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David Takayoshi Suzuki is a Canadian academic, science broadcaster and environmental activist. Suzuki earned a Ph.D. in zoology from the University of Chicago in 1961, and was a professor in the genetics department at the University of British Columbia from 1963 until his retirement in 2001. Since the mid-1970s, Suzuki has been known for his television and radio series, documentaries and books about nature and the environment. He is best known as host of the popular and long-running CBC Television science program The Nature of Things, seen in over 40 countries. He is also well known for criticizing governments for their lack of action to protect the environment.
Birth Name
David Takayoshi Suzuki
Born
Tuesday, 24 March 1936
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Hidden Life of Trees | Self | 2020 |
| Attenborough and the Giant Elephant | Self - Presenter, Canadian Version | 2017 |
| The Wild Canadian Year | Self - Narrator / Self - Host & Narrator | 2017 |
| Shut Up and Say Something | Self | 2017 |
| The Truth Is in the Stars | Self - Scientist, Environmentalist & Broadcaster / Self | 2017 |
| Meet Beau Dick: Maker of Monsters | Self | 2017 |
| Beeba Boys | Self / David Suzuki | 2015 |
| The Nature of Things: The Antibiotic Hunters | Self - Host / Narrator | 2015 |
| Lennon or McCartney | Self | 2014 |
| The Little Things | Self | 2014 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Hidden Life of Trees | Self | 2020 |
| Attenborough and the Giant Elephant | Self - Presenter, Canadian Version | 2017 |
| The Wild Canadian Year | Self - Narrator / Self - Host & Narrator | 2017 |
| Shut Up and Say Something | Self | 2017 |
| The Truth Is in the Stars | Self - Scientist, Environmentalist & Broadcaster / Self | 2017 |
| Meet Beau Dick: Maker of Monsters | Self | 2017 |
| Beeba Boys | Self / David Suzuki | 2015 |
| The Nature of Things: The Antibiotic Hunters | Self - Host / Narrator | 2015 |
| Lennon or McCartney | Self | 2014 |
| The Little Things | Self | 2014 |
| Heal for Free | Self | 2014 |
| Wild Canada | Narrator | 2014 |
| The Nature of Things: The Allergy Fix | Self - Host | 2014 |
| Decoding Desire | Himself | 2014 |
| The Grounded | Self | 2013 |
| Surviving Progress | Self - Geneticist & Activist / Himself | 2011 |
| The Norse: An Arctic Mystery | Self - Host | 2012 |
| The Nature of Things: Planet Hunters | Self | 2012 |
| Aqua Seafoam Shame | Scientist | 2012 |
| Polar Bears: A Summer Odyssey | Himself / Self | 2012 |
| MS Wars: Hope, Science and the Internet | Narrator | 2012 |
| Eco-Pirate: The Story of Paul Watson | Self | 2011 |
| Play Again | 2011 | |
| I Am | Self | 2011 |
| For the Love of Elephants | Narrator | 2010 |
| Force of Nature | 2010 | |
| Deep Green | Self | 2010 |
| So Right So Smart | Self | 2009 |
| Darwin's Brave New World | Narrator | 2009 |
| Being Ian: An Ian-convenient Truth | Self | 2008 |
| Q&A | Environmental Scientist and Campaigner / Self - Guest | 2008 |
| Antarctic Mission: The Great Ocean of Ice | Narrator (English language version) | 2007 |
| The 11th Hour | Self - Scientist, Environmentalist, Broadcaster / Himself | 2007 |
| Antarctic Mission: A Window on a Changing Climate | Narrator (English language version) | 2007 |
| Escape from Suburbia: Beyond the American Dream | Self - Director, Suzuki Foundation | 2007 |
| The Hour | Self | 2005 |
| Wapos Bay: The Series | The Suz | 2005 |
| Natural Heroes | Self | 2004 |
| Suzuki Speaks | Self | 2004 |
| Corner Gas | David Suzuki | 2004 |
| Nuclear Dynamite | Narrator | 2000 |
| Life and Times | Self | 1996 |
| This Hour Has 22 Minutes | Self / (Special Guest) | 1993 |
| Landline | Self - Environmentalist | 1991 |
| Trouble in the Forest | Self - Host | 1988 |
| The Beachcombers | Himself | 1972 |
| The Nature of Things | Narrator / Self - Host / Host / Self - Host & Narrator / Self - Narrator / Narrator & Host / Self / Self - Series Host / Self - Narrator & Host / Self - Host and Narrator / (voice) | 1960 |
