Bear Grylls
Acting
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.
TV Shows(56)
Bear Grylls is Running Wild
Presenter
2026
Bear Grylls - Wild Reckoning
Self - Presenter
2026
Miracle
Narrator/Self
2025
Miracle
2025
My View with Lara Trump
Self - Guest
2025
Celebrity Bear Hunt
Self
2025
Jesus: Refugee, Renegade, Redeemer with Bear Grylls
Self
2025
I Survived Bear Grylls
Self - Host
2023
Louis Theroux Interviews
Self
2022
Running Wild with Bear Grylls: The Challenge
Self - Host
2022
Into The Wild With Bear Grylls & Ajay Devgn
2021
Bear Grylls Wild Adventure
himself
2021
Michael McIntyre's The Wheel
Self - Celebrity Contestant
2020
Into the Wild with Bear Grylls & Akshay Kumar
2020
World’s Toughest Race: Eco-Challenge Fiji
Self - Host
2020
Into the Wild with Bear Grylls & Rajinikanth
2020
Tamron Hall
Self - Guest
2019
Treasure Island with Bear Grylls
Host
2019
Man vs Wild with Bear Grylls & PM Modi
2019
You vs. Wild
Himself
2019
Hostile Planet
Himself - Host / Narrator
2019
Man vs Wild with Sunny Leone
Himself
2018
The Sidemen Show
Self
2018
Bear's Mission with...
Himself - Presenter
2017
Celebrity Island with Bear Grylls
Self - Host
2016
Michael McIntyre's Big Show
Self - Interviewed Guest
2016
Absolute Wild China with Bear Grylls
2015
Survivor Games with Bear Grylls
2015
Britain's Biggest Adventures with Bear Grylls
Himself
2015
The Island
Himself - Host
2015
Hot Ones
Self
2015
Bear Grylls: Breaking Point
Himself - Host
2015
Bear Grylls: Mission Survive
Himself
2015
Running Wild with Bear Grylls
Self - Host
2014
The Island with Bear Grylls
Himself
2014
The Michael McIntyre Chat Show
Self - Guest
2014
Bear Grylls: Extreme Survival Caught on Camera
Himself - Presenter
2014
Bear Grylls: Escape From Hell
Himself - Host
2013
Get Out Alive with Bear Grylls
Host
2013
Voice
2012
Bear's Wild Weekend with...
Himself
2011
The Jonathan Ross Show
Self
2011
Worst-Case Scenario
2010
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
2009
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
2009
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
Man vs. Wild
Self
2006
The One Show
Self
2006
Made in Hollywood
Self
2005
8 Out of 10 Cats
Self
2005
Escape to the Legion
Self
2005
Who Do You Think You Are?
2004
Top Gear
Self
2002
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
Self
2002
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Self - Guest
1992
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
1988
Movies(22)
The Mosaic Church
Narrator
2025
Arthur the King
Himself
2024
The Coronation Concert
Self
2023
War Zone: Bear Grylls Meets President Zelenskyy
Self
2023
Finding Michael
Self
2023
Charlie Mackesy: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, the Horse and Me
Self
2022
Ranveer vs Wild with Bear Grylls
Self
2022
You vs. Wild: Out Cold
2021
Children of Shanghai
Narrator
2021
Animals on the Loose: A You vs. Wild Movie
Himself
2021
With A Kite
(archive footage)
2015
Bear Grylls: Everest after the avalanche
Self
2014
Bear Grylls: Man vs Everest
Self (Host)
2014
Bear Grylls: Born Survivor - Patagonia
Self
2013
Fine Dining With Bear Grylls
2012
A Day in the Life of Bear Grylls
2012
Man vs Wild - Extreme Moments Collection
Self
2011
Abenteuer Survival
2010
Bear Grylls: Mission Everest
Self
2008
Bear Grylls, Young Adventurer: Endangered
Self (voice)
Bear Grylls, Young Adventurer: Icebreaker
Self (voice)
Beyond Borders with Bear Grylls: Bahrain