Bear Grylls
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.
78 acting credits
Acting · 78
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
The Graham Norton Show
2007
Top Gear
2002
The One Show
2006
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Hot Ones
2015
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Voice
2012
Tamron Hall
2019
8 Out of 10 Cats
2005
The Jonathan Ross Show
2011
Who Do You Think You Are?
2004
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
2002
Made in Hollywood
2005
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
2009
Running Wild with Bear Grylls
2014
Michael McIntyre's The Wheel
2020
Man vs. Wild
2006
Michael McIntyre's Big Show
2016
Running Wild with Bear Grylls: The Challenge
2022
Arthur the King
2024
Celebrity Bear Hunt
2025
Absolute Wild China with Bear Grylls
2015
Survivor Games with Bear Grylls
2015
Bear Grylls is Running Wild
2026
Louis Theroux Interviews
2022
The Island with Bear Grylls
2014
Hostile Planet
2019
The Michael McIntyre Chat Show
2014
You vs. Wild
2019
Bear's Mission with...
2017
Bear Grylls: Escape From Hell
2013
Celebrity Island with Bear Grylls
2016
The Sidemen Show
2018
Bear Grylls: Breaking Point
2015
Bear Grylls: Extreme Survival Caught on Camera
2014
Man vs Wild with Sunny Leone
2018
Jesus: Refugee, Renegade, Redeemer with Bear Grylls
2025
World’s Toughest Race: Eco-Challenge Fiji
2020
Get Out Alive with Bear Grylls
2013
Into The Wild With Bear Grylls & Ajay Devgn
2021
I Survived Bear Grylls
2023
Worst-Case Scenario
2010
Bear Grylls: Mission Survive
2015
Bear Grylls Wild Adventure
2021
Bear's Wild Weekend with...
2011
Man vs Wild with Bear Grylls & PM Modi
2019
Escape to the Legion
2005
My View with Lara Trump
2025
The Island
2015
Into the Wild with Bear Grylls & Akshay Kumar
2020
Ranveer vs Wild with Bear Grylls
2022
Britain's Biggest Adventures with Bear Grylls
2015
The Coronation Concert
2023
Treasure Island with Bear Grylls
2019
Finding Michael
2023
Charlie Mackesy: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, the Horse and Me
2022
Into the Wild with Bear Grylls & Rajinikanth
2020
Bear Grylls - Wild Reckoning
2026
Animals on the Loose: A You vs. Wild Movie
2021
Miracle
2025
You vs. Wild: Out Cold
2021
War Zone: Bear Grylls Meets President Zelenskyy
2023
Miracle
2025
Bear Grylls: Man vs Everest
2014
Man vs Wild - Extreme Moments Collection
2011
Bear Grylls: Mission Everest
2008
The Mosaic Church
2025
Bear Grylls, Young Adventurer: Icebreaker
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With A Kite
2015
Bear Grylls: Born Survivor - Patagonia
2013
Bear Grylls, Young Adventurer: Endangered
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A Day in the Life of Bear Grylls
2012
Abenteuer Survival
2010
Bear Grylls: Everest after the avalanche
2014
Children of Shanghai
2021
Fine Dining With Bear Grylls
2012
Beyond Borders with Bear Grylls: Bahrain
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