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.

Filmography (76 Appearances)

Bear Grylls, Young Adventurer: Endangered

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Bear Grylls, Young Adventurer: Icebreaker

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Beyond Borders with Bear Grylls: Bahrain

TBA

Bear Grylls - Wild Reckoning

2026

Miracle

2025

Miracle

2025

The Mosaic Church

2025

My View with Lara Trump

2025

Celebrity Bear Hunt

2025

Jesus: Refugee, Renegade, Redeemer with Bear Grylls

2025

Arthur the King

2024

I Survived Bear Grylls

2023

The Coronation Concert

2023

War Zone: Bear Grylls Meets President Zelenskyy

2023

Finding Michael

2023

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

2022

Louis Theroux Interviews

2022

Running Wild with Bear Grylls: The Challenge

2022

Ranveer vs Wild with Bear Grylls

2022

Into The Wild With Bear Grylls & Ajay Devgn

2021

You vs. Wild: Out Cold

2021

Children of Shanghai

2021

Bear Grylls Wild Adventure

2021

Animals on the Loose: A You vs. Wild Movie

2021

Michael McIntyre's The Wheel

2020

Into the Wild with Bear Grylls & Akshay Kumar

2020

World’s Toughest Race: Eco-Challenge Fiji

2020

Into the Wild with Bear Grylls & Rajinikanth

2020

Tamron Hall

2019

Treasure Island with Bear Grylls

2019

Man vs Wild with Bear Grylls & PM Modi

2019

You vs. Wild

2019

Hostile Planet

2019

Man vs Wild with Sunny Leone

2018

The Sidemen Show

2018

Bear's Mission with...

2017

Celebrity Island with Bear Grylls

2016

Michael McIntyre's Big Show

2016

Survivor Games with Bear Grylls

2015

Absolute Wild China with Bear Grylls

2015

Britain's Biggest Adventures with Bear Grylls

2015

The Island

2015

With A Kite

2015

Hot Ones

2015

Bear Grylls: Breaking Point

2015

Bear Grylls: Mission Survive

2015

Running Wild with Bear Grylls

2014

The Island with Bear Grylls

2014

Bear Grylls: Everest after the avalanche

2014

Bear Grylls: Man vs Everest

2014

The Michael McIntyre Chat Show

2014

Bear Grylls: Extreme Survival Caught on Camera

2014

Bear Grylls: Escape From Hell

2013

Get Out Alive with Bear Grylls

2013

Bear Grylls: Born Survivor - Patagonia

2013

Fine Dining With Bear Grylls

2012

A Day in the Life of Bear Grylls

2012

Voice

2012

Bear's Wild Weekend with...

2011

The Jonathan Ross Show

2011

Man vs Wild - Extreme Moments Collection

2011

Abenteuer Survival

2010

Worst-Case Scenario

2010

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

2009

The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien

2009

Bear Grylls: Mission Everest

2008 Debut

The Graham Norton Show

2007

Man vs. Wild

2006

The One Show

2006

Made in Hollywood

2005

8 Out of 10 Cats

2005

Escape to the Legion

2005

Who Do You Think You Are?

2004

Top Gear

2002

Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway

2002

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

1988
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