Greenbuild's 2024 Keynote Speakers
See the lineup of main stage speakers who will bring global perspectives, inspiration, and share new insights at Greenbuild.
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Today's Leaders Who Educate and Inspire
Greenbuild has a history of incredible speakers; President Barack Obama, Amal Clooney, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Paul Hawken, Jane Fonda and many more.
Our goal in selecting these important voices is to source the truth tellers, forward thinkers and great minds of our industry so that we can gain from their knowledge and expertise. This year is no different.
Greenbuild 2024 Keynote
Don Cheadle, Actor, Director, Activist, and Author
Actor, Director, Activist, and Author, Don Cheadle will take the Greenbuild keynote stage on Wednesday, November 13, 2024, at 9am ET.
Don Cheadle is an Academy Award, Emmy and Golden Globe-nominated actor who has appeared in hit movies, including “Iron Man,” “Crash,” “Hotel Rwanda,” and “Avengers: End Game.”
Cheadle also executive produced and starred in the hit Showtime series “House of Lies,” earning four Emmy nominations. He also starred in Showtime’s “Black Monday” which garnered him two Emmy nominations and a Golden Globe Award nomination. Upcoming Cheadle stars in the Peacock series “Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist” and in the Amazon film “Unstoppable.”
Cheadle is known as an advocate for renewable energy and addressing climate change. He has made combating climate change a critical part of his life by serving as a standing U.N. Environment Programme (UNEP) Goodwill Ambassador.
As part of the TED Countdown initiative, which champions and accelerates solutions to achieve a zero-carbon world, Cheadle was also a creator and a host of “The Years of Living Dangerously,” a Showtime documentary about climate change and its impact on the world, featured by the National Geographic Society.
In addition to his many acting honors, Cheadle also produced the documentary film “Darfur Now,” which examines the genocide in Sudan’s western region of Darfur. In 2007, he and George Clooney were recognized for their work for Darfur, sharing a Peace Summit Award at the World Summit of Nobel Peace Prize Laureates in Rome. Cheadle’s eclectic body of work offers the Greenbuild audience a thoughtful, global perspective on some of the most pressing issues that affect our world today. In 2024, Cheadle received theGrio Awards Environmental Champion Icon carrying on his long standing commitment to making climate change a critical part of his life.
Cheadle also executive produced and starred in the hit Showtime series “House of Lies,” earning four Emmy nominations. Most recently, Cheadle stars in the television series “Black Monday” on Showtime.
View the press release here.
“I hope to use my ‘celebrity’ to motivate people and contribute to moving our global society back from the brink. I am surprised environment is not at the top of the agenda. What is more important than food and clean air? We need a big push.” - Don Cheadle, Actor, Director, Activist, and Author.