Michael Gregory Rowe (born March 18, 1962)  is an American television host and narrator. He is known for his work on the Discovery Channel series Dirty Jobs and the series Somebody's Gotta Do It originally developed for CNN. He hosted a series produced for Facebook called Returning the Favor in which he found people doing good deeds and did something for them in return. He also hosts a podcast titled The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe. Rowe has narrated programs on the Discovery Channel, The Science Channel, and National Geographic Channel such as Deadliest Catch, How the Universe Works, and Shark Week. He has also appeared in commercials for firms such as the Ford Motor Company. In June 2020, Discovery Channel announced Dirty Jobs: Rowe'd Trip, a four-episode miniseries, to be aired in mid-July 2020, billed as "part reunion, part road-trip, part look-back-special".

Filmography

• The Story Behind the Story With Mike Rowe — Creator
• How America Works — Narrator
• Six Degrees with Mike Rowe — Host, Creator
• Tuttle Twins — Mike Rowe (voice)
• Dirty Jobs: Rowe'd Trip — Host
• The Liberator — Narrator
• 2017A Signature Journey — Narrator
• 2017Farmers For America — Narrator
• One Day at a Time — Writer
• Returning The Favor
• 2017The Miracle In Manhattan, Part 1: "The Foundation" — Narrator
• 2015Comedy Central Roast of Justin Bieber — Writer
• World's Weirdest Week — Narrator (Voice)
• Last Man Standing — Jim
• American Chopper: Senior vs Junior
• How the Universe Works — Narrator, Himself - Narrator
• Dirty Jobs with Peter Schmeichel — Creator
• American Dad! — Meter Maid (voice)
• Dirty Jobs — Self - Host, Executive Producer
• American Hot Rod — Producer
• 2003Too Gross For Discovery
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
• Blind Logic: The Ralph R. Teetor Story — Narrator (voice)

Appearances as themselves (20)

• 2024Something to Stand for with Mike Rowe — Self
• Jesse Watters Primetime — Self
• 2021Borrowed Future — Self
• Tucker Carlson Today — Self
• The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self
• The Tamron Hall Show — Self - Guest
• 2019Timelapse of the Future: A Journey to the End of Time — Self - Narrator (archive sound)
• Somebody's Gotta Do It — Himself - Host
• Bering Sea Gold — Himself (Narrator)
• Bering Sea Gold: Under the Ice — Self - Narrator (voice)
• After the Catch — Self
• Deadliest Catch — Self - Narrator (voice)
• The Ultimate Fighter — Self - Narrator
• The Tony Danza Show — Self
• Real Time with Bill Maher — Self
• Worst-Case Scenario — Himself - Host
• The View — Self
• The Daily Show — Self
• Agent Number 9 — Self
• Lost in the Fog — Self