Bear Grylls
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1974-06-07
Place of Birth
Donaghadee, County Down, Northern Ireland, UK
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.
Also Known For
Finding Michael
Feb 21, 2023
War Zone: Bear Grylls Meets President Zelenskyy
Feb 24, 2023
Abenteuer Survival
Jul 13, 2010
Bear Grylls: Mission Everest
Jan 01, 2008
The Coronation Concert
May 07, 2023
Ranveer vs Wild with Bear Grylls
Jul 08, 2022
With A Kite
May 01, 2015
Arthur the King
Mar 15, 2024
Charlie Mackesy: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, the Horse and Me
Dec 24, 2022
Fine Dining With Bear Grylls
Dec 31, 2012
Man vs Wild - Extreme Moments Collection
Jan 01, 2011
Bear Grylls: Man vs Everest
Apr 01, 2014
Bear Grylls: Everest after the avalanche
May 04, 2014
Animals on the Loose: A You vs. Wild Movie
Feb 16, 2021
A Day in the Life of Bear Grylls
Dec 24, 2012
You vs. Wild: Out Cold
Sep 14, 2021
Bear Grylls: Born Survivor - Patagonia
Jun 01, 2013
The Mosaic Church
Feb 28, 2025
Children of Shanghai
Jun 01, 2021
Bear Grylls, Young Adventurer: Endangered
Bear Grylls, Young Adventurer: Icebreaker
Escape to the Legion
Apr 04, 2005
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
Jun 08, 2002
Absolute Wild China with Bear Grylls
Oct 16, 2015
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Sep 05, 1988
Man vs. Wild
Oct 27, 2006
The Jonathan Ross Show
Sep 03, 2011
Worst-Case Scenario
May 05, 2010
Tamron Hall
Sep 09, 2019
Running Wild with Bear Grylls
Jul 28, 2014
I Survived Bear Grylls
May 18, 2023
Bear Grylls: Mission Survive
Feb 20, 2015
Bear Grylls: Escape From Hell
Oct 07, 2013
The Island
May 25, 2015
Who Do You Think You Are?
Oct 12, 2004
Get Out Alive with Bear Grylls
Jul 08, 2013
Made in Hollywood
Sep 30, 2005
Bear Grylls: Breaking Point
Mar 02, 2015
Celebrity Island with Bear Grylls
Sep 18, 2016
Top Gear
Oct 20, 2002
Britain's Biggest Adventures with Bear Grylls
Sep 16, 2015
The Island with Bear Grylls
May 05, 2014
Bear Grylls Wild Adventure
Mar 16, 2021
Running Wild with Bear Grylls: The Challenge
Jul 25, 2022
Man vs Wild with Bear Grylls & PM Modi
Aug 12, 2019
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Jul 16, 2009
Hot Ones
Mar 12, 2015
Bear's Wild Weekend with...
Dec 26, 2011
The Michael McIntyre Chat Show
Mar 10, 2014
Hostile Planet
Apr 01, 2019
Bear's Mission with...
Oct 27, 2017
You vs. Wild
Apr 10, 2019
The Graham Norton Show
Feb 22, 2007
Louis Theroux Interviews
Oct 25, 2022
Michael McIntyre's The Wheel
Nov 28, 2020
Treasure Island with Bear Grylls
Sep 08, 2019
The Sidemen Show
Jun 18, 2018
Michael McIntyre's Big Show
Apr 16, 2016
Man vs Wild with Sunny Leone
Dec 01, 2018
8 Out of 10 Cats
Jun 03, 2005
Bear Grylls: Extreme Survival Caught on Camera
Feb 16, 2014
Voice
Aug 27, 2012
Into the Wild with Bear Grylls & Akshay Kumar
Sep 14, 2020
Into The Wild With Bear Grylls & Ajay Devgn
Oct 22, 2021
Bear Grylls: Man vs Everest
Apr 01, 2014
Into the Wild with Bear Grylls & Rajinikanth
Mar 23, 2020
Survivor Games with Bear Grylls
Oct 16, 2015
World’s Toughest Race: Eco-Challenge Fiji
Aug 14, 2020
Celebrity Bear Hunt
Feb 05, 2025
Jesus: Refugee, Renegade, Redeemer with Bear Grylls
Jan 17, 2025
