Bear Grylls

Bear Grylls

Birth : 1974-06-07, County Down, Northern Ireland

History

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.

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Movies

Arthur the King
Self
Over the course of ten days and 435 miles, an unbreakable bond is forged between pro adventure racer Michael Light and a scrappy street dog companion dubbed Arthur. As the team is pushed to their outer limits of endurance in the race, Arthur redefines what victory, loyalty and friendship truly mean.
The Coronation Concert
Self
Take That, Lionel Richie, Katy Perry, Andrea Bocelli, Sir Bryn Terfel, Freya Ridings and many more perform live from Windsor Castle in celebration of Their Majesties' coronation.
Finding Michael
Self
In 1999, Michael Matthews became the youngest Briton to summit Mount Everest. But three hours after he reached the top of the world, aged just 22, he disappeared into blinding snow and his body has never been found.
Finding Michael
Executive Producer
In 1999, Michael Matthews became the youngest Briton to summit Mount Everest. But three hours after he reached the top of the world, aged just 22, he disappeared into blinding snow and his body has never been found.
Ranveer vs Wild with Bear Grylls
Self
Click through this interactive special, helping superstar Ranveer Singh and adventurer Bear Grylls brave the Serbian wilderness to find a rare flower.
You vs. Wild: Out Cold
After a plane crash leaves Bear with amnesia, he must make choices to save the missing pilot and survive in this high-stakes interactive adventure.
Animals on the Loose: A You vs. Wild Interactive Movie
Himself
When there’s a power outage at a safari reserve, Bear Grylls is called and he needs your help. The situation is dire: an escaped lion is headed for a nearby village; a baboon has broken free and is going towards the sea cliffs, and the power must be restored before more animals escape.
With A Kite
(archive footage)
Groundbreaking documentary, "With a Kite," takes an inside look at the growing sport of kiteboarding through the lives and lifestyles of a group of core pro riders against the backdrop of one of the sport's most respected competitions, the Triple-S Invitational live event.
Bear Grylls: Everest after the avalanche
Self
Bear Grylls draws on his own experience as an Everest summiteer to explain the danger and the allure of the mountain. He shares stories of climbers and sherpas who survived Everest's worst disasters as well as set some of its most extreme records.
Fine Dining With Bear Grylls
A Day in the Life of Bear Grylls
Over the years, Bear Grylls has conquered the world's most inhospitable places. So what are the secrets to his survival? In this one-off special, we join Bear for a typical day in the life of a very English adventurer.
Man Vs Wild - Extreme Moments Collection
Bear Grylls
In the most unforgiving and hostile environments on the planet, Bear Grylls has faced a host of life and death situations displaying his extreme survival skills, almost-superhuman endurance and countless, resourceful (and sometimes questionable) survival techniques. One of the notable features of Man Vs. Wild is the extreme and often outrageous extents to which Bear will go to as he demonstrates ways to find food or quench his thirst, to survive the extreme and to escape the wild. For the first time ever, Man Vs Wild: Extreme Moments presents a compilation of over 50 of these moments - from Bear jumping off cliffs to eating squishy things, diving naked into icy water, rehydrating himself using unthinkable techniques and many more!
Abenteuer Survival
Bear Grylls hat in einer Spezialeinheit der britischen Armee gedient, den Mount Everest erklommen und die Arktis durchquert. Jetzt stellt er sich neuen Herausforderungen. Nur mit dem Nötigsten ausgerüstet, lässt er sich per Fallschirm an den extremsten Orten der Welt aussetzen und zeigt, wie man potentiell tödliche Extremsituationen überlebt sowie aus diesen abgelegenen Gebieten einen Ausweg findet. Dabei demonstriert er verschiedene Techniken, die das Überleben in der jeweiligen Umgebung ermöglichen. In jeder Folge der “Abenteuer Survival” Reihe, auch bekannt als “Ausgesetzt in der Wildnis”, erwartet Bear Grylls ein neues Abenteuer und eine neue Herausforderung. Jedes Mal kämpft er ums nackte Überleben, testet seine eigenen Fähigkeiten und zeigt uns, wie man in die Zivilisation zurückfindet.
Bear Grylls: Man vs Everest
Adventurer and successful Everest climber Bear Grylls tells stories of the hardcore adventurers for whom simply conquering Everest is not enough; these trailblazers push the boundaries to be the first to ski down, fly over or climb Everest.