

2021

The Year Earth Changed

as Self - Narrator (voice)

2020

Planet Earth: A Celebration

as Self - Narrator (voice)

2008

Superfish

as Self - Narrator

2019

2012

Hot Tuna

as Narrator

2000

2025

Codex Pajeet 3

as Narrator

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