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.

KNOWN FOR

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1990
NOVA
2015
Expedition Amelia
2019
Titanic: The Complete Story
1994
Titanic: Secrets of the Shipwreck
2025
OceanGate Disaster: Minute by Minute
2026
Titanic: 20 Years Later with James Cameron
2017
Titanic: 25 Years Later with James Cameron
2023
Cleopatra's Final Secret
2025
Bob Ballard: An Explorer's Life
2021
Titanic: Breaking New Ground
1998
Titanic: The Nightmare and the Dream
1986

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
21
Directing
1
Crew
1
2026
OceanGate Disaster: Minute by Minute
as Self (archive footage)
2025
Cleopatra's Final Secret
as Self
2025
Titanic: Secrets of the Shipwreck
as Self (archive footage)
2023
Titanic: 25 Years Later with James Cameron
as Self
2021
Bob Ballard: An Explorer's Life
as Self - Explorer
2019
Expedition Amelia
as Self
2019
Save the Titanic: Treasures From the Deep
as Self
2017
Titanic: 20 Years Later with James Cameron
as Self
2015
Nazi Attack on America
2015
NOVA
as Self
2012
Save the Titanic With Bob Ballard
as Self
2010
Gallipoli's Deep Secrets
as Self
2004
Titanic Revealed
as Self
2003
Sea Spies
as Narrator
2002
Titanic: 90 Years Below
as Self
2000
Lost Liners
as Self
1998
Titanic: Breaking New Ground
as Self
1994
Titanic: The Complete Story
as Himself
1990
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1986
Secrets of the Titanic
as Self
1986
Titanic: The Nightmare and the Dream
as Self