Biography
David Takayoshi Suzuki (born March 24, 1936) is a Canadian academic, science broadcaster, and environmental activist. Suzuki earned a PhD 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 and narrator 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.
A longtime activist to reverse global climate change, Suzuki co-founded the David Suzuki Foundation in 1990, to work "to find ways for society to live in balance with the natural world that does sustain us." The Foundation's priorities are: oceans and sustainable fishing, climate change and clean energy, sustainability, and Suzuki's Nature Challenge. The Foundation also works on ways to help protect the oceans from large oil spills such as the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Suzuki has also served as a director of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association from 1982 to 1987.
Suzuki was awarded the Right Livelihood Award in 2009. His 2011 book, The Legacy, won the Nautilus Book Award. He is a Companion of the Order of Canada. In 2004, Suzuki ranked fifth on the list of final nominees in a CBC Television series that asked viewers to select The Greatest Canadian of all time.
Filmography
all 47
Movies 38
self 28
Narrator 9
TV Shows 9
Voice 1
What You Won't Do For Love (2021)
Dinosaur Cold Case (2020)
Stronger Together, Tous Ensemble (2020)
Nature's Cleanup Crew (2020)
Something in the Air (2019)
The Kingdom: How Fungi Made Our World (2018)
The Nature of Millennials (2018)
Jumbo: The Life of an Elephant Superstar (2018)
Attenborough and the Giant Elephant (2017)
To the Orcas with Love (2017)
The Wild Canadian Year (2017)
Vancouver: No Fixed Address (2017)
The Truth Is in the Stars (2017)
Metric - Dreams So Real - Live In Concert (2017)
Beyond Trauma (2017)
Puffin Patrol (2015)
Sonic Magic – The Wonder and Science of Sound (2015)
Beeba Boys (2015)
The Nature of Things: The Antibiotic Hunters (2015)
The Lion In Your Living Room (2015)
Lennon or McCartney (2014)
Wild Canada (2014)
Decoding Desire (2014)
Ticked Off: The Mystery of Lyme Disease (2013)
The Norse: An Arctic Mystery (2012)
Planet Hunters (2012)
Polar Bears: A Summer Odyssey (2012)
Force of Nature: The David Suzuki Movie (2011)
Surviving Progress (2011)
Die Ozeane - Geheimnisse der Weltmeere (2010)
A Silent Forest: The Growing Threat, Genetically Engineered Trees (2009)
Club social (2008)
Q&A (2008)
The 11th Hour (2007)
Antarctic Mission (2007)
Corner Gas (2004)
Weight of the World (2003)
Nuclear Dynamite (2000)
The Nature of David Suzuki (1998)
Cyberspace (1995)
Redwood Summer (1990)
Fragile Harvest (1986)
NOVA (1974)
The Nature of Things (1960)
Shattered Ground
The Brain: Our Universe Within (1994)
The Brain: Our Universe Within
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GenderMale
Birthday1936-03-24 (88 years old)
Birth PlaceVancouver, Canada
Religionatheism
SiblingsAiko Suzuki
CitizenshipsCanada
ResidencesVancouver, Canada
Awardshonorary doctorate at the Laval University, Companion of the Order of Canada, Canada's Walk of Fame, Kalinga Prize, Right Livelihood Award
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