David Suzuki

Acting

David Suzuki

Born 1936-03-24 · Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Acting credits

The 11th Hour poster
6.8

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

The 11th Hour

2007

Lennon or McCartney poster
5.3

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?

Lennon or McCartney

2014

Rat City poster
NR

They climb, squeeze through crevices, bite through lead pipes and conquer their environment again and again. A scientific journey of discovery into the world of rats.

Rat City

2023

The Truth Is in the Stars poster
6.8

William Shatner sits down with scientists, innovators and celebrities to discuss how the optimism of 'Star Trek' influenced multiple generations.

The Truth Is in the Stars

2017

Surviving Progress poster
7.4

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-entwined civilization escape a final, catastrophic progress trap? With potent images and illuminating insights from thinkers who have probed our genes, our brains, and our social behaviour, this requiem to progress-as-usual also poses a challenge: to prove that making apes smarter isn’t an evolutionary dead-end.

Surviving Progress

2011

Beeba Boys poster
3.8

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.

Beeba Boys

2015

Stronger Together, Tous Ensemble poster
5.5

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.

Stronger Together, Tous Ensemble

2020

Force of Nature: The David Suzuki Movie poster
NR

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.

Force of Nature: The David Suzuki Movie

2011

Beyond Trauma poster
NR

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.

Beyond Trauma

2017

The Kingdom: How Fungi Made Our World poster
8.2

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 beauty, unravel their mysteries and discover how this secret kingdom is essential to life on Earth, and may in fact hold the key to our future.

The Kingdom: How Fungi Made Our World

2018

No artwork available
5.0

Documentary looking at the ways which computer on-line services and the Internet have evolved, how they have been applied and the problems they can cause.

Cyberspace

1995

Vancouver: No Fixed Address poster
NR

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 citizens.

Vancouver: No Fixed Address

2017

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NR

The enormous destructive power of nuclear explosions can be used, not just in theory, for peaceful purposes. In the second half of the 1950s, scientists from both nuclear superpowers began experimenting with smaller underground nuclear explosions, which were to be used to move large amounts of soil in the construction of canals, canals, and mining.

Nuclear Dynamite

2000

What You Won't Do For Love poster
NR

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.

What You Won't Do For Love

2021

Planet Hunters poster
NR

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.

Planet Hunters

2012

Dinosaur Cold Case poster
NR

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?

Dinosaur Cold Case

2020

Polar Bears: A Summer Odyssey poster
6.5

A captivating documentary following a young polar bear venturing on his first solo journey across the Canadian Arctic during the summer thaw. As the ice disappears, he must adapt to a challenging landscape without the one thing polar bears depend on most: sea ice. With stunning cinematography and heartfelt narration, this film offers a rare glimpse into the resilience and struggle of polar bears facing a rapidly changing climate.

Polar Bears: A Summer Odyssey

2012

To the Orcas with Love poster
NR

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 Stewart’s invitation to rise up and create the world we dream for ourselves. Viewers will come to understand the importance of the personal choices we make; it becomes clear that what we do to nature, we do to ourselves.

To the Orcas with Love

2017

The Lion In Your Living Room poster
6.5

The film is filled with fun facts that show how cats make good pets, yet in other ways are wild and untamable.

The Lion In Your Living Room

2015

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NR

As awareness grows about the consequences of environmental disregard, the sustainability movement is gathering momentum, and the institutions with the furthest reach and the highest stakes - corporations - are being asked by customers to take the lead. Those ahead of the curve already realize that there is a way for industry to permanently coexist with its environment, that fitting in to natural systems is smarter than trying to control them, and that sustainability is the most expansive profit frontier yet to be explored. One business striving for these ideals deserves recognition above the rest for its inspiring leadership: Interface Inc. led by Ray Anderson. What is most remarkable about all companies making this positive shift is not the change of mind - but the change of heart they experience as they realize that environmental stewardship is an ethical imperative for the future.

So Right So Smart

2009

Decoding Desire poster
8.0

Scientists explore the sexual behavior of animals like rats and peacocks before looking at how desire works in male and female humans.

Decoding Desire

2014

Trouble in the Forest poster
8.0

In this compelling film, David Suzuki investigates the frightening phenomenon of forest dieback caused by acid rain and proposes some solutions.

Trouble in the Forest

1988

The Stand poster
1.0

On a misty morning in the fall of 1985, a small group of Haida people blockaded a muddy dirt road on Lyell Island, demanding the government work with Indigenous people to find a way to protect the land and the future. In a riveting new feature documentary drawn from more than a hundred hours of archival footage and audio, award-winning director Christopher Auchter (Now Is the Time) recreates the critical moment when the Haida Nation’s resolute act of vision and conscience changed the world.

The Stand

2024

Metric: Dreams So Real  (Live In Concert) poster
8.2

Dreams So Real, the feature-length 4k concert documentary, captures Canadian rock group Metric's last live performance of a year-long sold-out world tour. In 2016 the group traversed the globe on the most significant tour of their career. The show in Vancouver, BC was the culmination of a year's work on behalf of the band and their dedicated crew. Their performance was recorded by 26 cameras, finished in 4K with audio mixed by multi-Grammy winner David Bottrill. The film features fan favourites from over five albums including indelible hits Breathing Underwater, Gold Girls Guns and Help I'm Alive. With plenty of arena-worthy moments, Dreams So Real is a stunning recreation of an incredibly special evening.

Metric: Dreams So Real (Live In Concert)

2017

Behind the camera