Robert D. Ballard
Known for
Acting
Born
June 30, 1942 (age 84)
Birthplace
Wichita, Kansas, USA
Biography
Dr. Robert Duane Ballard (born June 30, 1942) is a retired United States Navy officer and a professor of oceanography at the University of Rhode Island, best known for his pioneering work in underwater archaeology, including maritime archaeology and the study of shipwrecks, and for discovering the wreck of the RMS Titanic.
Best known work
NOVA
1974
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Titanic: 20 Years Later with James Cameron
2017
Cleopatra's Final Secret
2025
Expedition Amelia
2019
Titanic: 25 Years Later with James Cameron
2023
Secrets of the Titanic
1986
Save the Titanic With Bob Ballard
2012
Titanic: The Complete Story
1994
Save the Titanic: Treasures From the Deep
2019Filmography
2026
OceanGate Disaster: Minute by Minuteas Self (archive footage)
2025
Cleopatra's Final Secretas Self
2025
2023
2021
Bob Ballard: An Explorer's Lifeas Self - Explorer
2019
2019
Expedition Ameliaas Self
2017
2015
2012
2010
Gallipoli's Deep Secretsas Self
2004
Titanic Revealedas Self
2003
Sea Spiesas Narrator
2002
Titanic: 90 Years Belowas Self
2000
Lost Linersas Self
1998
Titanic: Breaking New Groundas Self
1994
Titanic: The Complete Storyas Himself
1986
Titanic: The Nightmare and the Dreamas Self, Creative Consultant
1986
Secrets of the Titanicas Self, Director
1974
1962