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.

Filmography

• The Chosen in the Wild with Bear Grylls — Self, Executive Producer, Creator
• Miracle — Narrator/Self
• Miracle
• 2025The Mosaic Church — Narrator, Executive Producer
• 2023Finding Michael — Self, Executive Producer
• Running Wild with Bear Grylls: The Challenge — Self - Host, Executive Producer, Creator
• 2021Animals on the Loose: A You vs. Wild Movie — Himself, Executive Producer
• 2021Children of Shanghai — Narrator
• Into The Wild With Bear Grylls & Ajay Devgn
• 2021You vs. Wild: Out Cold
• Into the Wild with Bear Grylls & Akshay Kumar
• Into the Wild with Bear Grylls & Rajinikanth
• Hostile Planet — Self - Host / Narrator, Executive Producer
• Man vs Wild with Bear Grylls & PM Modi
• Treasure Island with Bear Grylls — Host
• Absolute Wild China with Bear Grylls
• Britain's Biggest Adventures with Bear Grylls — Himself, Creator
• Survivor Games with Bear Grylls — Creator
• 2015With A Kite — (archive footage)
• Bear Grylls: Escape From Hell — Himself - Host, Executive Producer
• Get Out Alive with Bear Grylls — Host
• 2012A Day in the Life of Bear Grylls
• 2012Fine Dining With Bear Grylls
• Voice
• 2010Abenteuer Survival
• Worst-Case Scenario
• Who Do You Think You Are?
• Bear Grylls, Young Adventurer: Endangered — Self (voice), Story
• Bear Grylls, Young Adventurer: Icebreaker — Self (voice), Story
• Beyond Borders with Bear Grylls: Bahrain
• Escape to the Legion — Creator
• Faster Than Horses — Producer

Appearances as themselves (49)

• Bear Grylls - Wild Reckoning — Self - Presenter
• Bear Grylls is Running Wild — Self - Presenter
• Celebrity Bear Hunt — Self
• Jesus: Refugee, Renegade, Redeemer with Bear Grylls — Self
• My View with Lara Trump — Self
• 2024Arthur the King — Himself
• I Survived Bear Grylls — Self - Host
• 2023The Coronation Concert — Self
• 2023War Zone: Bear Grylls Meets President Zelenskyy — Self
• 2022Charlie Mackesy: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, the Horse and Me — Self
• Louis Theroux Interviews — Self
• 2022Ranveer vs Wild with Bear Grylls — Self
• Bear Grylls Wild Adventure — himself
• Michael McIntyre's The Wheel — Self - Celebrity Contestant
• World’s Toughest Race: Eco-Challenge Fiji — Self - Host
• The Tamron Hall Show — Self - Guest
• You vs. Wild — Himself
• Man vs Wild with Sunny Leone — Himself
• The Sidemen Show — Self
• Bear's Mission with... — Himself - Presenter
• Celebrity Island with Bear Grylls — Self - Host
• Michael McIntyre's Big Show — Self - Interviewed Guest
• Bear Grylls: Breaking Point — Himself - Host
• Bear Grylls: Mission Survive — Himself
• Hot Ones — Self
• The Island — Himself - Host
• 2014Bear Grylls: Everest after the avalanche — Self
• Bear Grylls: Extreme Survival Caught on Camera — Himself - Presenter
• 2014Bear Grylls: Man vs Everest — Self (Host)
• Running Wild with Bear Grylls — Self - Host
• The Island with Bear Grylls — Himself
• The Michael McIntyre Chat Show — Self - Guest
• 2013Bear Grylls: Born Survivor - Patagonia — Self
• Bear's Wild Weekend with... — Himself
• 2011Man vs Wild - Extreme Moments Collection — Self
• The Jonathan Ross Show — Self
• The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien — Self - Guest
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen — Self - Guest
• 2008Bear Grylls: Mission Everest — Self
• The Graham Norton Show — Self
• Man vs. Wild — Self
• The One Show — Self
• 8 Out of 10 Cats — Self
• Escape to the Legion — Self
• Made in Hollywood — Self
• Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway — Self
• Top Gear — Self
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno — Self - Guest
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark — Self - Guest