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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.
51
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22
Movies
52
TV Shows
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Avg Rating
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.
Top Gear
2002
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.
Gender
Male
Birthday
June 7, 1974
Birthplace
Donaghadee, County Down, Northern Ireland, UK
Also Known As
Bear Grylls, Young Adventurer: Endangered
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Arthur the King
2024
Bear Grylls, Young Adventurer: Icebreaker
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The Coronation Concert
2023
Charlie Mackesy: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, the Horse and Me
2022
You vs. Wild: Out Cold
2021
Children of Shanghai
2021
With A Kite
2015
Fine Dining With Bear Grylls
2012
Ranveer vs Wild with Bear Grylls
2022
Animals on the Loose: A You vs. Wild Movie
2021
Man vs Wild - Extreme Moments Collection
2011
Bear Grylls: Man vs Everest
2014
A Day in the Life of Bear Grylls
2012
War Zone: Bear Grylls Meets President Zelenskyy
2023
Abenteuer Survival
2010
Finding Michael
2023
Bear Grylls: Born Survivor - Patagonia
2013
The Mosaic Church
2025
Beyond Borders with Bear Grylls: Bahrain
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Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
The Graham Norton Show
2007
Top Gear
2002
Hot Ones
2015
The One Show
2006
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The Jonathan Ross Show
2011
Voice
2012
Made in Hollywood
2005
Tamron Hall
2019
8 Out of 10 Cats
2005
Who Do You Think You Are?
2004
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
2002
Man vs. Wild
2006
Michael McIntyre's Big Show
2016
Michael McIntyre's The Wheel
2020
Running Wild with Bear Grylls
2014
Celebrity Bear Hunt
2025
Running Wild with Bear Grylls: The Challenge
2022
Survivor Games with Bear Grylls
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