Bear Grylls
- Acting
- June 7, 1974 · Donaghadee, County Down, Northern Ireland, UK
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
Filmography
- The Chosen in the Wild with Bear Grylls · Self, Executive producer
- Bear Grylls is Running Wild · Self
- Bear Grylls - Wild Reckoning · Self
- Miracle · Narrator/Self
- Miracle
- The Mosaic Church · Narrator, Executive producer
- My View with Lara Trump · Self
- Celebrity Bear Hunt · Self
- Jesus: Refugee, Renegade, Redeemer with Bear Grylls · Self
- Arthur the King · Self
- I Survived Bear Grylls · Self
- The Coronation Concert · Self
- War Zone: Bear Grylls Meets President Zelenskyy · Self
- Finding Michael · Self, Executive producer
- Charlie Mackesy: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, the Horse and Me · Self
- Louis Theroux Interviews · Self
- Running Wild with Bear Grylls: The Challenge · Self, Executive producer
- Ranveer vs Wild with Bear Grylls · Self
- Into The Wild With Bear Grylls & Ajay Devgn
- You vs. Wild: Out Cold
- Children of Shanghai · Narrator
- Bear Grylls Wild Adventure · Self
- Animals on the Loose: A You vs. Wild Movie · Self, Executive producer
- Michael McIntyre's The Wheel · Self
- Into the Wild with Bear Grylls & Akshay Kumar
- World’s Toughest Race: Eco-Challenge Fiji · Self
- Into the Wild with Bear Grylls & Rajinikanth
- The Tamron Hall Show · Self
- Treasure Island with Bear Grylls · Host
- Man vs Wild with Bear Grylls & PM Modi
- You vs. Wild · Self
- Hostile Planet · Self, Executive producer
- Man vs Wild with Sunny Leone · Self
- The Sidemen Show · Self
- Bear's Mission with... · Self
- Celebrity Island with Bear Grylls · Self
- Michael McIntyre's Big Show · Self
- Absolute Wild China with Bear Grylls
- Survivor Games with Bear Grylls · Creator
- Britain's Biggest Adventures with Bear Grylls · Self, Creator
- The Island · Self
- With A Kite · (archive footage)
- Hot Ones · Self
- Bear Grylls: Breaking Point · Self
- Bear Grylls: Mission Survive · Self
- Running Wild with Bear Grylls · Self
- The Island with Bear Grylls · Self
- Bear Grylls: Everest after the avalanche · Self
- Bear Grylls: Man vs Everest · Self
- The Michael McIntyre Chat Show · Self
- Bear Grylls: Extreme Survival Caught on Camera · Self
- Bear Grylls: Escape From Hell · Self, Executive producer
- Get Out Alive with Bear Grylls · Host
- Bear Grylls: Born Survivor - Patagonia · Self
- Fine Dining With Bear Grylls
- A Day in the Life of Bear Grylls
- Voice
- Bear's Wild Weekend with... · Self
- The Jonathan Ross Show · Self
- Man vs Wild - Extreme Moments Collection · Self
- Abenteuer Survival
- Worst-Case Scenario
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen · Self
- The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien · Self
- Bear Grylls: Mission Everest · Self
- The Graham Norton Show · Self
- Man vs. Wild · Self
- The One Show · Self
- Made in Hollywood · Self
- 8 Out of 10 Cats · Self
- Escape to the Legion · Self
- Who Do You Think You Are?
- Top Gear · Self
- Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway · Self
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno · Self
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark · Self
- Bear Grylls, Young Adventurer: Endangered · Self, Story
- Bear Grylls, Young Adventurer: Icebreaker · Self, Story
- Beyond Borders with Bear Grylls: Bahrain
- Faster Than Horses · Producer