- Films
- 10
- Avg rating
- 7.86
- Peak run
- 2007’26
- 7+ run
- 7 films
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
David by the numbers
Average
7.86
7 rated films
Vote weighted
7.89
bigger films count more
Median
7.9
half are better
Consistency
±0.64
rating spread
Career
42y
1985 to 2026
Total votes
67.6K
across every film
Best
8.9
David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet
Worst
7.2
A Zed & Two Noughts
Newest first
Filmography
| 2026 | A Gorilla Story: Told by David Attenborough | Self | 8.0 | 2,349 |
| 2025 |  Ocean with David Attenborough | Self | 8.4 | 5,777 |
| 2024 | Secret Lives of Orangutans | Self - Narrator | · | 673 |
| 2020 |  David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet | Self | 8.9 | 36,470 |
| 2020 | Wild Karnataka | Self - Narrator | · | 766 |
| 2016 | A Plastic Ocean | Self - Special Contributor | 7.9 | 3,398 |
| 2014 | Bjork: Biophilia Live | Self - Opening sequence voice | · | 537 |
| 2007 |  The 11th Hour | · | 7.2 | 6,081 |
| 2003 | Deep Blue | Self | 7.4 | 3,319 |
| 1985 |  A Zed & Two Noughts | · | 7.2 | 8,237 |
Better together?
David Attenborough's regulars
- Keith ScholeyDirector and actor · 2 films · 8.65 avg▲+0.77
- Alastair FothergillDirector and actor · 2 films · 8.15 avg▲+0.41
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers. Acting pairs here count billed roles (an actor in a director's top six, co-stars both in the top five); each duo page counts every film they made together in those roles.
Films together: Keith Scholey and David Attenborough movies · Alastair Fothergill and David Attenborough movies
Takes
On David Attenborough
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