Les Stroud

Best known as star of the six-time Gemini nominated hit TV series Survivorman, Les Stroud continues to forge new pathways as a prolific, creative force. He single-handedly created, produced, wrote, filmed, hosted, edited and composed the theme music for the first two original, one-hour pilots that would eventually become the hit Survivorman TV series. The only producer in the history of television to produce an internationally broadcast series entirely written, videotaped and hosted alone, Stroud is credited with starting a new genre of television known as ‘Survival TV’. Survivorman became the highest rated show in the history of both OLN Canada and the Science Channel US and among the most popular and highest rated shows on Discovery Channel US.

Stroud has appeared on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, MTV Live, The View, The Hour, and Larry King Live. In July 2010, Les was invited by the Prime Minister of Canada, The Honourable Stephen Harper, to meet the Queen of England and the Duke of Edinborough during their 2010 Royal Tour of Canada. Stroud’s commercial with famous Geico Gecko was referenced by David Letterman, Howard Stern and numerous other media personalities and he has been parodied on the hit TV sitcoms The Office and King of the Hill.

Stroud has appeared in and/or produced numerous television specials including hosting the 20th Anniversary of Discovery Channel’s Shark Week; I Shouldn’t Be Alive: the Science of Survival , Surviving Sharks, Expedition Everest, Surviving Urban Disasters, After the Experiment (Discovery), Deadly Waters, and Off the Grid with Les Stroud. In 2010, he Executive Produced/Hosted the hit kids TV series Survive This and Survive This 2. He is also Executive Producer/Host of NHL celebrity survival series Survival Challenge. In Fall 2010, look for his new series, Les Stroud Beyond Survival, on Discovery Channel International, OLN and Rogers Canada.

Celebrated keynote speaker, musician and author, his debut book: Survive! – Essential Skills and Tactics to Get You Out of Anywhere–Alive! made the bestseller list for 20 weeks and broke the top 100 on Amazon.com. His next book, Will to Live, is scheduled for release in Fall 2010. Musically, Stroud has worked with the top in the business, including Alice Cooper, Robby Krieger, Tommy Shaw, Steven Stills, Canadian’s The Northern Pikes, and renowned producer Terry Brown. Currently, he is in the studio composing the opening theme for Les Stroud Beyond Survival.

A proud member of the Explorers Club, Les contributes to dozens of charities and benefits, and is a Survival Specialist Instructor for the Canadian Armed Forces.

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  Owing to a life of variety and the pursuit of excellence in adventure, multi media art and life, Les Stroud has been an active speaker and performer since the mid 1980's. He has been asked to speak about his adventures, the craft of filmmaking and his ability to combine his three life passions; outdoor adventure, music and film, into a successful career.
  
  Whether through expressing his creativity to audiences, on film, through songs or adventuring throughout the world, he is quickly becoming recognized globally for his outstanding work. Few presenters can combine the performing of music, presentation of film or the telling of adventure stories into an engaging evening that captivates everyone in the audience like Les Stroud can.

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  November 2008

  Survive!

  From the sun-scorched sands of the Kalahari to the snake-infested jungles of the Amazon, Les Stroud has made a life of surviving in the harshest—and most remote—regions on Earth. Now, the creator, producer, and host of the hit television program Survivorman transfers his decades of knowledge and experience to the pages of Survive!, a practical guide that gives everyday readers a no-nonsense look at the real world of survival.