40 Facts About Mike Rowe

Michael Gregory Rowe was born on March 18,1962 and is an American television host and narrator.

Mike Rowe is known for his work on the Discovery Channel series Dirty Jobs and the series Somebody's Gotta Do It originally developed for CNN.

Mike Rowe 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.

Mike 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.

Mike Rowe has appeared in commercials for firms such as the Ford Motor Company.

Mike Rowe was raised in Baltimore County, Maryland, to John and Peggy Mike Rowe, who were both teachers.

Mike Rowe became an Eagle Scout in 1979 in Troop 16 in Overlea, and he read to students at the Maryland School for the Blind during his service project for Eagle Scout.

Mike Rowe cites this as one of the reasons that he became interested in narrating and writing.

Mike Rowe attended Kenwood Presbyterian Church in Nottingham, Maryland, which his parents still regularly attend.

Mike Rowe graduated from Overlea High School in 1980, where he excelled in theater and singing.

Mike Rowe has hosted On-Air TV for American Airlines, No Relation for FX, and New York Expeditions for PBS.

Mike Rowe has claimed that QVC fired him three times, rehiring him each time until he finally left of his own accord in 1993.

From 2001 to 2004, Mike Rowe hosted The Most for The History Channel.

From 2001 to 2005, Mike Rowe hosted Evening Magazine on KPIX-TV in San Francisco.

In September 2012, Mike Rowe hosted a three-part series How Booze Built America on the Discovery Channel.

Mike Rowe hosted the Discovery Channel's annual Shark Week in 2006 and 2008, and has hosted the special You Spoof Discovery, an amateur parody video special which poked fun at some of the popular series on the Discovery Channel's lineup.

Mike Rowe was originally tapped to be the on-screen host of the Discovery Channel's Deadliest Catch, a show about crab fishing in the Bering Sea, and shot footage aboard several crab boats in addition to narrating the series.

Mike Rowe chose to host Dirty Jobs and narrate Deadliest Catch; the footage of him on the boats was not used in the series, although he did appear in a season finale of Deadliest Catch, interviewing the boat captains.

Mike Rowe hosted a related show about life on the Bering Sea, a 2007 miniseries, After the Catch, a show which has continued after each season of Deadliest Catch.

Additionally, Mike Rowe has done voiceover work for the reality television show The Ultimate Fighter and the NASCAR pre-race show for the 2009 Chase on ESPN.

From December 21,2009, to June 2012, Mike Rowe was the announcer on ABC World News with Diane Sawyer.

Rowe appeared on an episode of Sesame Street in a segment called "Dirtiest Jobs With Mike Rowe", which aired on October 13,2008.

Mike Rowe's tasks include finding and counting stinky cheese, sorting trash, and giving his pet pig, Spot, a mud bath.

Mike Rowe spoke to more than 70,000 scouts, leaders, and visitors at the 2010 National Scout Jamboree in Fort AP Hill, Virginia, and a second time at the 2013 National Scout Jamboree in Bechtel Summit.

In June 2013, Mike Rowe spoke to the delegates at the 49th Annual National Leadership and Skills Conference for SkillsUSA in Kansas City, Missouri.

Mike Rowe addressed the crowd of 15,000+ at Kemper Arena about the importance to "Work Smart and Hard".

In 2017, Mike Rowe was a guest on the premiere episode of Season 39 for This Old House.

In 2011, Mike Rowe appeared with his parents in television spots for Viva paper towels.

On Labor Day 2008, Rowe launched the mikeroweWORKS Foundation, which is focused on the decline in the blue collar trades and the crumbling state of infrastructure.

In May 2011, Mike Rowe testified on the issue of trade activism before the US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation.

Mike Rowe has contributed video content to The Alabama Construction Recruitment Institute's trade-worker recruiting campaign GoBuildAlabama.

Mike Rowe hated it so much, he changed it to "Work Smart AND Hard"; he now prints such posters and wants them hanging all over the country to get people to change the way hard work is perceived.

Mike Rowe describes himself as a cheerleader for both blue-collar workers and white-collar workers, hoping to promote individual initiative and positive thinking throughout the US economy.

Mike Rowe has stated that he feels alienated from the current US political system given that both business owners and regular workers receive, in his opinion, unfair criticism, with issues such as geographical mismatching and a lack of job training causing unemployment.

Mike Rowe has stated that he is a gun owner and a supporter of the US 2nd Amendment, but not a member of the National Rifle Association because he is "not much of a joiner".

Mike Rowe created Knobel Spirits with his first release being Knobel Tennessee Whiskey, named after his grandfather Knobel.

Mike Rowe was the first winner of the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Reality Show Host in 2011.

In June 2012, Mike Rowe was awarded the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award by the Boy Scouts of America.

In 2017, Mike Rowe was made an Honorary Lifetime Member of the Barbershop Harmony Society.

Mike Rowe received the Outstanding Host for a Daytime Program award for Returning the Favor at the 2020 Daytime Emmy awards.