Known For
Acting
Born
Jun 07, 1974
Place of Birth
Donaghadee, County Down, Northern Ireland, UK
Credits
81 titles
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
Filmography
The Chosen in the Wild with Bear Grylls
Self
Bear Grylls is Running Wild
Self - Presenter
Bear Grylls - Wild Reckoning
Self - Presenter
Miracle
Miracle
Narrator/Self
The Mosaic Church
Narrator
My View with Lara Trump
Self - Guest
Celebrity Bear Hunt
Self
Jesus: Refugee, Renegade, Redeemer with Bear Grylls
Self
Arthur the King
Himself
I Survived Bear Grylls
Self - Host
The Coronation Concert
Self
War Zone: Bear Grylls Meets President Zelenskyy
Self
Finding Michael
Self
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 - Host
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
himself
Animals on the Loose: A You vs. Wild Movie
Himself
Michael McIntyre's The Wheel
Self - Celebrity Contestant
Into the Wild with Bear Grylls & Akshay Kumar
World’s Toughest Race: Eco-Challenge Fiji
Self - Host
Into the Wild with Bear Grylls & Rajinikanth
Tamron Hall
Self - Guest
Treasure Island with Bear Grylls
Host
Man vs Wild with Bear Grylls & PM Modi
You vs. Wild
Himself
Hostile Planet
Himself - Host / Narrator
Man vs Wild with Sunny Leone
Himself
The Sidemen Show
Self
Bear's Mission with...
Himself - Presenter
Celebrity Island with Bear Grylls
Self - Host
Michael McIntyre's Big Show
Self - Interviewed Guest
Absolute Wild China with Bear Grylls
Survivor Games with Bear Grylls
Britain's Biggest Adventures with Bear Grylls
Himself
The Island
Himself - Host
With A Kite
(archive footage)
Hot Ones
Self
Bear Grylls: Breaking Point
Himself - Host
Bear Grylls: Mission Survive
Himself
Running Wild with Bear Grylls
Self - Host
The Island with Bear Grylls
Himself
Bear Grylls: Everest after the avalanche
Self
Bear Grylls: Man vs Everest
Self (Host)
The Michael McIntyre Chat Show
Self - Guest