David Suzuki
Birthday: Born in 1936-03-24 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Deathday: Alive
TV Credits
The Nature of Things
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The Nature of Things is a Canadian television series of documentary programs. It debuted on CBC Television on November 6, 1960. Many of the programs document nature and the effect that humans have on it. The program was one of the first to explore environmental issues, such as clear-cut logging. The series is named after an epic poem by Roman philosopher Lucretius: "Dē Rērum Nātūrā" — On the Nature of Things....
The Brain: Our Universe Within
Character: Narrator
Complex and deeply mysterious, the human brain is an odyssey unto itself. Take this journey into the inner workings of the mind with the guidance of scientist Dr. David Suzuki, the host of this Discovery Channel documentary. This series explores the way the brain evolves from birth to adulthood; how memory works; how humans recover from brain injury; and the origins of creativity and identity....
NOVA
Character: Narrator (voice)
PBS' premier science series helps viewers of all ages explore the science behind the headlines. Along the way, NOVA demystifies science and technology, and highlights the people involved in scientific pursuits....
The Wild Canadian Year
Character: Self - Host / Narrator
View Canada’s extraordinary wildlife through the lens of its four distinct seasons....
Q&A
Character: Self - Panellist
Hosted by Hamish Macdonald, Q&A puts punters, pollies and pundits together in the studio to thrash out the hot issues of the week. It's about democracy in action - the audience gets to ask the questions....
Corner Gas
Character: David Suzuki
Following the adventures of a bunch of nobodies who get up to a whole lot of nothing in the fictional prairie town of Dog River, Saskatchewan, Corner Gas focuses on the life (or lack thereof) of Brent LeRoy, proprietor of a gas station that is the only stop for miles around and a hub of action on the Prairies....
Die Ozeane - Geheimnisse der Weltmeere
Character: Narração
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Movie Credits
Beyond Trauma
Character: Self
Most people experience trauma at least once. For many, the memories fade with time. But for some, they make it impossible to move beyond trauma....
The 11th Hour
Character: Self
A look at the state of the global environment including visionary and practical solutions for restoring the planet's ecosystems. Featuring ongoing dialogues of experts from all over the world, including former Soviet Prime Minister Mikhail Gorbachev, renowned scientist Stephen Hawking, former head of the CIA R. James Woolse...
What You Won't Do For Love
Character: David Suzuki
Documentary conversion with David Suzuki and his wife Tara. Adapted from a scrapped stageplay due to Covid-19 restrictions. Talks about relationships, environment, charity, the planet, and love....
Dinosaur Cold Case
Character: Self - Narrator
The fossil of a completely intact armoured dinosaur, Borealopelta markmitchelli, is discovered in Canada. Dinosaur Cold Case follows the evidence, as paleontologists piece together the prehistoric clues of Borealopelta’s life and death. Why was it found upside down, in what was once an inland sea? How did it die and why was it so perfectly fossilized?...
The Brain: Our Universe Within
Character:
Complex and deeply mysterious, the human brain is an odyssey unto itself. Take this journey into the inner workings of the mind with the guidance of scientist Dr. David Suzuki, the host of this Discovery Channel documentary. This series explores the way the brain evolves from birth to adulthood; how memory works; how humans recover from brain injury; and the origins of creativity and identity....
Surviving Progress
Character: Self
Humanity’s ascent is often measured by the speed of progress. But what if progress is actually spiraling us downwards, towards collapse? Ronald Wright, whose best-seller, “A Short History Of Progress” inspired “Surviving Progress”, shows how past civilizations were destroyed by “progress traps”—alluring technologies and belief systems that serve immediate needs, but ransom the future. As pressure on the world’s resources accelerates and financial elites bankrupt nations, can our globally-entwine...
The Nature of Millennials
Character: Self - Narrator
Millennials are set to inherit the Earth, but can they even? Join David Suzuki as he takes a deep dive on the lives of Millennials....
Polar Bears: A Summer Odyssey
Character: Himself
Polar Bears in Hudson Bay struggle in a green world. Up close and personal, originally shot all on native 3D....
The Norse: An Arctic Mystery
Character: Self - Narrator
The history books say that the first European to make contact with Native Americans was Christopher Columbus. New evidence tells a different story, that another civilization arrived in the New World centuries earlier. They were the Norse, a seafaring people who originated in the Scandinavian countries of Denmark, Norway and Sweden. They bore the name Viking, an "Old Norse" term for a pirate raid....
Metric - Dreams So Real - Live In Concert
Character: Self
Dreams So Real, the feature-length concert documentary, captures Canadian rock group Metric’s last live performance of a year-long sold-out world tour....
Puffin Patrol
Character: Self - Narrator
“Puffin Patrol” takes viewers into the world of the Atlantic puffin. Travel to remote locations where the puffin’s unique migration patterns and feeding habits are being studied. See where puffin populations are at risk and meet the biologists who study the bird’s greatest stressors. Follow the people of Witless Bay, Newfoundland as they rescue lost and confused pufflings from the roadside and see how this simple task teaches us about environment....
