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David Attenborough Acting Filmography (158)

Deep Ocean: Kingdom of the Coelacanth

2026·Self - Narrator (voice)

A Gorilla Story: Told by David Attenborough

Queen Elizabeth II: Her Story, Our Century

David Attenborough’s 100 Years on Planet Earth

Making Life on Earth: Attenborough’s Greatest Adventure

Ocean with David Attenborough

A Deeper Dive with David Attenborough

Attenborough and the Giant Sea Monster

2024·Self - Presenter

Secret Lives of Orangutans

2024·Self - Narrator (voice)

Attenborough's Life Journey

Saving the Storks with Sir David Attenborough

2024·Self - Narrator (voice)

David Attenborough: A Life on Earth

Attenborough's Wonder of Song

2022·Self - Presenter

Dinosaurs: The Final Day with David Attenborough

2022·Self - Presenter

Attenborough’s Journey

Attenborough and the Mammoth Graveyard

2021·Self - Narrator

Parkinson at 50

2021·Self (archive footage)

The Year Earth Changed

2021·Self - Narrator (voice)

Breaking Boundaries: The Science of Our Planet

2021·Self - Narrator

Diving Deep: The Life and Times of Mike deGruy

David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet

Extinction: The Facts

2020·Self - Presenter

Prince William: A Planet For Us All

Sir David Attenborough and Sir Michael Palin in Conversation

Planet Earth: A Celebration

2020·Self - Narrator (voice)

The Kiwi, The Knight and the Qashqai

Climate Change: The Facts

2019·Self - Presenter

Our Planet: Behind the Scenes

2019·Self - Narrator

2019·Self - Narrator

Dragons and Damsels

2019·Self - Narrator

Timelapse of the Future: A Journey to the End of Time

2019·Self - Narrator (archive sound)

The Living Thames

Deep Ocean: Giants of the Antarctic Deep

Attenborough and the Sea Dragon

2018·Presenter

Attenborough's Wonder of Eggs

2018·Self - Presenter

The Queen's Green Planet

Pangolins: The World's Most Wanted Animal

2018·Self - Narrator (voice)

Deep Ocean: Descent into the Mariana Trench

2018·Self - Narrator

David Attenborough's Tasmania

2018·Self - Narrator (voice)

2018·Self - Narrator

Into the Jungle

2018·Self - Narrator

The Making of David Attenborough's Ant Mountain

Richard Batterham, Master Potter

Hotel Armadillo

2017·Self - Narrator

Puerto Rico: Island of Enchantment

2017·Self - Narrator

Cheetahs: Growing Up Fast

2017·Self - Narrator (voice)

Attenborough and the Giant Elephant

2017·Self - Presenter

And the Winner Isn't

Planet Earth II: A World of Wonder

2017·Self - Presenter

Richmond Park National Nature Reserve

Attenborough and the Empire of the Ants

2017·Self – Presenter

Jaguars: Brazil's Super Cats

Attenborough at 90

Attenborough and the Giant Dinosaur

2016·Self - Presenter

Attenborough at 90: Behind the Lens

Zoo Quest in Colour

2016·Self - Presenter

Attenborough's Life That Glows

2016·Self - Presenter

Deep Ocean: Lights in the Abyss

2016·Self - Narrator

Attenborough's Big Birds

Cougars Undercover

Attenborough's Paradise Birds

2015·Presenter - Narrator

Africa's Fishing Leopards

2015·Narrator (voice)

David Attenborough Meets President Obama

Legends of the Deep: Deep Sea Sharks

2015·Self - Narrator

Deep Ocean: The Lost World of the Pacific

2015·Self – Narrator

Cue the Queen: Celebrating the Christmas Speech

Mountain Lions: Big Cats in High Places

David Attenborough's Natural History Museum Alive

2014·Presenter

2014·Self - Narrator

Björk: Biophilia Live

2014·Self - Opening Sequence (voice)

The Bat Man of Mexico

Conquest of The Skies 3D

Sir David Attenborough – A Life on Earth

2014·David Attenborough

The Mating Game

When Björk Met Attenborough

Galapagos with David Attenborough

2013·Self - Presenter

Edwardian Insects on Film

Autopsy on a Dream

David Attenborough: The Early Years

Legends of the Deep: The Giant Squid

2013·Self - Narrator

Attenborough's Ark

The Penguin King

2012·Self - Narrator

Attenborough: 60 Years in the Wild

2012·Self - Presenter

Tales of Television Centre

Superfish: Bluefin Tuna

Hummingbirds: Jewelled Messengers

2012·Self - Narrator (voice)

Flying Monsters 3D with David Attenborough

2011·Self - Presenter / Narrator

Attenborough and the Giant Egg

2011·Self - Presenter

2011·Self - Narrator (voice)

The Secrets of Scott's Hut

Attenborough's Journey

Mad and Bad: 60 Years of Science on TV

Birds of Paradise

Jane Goodall - Beauty and the Beasts

Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life

2009·Presenter

Uncovering Our Earliest Ancestor: The Link

2009·Self - Presenter / Narrator

Water Life A World of Water

Snow Leopard: Beyond the Myth

2008·Self - Narrator

NHKスペシャル映像詩里山II 命めぐる水辺

Trek - Spy on the Wildebeest

Attenborough Explores... Our Fragile World

2007·Himself - Presenter

Gorillas Revisited with Sir David Attenborough

2006·Presenter

A War on Science

2006·Self - Narrator (voice)

Can We Save Planet Earth?

My Favourite Attenborough Moment

2006·Self (archive footage)

Your Favourite Attenborough Moment

2006·Self (archive footage)

Kea: The Smartest Parrot

2005·Presenter

The Amber Time Machine

Bears: Spy in the Woods

Satoyama II: Japan's Secret Watergarden

The Minsmere Year

The Many Lives of Richard Attenborough

Smart Sharks: Swimming With Roboshark

Attenborough the Controller

Great Natural Wonders of the World

2002·Presenter

Robbie the Reindeer: Legend of the Lost Tribe

2002·Self (voice)

Life on Air: David Attenborough's 50 Years in Television

Bowerbirds: The Art of Seduction

The Song of the Earth

The Lost Gods of Easter Island

2000·Himself - Presenter

Lions: Spy in the Den

Living with Dinosaurs

2000·Presenter

Satoyama I: Japan's Secret Watergarden

Islands of the Vampire Birds

Tiger: The Elusive Princess

1999·Narrator (voice)

The Greatest Wildlife Show on Earth

1999·Presenter - Narrator

The Dragons of Galapagos

Leopard: The Agent of Darkness

Humpback Whale: The Giant of the Oceans

Survival Island

Sperm Whales: Back from the Abyss

Attenborough in Paradise

1996·Self - Narrator

The Private Life of Plants

World of Wildlife: African Big Cats

1995·Self - Narrator

Great White Shark - The Silent Stalker

Killer Whales: Wolves of the Sea

Barn Owl: Bird of Darkness

The Trials of Life

1990·Self - Presenter

The Making Of The Trials Of Life - Once More Into The Termite Mound

Birds of the Sun God

A Zed & Two Noughts

1985·Himself - Documentary Narrator (voice)

Aliens From Inner Space

General Studies: An Everyday Miracle

Squirrel on My Shoulder

At Home with Badgers

A Blank on the Map

1971·Himself - Presenter

Baobab: Portrait of a Tree

1971·Narrator (voice)

Elsa the Lioness

Zoo Quest to West Africa