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Bear Grylls

Born · June 7, 1974 (50 years old)

Known For: Acting

Place of Birth: Donaghadee, County Down, Northern Ireland, UK

Bio

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

Arthur the King

Arthur the King

Top Gear

Top Gear

Bear Grylls: Escape From Hell

Bear Grylls: Escape From Hell

The Graham Norton Show

The Graham Norton Show

The Mosaic Church

Narrator

2025

Celebrity Bear Hunt

Self · (8 episodes)

2025

Jesus: Refugee, Renegade, Redeemer with Bear Grylls

Self · (4 episodes)

2025

Arthur the King

Bear Grylls

2024

I Survived Bear Grylls

Self - Host · (8 episodes)

2023

The Coronation Concert

Self

2023

War Zone: Bear Grylls Meets President Zelenskyy

Self

2023

Finding Michael

Self

2023

Charlie Mackesy: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, the Horse and Me

Self

2022

Louis Theroux Interviews

Self · (1 episode)

2022

Running Wild with Bear Grylls: The Challenge

Self - Host · (14 episodes)

2022

Ranveer vs Wild with Bear Grylls

Self

2022

Into The Wild With Bear Grylls & Ajay Devgn

(1 episode)

2021

You vs. Wild: Out Cold

2021

Bear Grylls Wild Adventure

himself · (2 episodes)

2021

Animals on the Loose: A You vs. Wild Movie

Himself

2021

Michael McIntyre's The Wheel

Celebrity Contestant · (1 episode)

2020

Into the Wild with Bear Grylls & Akshay Kumar

(1 episode)

2020

World’s Toughest Race: Eco-Challenge Fiji

Self - Host · (10 episodes)

2020

Into the Wild with Bear Grylls & Rajinikanth

(1 episode)

2020

Tamron Hall

Self - Guest · (1 episode)

2019

Treasure Island with Bear Grylls

Host · (6 episodes)

2019

Man vs Wild with Bear Grylls & PM Modi

(1 episode)

2019

You vs. Wild

Himself · (8 episodes)

2019

Hostile Planet

Himself - Host / Narrator · (6 episodes)

2019

Man vs Wild with Sunny Leone

Himself · (41 episodes)

2018

The Sidemen Show

Self · (1 episode)

2018

Bear's Mission with...

Himself - Presenter · (5 episodes)

2017

Celebrity Island with Bear Grylls

Self - Host · (21 episodes)

2016

Michael McIntyre's Big Show

Self - Interviewed Guest · (1 episode)

2016

Absolute Wild China with Bear Grylls

(22 episodes)

2015

Survivor Games with Bear Grylls

(12 episodes)

2015

Britain's Biggest Adventures with Bear Grylls

Himself · (3 episodes)

2015

The Island

Himself - Host · (6 episodes)

2015

With A Kite

(archive footage)

2015

Hot Ones

Self · (1 episode)

2015

Bear Grylls: Breaking Point

Himself - Host · (6 episodes)

2015

Bear Grylls: Mission Survive

Himself · (12 episodes)

2015

Running Wild with Bear Grylls

Self - Host · (51 episodes)

2014

The Island with Bear Grylls

Himself · (38 episodes)

2014

Bear Grylls: Everest after the avalanche

Self

2014

Bear Grylls: Man vs Everest

2014

Bear Grylls: Man vs Everest

(1 episode)

2014

The Michael McIntyre Chat Show

Self - Guest · (1 episode)

2014

Bear Grylls: Extreme Survival Caught on Camera

Himself - Presenter · (8 episodes)

2014

Bear Grylls: Escape From Hell

Himself - Host · (6 episodes)

2013

Get Out Alive with Bear Grylls

Host · (8 episodes)

2013

Bear Grylls: Born Survivor - Patagonia

Self

2013

Fine Dining With Bear Grylls

2012

A Day in the Life of Bear Grylls

2012

Voice

(1 episode)

2012

Bear's Wild Weekend with...

Himself · (4 episodes)

2011

The Jonathan Ross Show

Self · (1 episode)

2011

Man vs Wild - Extreme Moments Collection

Self

2011

Abenteuer Survival

2010

Worst-Case Scenario

(12 episodes)

2010

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Self - Guest · (1 episode)

2009

Bear Grylls: Mission Everest

Self

2008

The Graham Norton Show

Self · (2 episodes)

2007

Man vs. Wild

Self · (66 episodes)

2006

The One Show

Self · (1 episode)

2006

Made in Hollywood

Self · (1 episode)

2005

8 Out of 10 Cats

Self · (1 episode)

2005

Escape to the Legion

Self · (4 episodes)

2005

Who Do You Think You Are?

(1 episode)

2004

Top Gear

Self · (1 episode)

2002

Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway

Self · (1 episode)

2002

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

Self - Guest · (1 episode)

1988