Lennon or McCartney
Character: Self
550 artists were interviewed over ten years. At some point during those interviews, they were asked a question and told to answer with one word only. Some stuck to one, some said more, some answered quickly, some thought it through, and some didn't answer at all. That question… Lennon or McCartney?...
Beeba Boys
Character: David Suzuki
Gang leader Jeet Johar and his young, loyal, and often-brutal crew dress like peacocks, love attention, and openly compete with an old style Indo crime syndicate to take over the Vancouver drug and arms scene. Blood is spilled, hearts are broken, and family bonds shattered as the Beeba Boys do anything to be seen and to be feared in a white world....
The Truth Is in the Stars
Character: Self
William Shatner sits down with scientists, innovators and celebrities to discuss how the optimism of 'Star Trek' influenced multiple generations....
Sonic Magic: The Wonder and Science of Sound
Character: Narrator
Though our world is full of sound, we only notice the noise. Sound can thrill, delight, warn, and scare us. But there's much more to the story. Sound can cure the sick and make the blind see....
Decoding Desire
Character: Self
Scientists explore the sexual behavior of animals like rats and peacocks before looking at how desire works in male and female humans....
The Kingdom: How Fungi Made Our World
Character: Narrator (Canada)
You find fungi in Antarctica and in nuclear reactors. They live inside your lungs and your skin is covered with them. Fungi are the most under appreciated and unexplained organisms, yet they could cure you from smallpox and turn cardboard boxes into forests. They could even transform Mars into Eden. There are vastly more fungi species than plants and each and every one of them play a crucial role in life’s support systems. Join us on a journey into the mysterious world of Fungi to witness their ...
The Lion In Your Living Room
Character: Narrator
The film is filled with fun facts that show how cats make good pets, yet in other ways are wild and untamable....
The Nature of Things: The Antibiotic Hunters
Character: Narrator
Dr. David Suzuki explains how antibiotics have been over prescribed for decades and it has led to the fact that now there are bacterial infections that are resistant to them, and people are dying by the thousands....
Jumbo: The Life of an Elephant Superstar
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The bones of the first animal superstar reveal long-buried secrets....
Something in the Air
Character: Self - Narrator
Something in the Air is a one hour documentary that shows new risks in the most essential element for survival – air – that affect our brains, our DNA, and how new technology is changing the equation for the better....
Stronger Together, Tous Ensemble
Character: Self
Join iconic Canadian artists, activists, actors, and athletes as they share their stories of hope and inspiration in this national salute to our frontline workers and in support of Food Banks Canada’s COVID-19 relief efforts....
Planet Hunters
Character: Narrator
A fascinating look at the research by two inventive planet hunters who are searching for thousands of extra-solar planets that may be Earth’s twin....
Vancouver: No Fixed Address
Character: Self
There is no topic that unites all of Vancouver quite like that of housing. At every dinner party, social gathering, or chance meeting in the street, everyone has an opinion, and they want to share it. Charles Wilkinson’s new film Vancouver: No Fixed Address tackles the subject from a multiplicity of perspectives. A chorus of voices chime in — everyone from David Suzuki, to Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson, Seth Klein, Condo King Bob Rennie, Senator Yuen Pau Woo, and lots of regular Vancouver cit...
To the Orcas with Love
Character: Self
Stories of personal connections with orcas, beautiful cinematography featuring B.C’s resident orcas, and an evocative soundscape composed by Jeff Rona and Ben MacDougall provide an uplifting contrast to the environmental challenges we face. Inspired by elders including environmentalist and CBC Broadcaster, David Suzuki, whale researchers Alexandra Morton and Paul Spong, totem carver Wayne Alfred, and lifelong resident of the Broughton archipelago Billy Proctor, this film is anchored by Rob Stewa...
Force of Nature: The David Suzuki Movie
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David Suzuki, iconic Canadian scientist, educator, broadcaster and activist delivers a 'last lecture' — what he describes as "a distillation of my life and thoughts, my legacy, what I want to say before I die". The film interweaves the lecture with scenes from the places and events in Suzuki's life — creating a biography of ideas — forged by the major social, scientific and cultural events of the past 70 years....
The Nature of David Suzuki
Character: Self
This biography of the well known scientist and nature program host details his early life as a child in a WW2 internment camp and the development of his environmental philosophy....
Tora
Character: Oyama
Starring David Suzuki, (world renowned environmentalist) in his first acting role ever...TORA follows a jaded city woman who inherits a lakeside property and is haunted by a little ghost girl. Through dreams and flashbacks of her new neighbor (Suzuki) she discovers that the property was a Japanese Internment Camp during WWII and that the little girl died while in the camp. Themes of loss, hope and forgiveness are explored in this epic drama that swings between the beautiful scenery of British Co...