Les Stroud
- January 4, 2024
- Tv Show Host
Quick Facts
| Full Name | Les Stroud |
| Occupation | TV Show Host |
| Date Of Birth | Oct 20, 1961(1961-10-20) |
| Age | 63 |
| Birthplace | Etobicoke |
| Country | Canada |
| Birth City | Ontario |
| Horoscope | Libra |
Les Stroud Biography
| Name | Les Stroud |
| Birthday | Oct 20 |
| Birth Year | 1961 |
| Place Of Birth | Etobicoke |
| Home Town | Ontario |
| Birth Country | Canada |
| Birth Sign | Libra |
| Spouse | Susan Jamison |
| Children(s) | Raylan Stroud, Logan Stroud |
Les Stroud is one of the most popular and richest TV Show Host who was born on October 20, 1961 in Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada. Canadian survival expert, Survivorman was hosted by him on the Outdoor Life Network, Science Channel and Discovery Channel. He produced a documentary film, Snowshoes and Solitude, which was awarded an Emmy.
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In 1990 Stroud became a guide for Black Feather Wilderness Adventures leading canoe excursions into the Northern Ontario wilds. It was also during this time while on a survival course he met his future wife, photographer Sue Jamison. They married in 1994 and together left for a year-long honeymoon in the remote Wabakimi area of Ontario which was to become the basis of the documentary Snowshoes and Solitude. Afterwards, the couple moved to Yellowknife in the Northwest Territories where Stroud was employed as an outdoor instructor to special needs individuals of aboriginal descent. Stroud and Jamison then settled in Huntsville, Ontario where they had two children and started both the outdoor instructional outfit Wilderness Voice and the media company Wilderness Spirit Productions.
After his marriage to Jamison in 1994, the two of them spent one year in the Canadian wilderness to attempt a paleolithic existence. They travelled to Goldsborough Lake (50°41′55″N 89°20′46″W / 50.69861°N 89.34611°W / 50.69861; -89.34611 ) deep in the Wabakimi, first building a tipi then an attached A-frame while using no metal, plastic, or otherwise manufactured tools. For the first half of the year, they took a store of traditional foods such as wild rice, squash, beaver and moose meat, bear fat, and maple sugar. In late September, Stroud’s friends Doug Getgood and Fred Rowe brought in food for the next six months and chopped firewood for the couple. Stroud and Jamison built and equipped a winter cabin using an axe, a modern bow saw, and a trapper’s tin wood stove left by Getgood and Rowe, along with a metal pot they found.
From 1994 to 2008, he was married to Susan Jamison; they had two children.
Les Stroud Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5.5 Million |
| Source Of Income | TV Show Host |
| House | Living in own house. |
Les Stroud is one of the richest TV Show Host from Canada. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Les Stroud 's net worth $5.5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
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Les Stroud (born October 20, 1961) is a Canadian survival expert, filmmaker and musician best known as the creator, writer, producer, director, cameraman and host of the television series Survivorman. After a short career behind the scenes in the music industry, Stroud became a full-time wilderness guide, survival instructor and musician based in Huntsville, Ontario. Stroud has produced survival-themed programming for The Outdoor Life Network, The Discovery Channel, The Science Channel, and YTV. The survival skills imparted from watching Stroud’s television programs have been cited by several people as the reason they lived through harrowing wilderness ordeals.
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Who is Les Stroud Dating?
According to our records, Les Stroud married to Susan Jamison. As of December 1, 2023, Les Stroud’s is not dating anyone.
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In late 2008, Stroud and his wife, Sue Jamison, separated.
Facts & Trivia
Les Ranked on the list of most popular TV Show Host. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Canada. Les Stroud celebrates birthday on October 20 of every year.
In 2010, Stroud hosted and produced the Gemini nominated hit kids TV series Survive This and Survive This 2 (YTV, Cartoon Network) that takes teens into the wilderness to teach them how to survive by giving them some instruction and challenging them with survival scenarios. Stroud’s follow-up show to Survivorman was titled Beyond Survival with Les Stroud and debuted in 2010.
Is Les Stroud rich?
Les Stroud is a Canadian musician, filmmaker and survival expert who has a net worth of $5.5 million.
Who is Stroud's wife?
Susan Jamison
Where is Les Stroud from?
Etobicoke, Toronto, Canada
How old is Les Stroud Survivorman?
60 years (October 20, 1961)
Why did survivorman get Cancelled?
Stroud paused the Survivorman series after the third season due to what he described as the significant physical toll of videotaping each episode. As of 2012, reruns from the first three seasons are still broadcast on OLN and Discovery.