Filmmaker, Outdoor AdventureFilmmaker, Outdoor Adventurer, Singer-Songwriter, Performer
Best known as star of the three time Gemini nominated hit TV series Survivorman (OLN Canada, The Science Channel US, Discovery Channel International, City TV Canada), 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 for what would eventually become the hit Survivorman TV series. He remains the only producer in the history of television to produce an internationally broadcast series entirely written, videotaped and hosted alone. Survivorman has gone on to become the highest rated show in the history of both OLN Canada and the Science Channel US and quickly became one of the most popular shows on the Discovery Channel US. Survivorman Productions Inc. was listed as one of the ‘Global Top 100’ on the coveted list for Realscreen magazine. The show was also the number one pick of Wired Magazine’s ‘Top Ten’ list for February 2007, and Stroud made the 2007 ‘Top 100 People We Love To Watch’ list for Entertainment Weekly magazine. He has appeared on the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, MTV Live, The View, The Hour, as well as Larry King Live, twice. His second appearance on Larry King was a full hour dedicated to Les and his involvement with the 20th Anniversary of Shark Week on Discovery International.
Combining his love for the outdoors and his skills as a filmmaker, Stroud has appeared in and/or produced numerous television specials and interstitials including hosting in 2007 the twentieth anniversary of Discovery Channel’s Shark Week, The Mad Trapper – Cineflix, The True Story of Robinson Crusoe – Cinenova, Discovery Channel’s Shark Feeding Frenzy (2007), I Shouldn’t Be Alive, Surviving Sharks (2008 Shark Week),Expedition Everest, Surviving Urban Disasters, Deadly Waters (Shark Week 2009) as well as Off the Grid with Les Stroud. He was also a featured subject of the series Extraordinary Lives. He has been celebrated by parody on the hit sitcom ‘The Office’ as well as the hit cartoon ‘King of the Hill’, has done a commercial with the famous Geico Gecko and been referred to by David Letterman and numerous other media personalities. He is Executive Producer and host for a new kids series for 2009 for YTV and Cartoon networks called ‘Survive This’.
Les is a proud member of the prestigious Explorers Club. Les’ book release Nov 2008, called “Survive! - Essential Skills and Tactics to Get You Out of Anywhere–Alive!†with Harper Collins has been on the bestseller list 20 weeks at the time of this writing and broke the top 100 on Amazon.com. He is currently writing his second and third books. Les was nominated for the Canadian National Magazine awards in the Best Travel Writer category. Les contributes to dozens of charities and benefits, most prominently those that benefit children.
