Bear Grylls
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
76
Gender
Male
Birthday
1974-06-07 (51 years old)
Place of Birth
Donaghadee, County Down, Northern Ireland, UK
Bear Grylls
Biography
Edward Michael "Bear" Grylls (born 7 June 1974) is a British adventurer, writer and television presenter. He is widely known for his television series Man vs. Wild (2006–2011), originally titled Born Survivor: Bear Grylls in the United Kingdom. Grylls is also involved in a number of wilderness survival television series in the UK and US. In July 2009, Grylls was appointed the youngest-ever Chief Scout in the UK at age 35. Grylls was born in Donaghadee, County Down, Northern Ireland.He grew up in Donaghadee until the age of four, when his family moved to Bembridge on the Isle of Wight. He is the son of Conservative politician Sir Michael Grylls, who was implicated in the cash-for-questions affair, and Lady Sarah Grylls. Lady Grylls is the daughter of politician Patricia Ford, briefly an Ulster Unionist Party MP, and cricketer and businessman Neville Ford. Grylls has one sibling, an elder sister, Lara Fawcett, a cardio-tennis coach, who gave him the nickname 'Bear' when he was a week old. Grylls was educated at Ludgrove School and Eton College, where he helped start its first mountaineering club, and Birkbeck, University of London, where he graduated with a degree, obtained part-time, in Hispanic studies in 2002. He graduated from the University of West of England. From an early age, he learned to climb and sail with his father, who was a member of the prestigious Royal Yacht Squadron. As a teenager, he learned to skydive and earned a second dan black belt in Shotokan karate. At age eight he became a Cub Scout. He speaks English, Spanish, and French. He is a Christian, and has described his faith as the "backbone" in his life. Grylls married Shara Cannings Knight in 2000. They have three sons. In August 2015, it was reported that Grylls had deserted his young son, Jesse, on Saint Tudwal's Island along the North Wales coast, as the tide approached, leaving him to be rescued by the RNLI. The RNLI later criticised him for the stunt, saying its crew "had not appreciated" that a child would be involved.
Known For
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
The Graham Norton Show
Hot Ones
The One Show
Top Gear
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Tamron Hall
Voice
The Jonathan Ross Show
Who Do You Think You Are?
8 Out of 10 Cats
Made in Hollywood
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
Michael McIntyre's Big Show
Man vs. Wild
Michael McIntyre's The Wheel
Running Wild with Bear Grylls
Arthur the King
The Island with Bear Grylls
Running Wild with Bear Grylls: The Challenge
You vs. Wild
Louis Theroux Interviews
World’s Toughest Race: Eco-Challenge Fiji
Celebrity Bear Hunt
Bear Grylls, Young Adventurer: Icebreaker
Into The Wild With Bear Grylls & Ajay Devgn
Jesus: Refugee, Renegade, Redeemer with Bear Grylls
Hostile Planet
Celebrity Island with Bear Grylls
Absolute Wild China with Bear Grylls
Bear Grylls: Mission Survive
Bear Grylls: Escape From Hell
The Michael McIntyre Chat Show
Survivor Games with Bear Grylls
Man vs Wild with Sunny Leone
Bear Grylls: Extreme Survival Caught on Camera
Bear Grylls: Breaking Point
Worst-Case Scenario
Into the Wild with Bear Grylls & Akshay Kumar
Get Out Alive with Bear Grylls
Into the Wild with Bear Grylls & Rajinikanth
Bear Grylls: Man vs Everest
Escape to the Legion
The Sidemen Show
Bear's Wild Weekend with...
With A Kite
Bear's Mission with...
Treasure Island with Bear Grylls
You vs. Wild: Out Cold
Miracle
Britain's Biggest Adventures with Bear Grylls
Bear Grylls Wild Adventure
The Island
The Mosaic Church
My View with Lara Trump
Finding Michael
Animals on the Loose: A You vs. Wild Movie
The Coronation Concert
I Survived Bear Grylls
Bear Grylls - Wild Reckoning
Ranveer vs Wild with Bear Grylls
Charlie Mackesy: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, the Horse and Me
Children of Shanghai
Man vs Wild - Extreme Moments Collection
Miracle
Man vs Wild with Bear Grylls & PM Modi
War Zone: Bear Grylls Meets President Zelenskyy
Beyond Borders with Bear Grylls: Bahrain
Bear Grylls: Born Survivor - Patagonia
Bear Grylls: Man vs Everest
Bear Grylls, Young Adventurer: Endangered
Abenteuer Survival
Bear Grylls: Everest after the avalanche
Bear Grylls: Mission Everest
Fine Dining With Bear Grylls
A Day in the Life of Bear Grylls
