Cast & creator
Bear Grylls
Best known for Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, The Graham Norton Show, LIVE with Kelly and Mark
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 as: 贝尔 格里尔斯, เอ็ดเวิร์ด ไมเคิล กริลส์ , Edward Michael Grylls, Edward Michael "Bear" Grylls
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film credits
66
television credits
79
1988–2026 · acting roles
6.2
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (94)
Showing 94 of 94 credits
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
2009
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
1988
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Self - Guest
1992
The One Show
Self
2006
The Tamron Hall Show
Self - Guest
2019
Hot Ones
Self
2015
Top Gear
Self
2002
8 Out of 10 Cats
Self
2005
The Jonathan Ross Show
Self
2011
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
Self
2002
Voice
2012
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
2009
Who Do You Think You Are?
2004
Michael McIntyre's The Wheel
Self - Celebrity Contestant
2020
Made in Hollywood
Self
2005
Michael McIntyre's Big Show
Self - Interviewed Guest
2016
Running Wild with Bear Grylls
Self - Host
2014
Arthur the King
Himself
2024
Man vs. Wild
Self
2006
Running Wild with Bear Grylls: The Challenge
Self - Host
2022Running Wild with Bear Grylls: The Challenge
Executive Producer
2022Running Wild with Bear Grylls: The Challenge
Creator
2022
The Island
Himself - Host
2015
Celebrity Bear Hunt
Self
2025
My View with Lara Trump
Self
2025
Bear Grylls is Running Wild
Self - Presenter
2026
The Island with Bear Grylls
Himself
2014
Hostile Planet
Self - Host / Narrator
2019Hostile Planet
Executive Producer
2019
Louis Theroux Interviews
Self
2022
The Michael McIntyre Chat Show
Self - Guest
2014
The Sidemen Show
Self
2018
Man vs Wild with Sunny Leone
Himself
2018
Finding Michael
Self
2023Finding Michael
Executive Producer
2023
The Chosen in the Wild with Bear Grylls
Self
2026The Chosen in the Wild with Bear Grylls
Executive Producer
2026The Chosen in the Wild with Bear Grylls
Creator
2026
Survivor Games with Bear Grylls
2015Survivor Games with Bear Grylls
Creator
2015
You vs. Wild
Himself
2019
Bear's Mission with...
Himself - Presenter
2017
Celebrity Island with Bear Grylls
Self - Host
2016
World’s Toughest Race: Eco-Challenge Fiji
Self - Host
2020
Absolute Wild China with Bear Grylls
2015
You vs. Wild: Out Cold
2021
Bear Grylls: Escape From Hell
Himself - Host
2013Bear Grylls: Escape From Hell
Executive Producer
2013
Charlie Mackesy: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, the Horse and Me
Self
2022
Bear Grylls: Mission Survive
Himself
2015
Bear Grylls: Extreme Survival Caught on Camera
Himself - Presenter
2014
Bear Grylls - Wild Reckoning
Self - Presenter
2026
Worst-Case Scenario
2010
Get Out Alive with Bear Grylls
Host
2013
The Coronation Concert
Self
2023
Escape to the Legion
Self
2005
Into the Wild with Bear Grylls & Akshay Kumar
2020
Into the Wild with Bear Grylls & Rajinikanth
2020
I Survived Bear Grylls
Self - Host
2023
Ranveer vs Wild with Bear Grylls
Self
2022
Bear Grylls: Man vs Everest
Self (Host)
2014
Man vs Wild with Bear Grylls & PM Modi
2019
Into The Wild With Bear Grylls & Ajay Devgn
2021
Animals on the Loose: A You vs. Wild Movie
Himself
2021Animals on the Loose: A You vs. Wild Movie
Executive Producer
2021
Bear's Wild Weekend with...
Himself
2011
Bear Grylls: Breaking Point
Himself - Host
2015
Britain's Biggest Adventures with Bear Grylls
Himself
2015Britain's Biggest Adventures with Bear Grylls
Creator
2015
Bear Grylls, Young Adventurer: Icebreaker
Self (voice)
Bear Grylls, Young Adventurer: Icebreaker
Story
Bear Grylls, Young Adventurer: Endangered
Self (voice)
Bear Grylls, Young Adventurer: Endangered
Story
Treasure Island with Bear Grylls
Host
2019
Bear Grylls: Mission Everest
Self
2008
With A Kite
(archive footage)
2015Bear Grylls: Everest after the avalanche
Self
2014
Bear Grylls Wild Adventure
himself
2021
Jesus: Refugee, Renegade, Redeemer with Bear Grylls
Self
2025
The Mosaic Church
Narrator
2025The Mosaic Church
Executive Producer
2025
Miracle
2025
War Zone: Bear Grylls Meets President Zelenskyy
Self
2023
A Day in the Life of Bear Grylls
2012
Fine Dining With Bear Grylls
2012Faster Than Horses
Producer
Escape to the Legion
Creator
Beyond Borders with Bear Grylls: Bahrain
Bear Grylls: Born Survivor - Patagonia
Self
2013
Miracle
Narrator/Self
2025
Man vs Wild - Extreme Moments Collection
Self
2011
Children of Shanghai
Narrator
2021