Bill Nye is an American television host, scientist, science educator, writer, actor and comedian
Bill Nye
@Film & Theater Personalities, Timeline and Life
Nov 27, 1955
Biography
Personal Details
- Birthday: November 27, 1955
- Nationality: American
- Famous: Cornell University, Film & Theater Personalities, Actors, Comedians, Entertainers, Educators
- Spouses: Blair Tindall (m. 2006–2006)
- Known as: Bill Nye the Science Guy, William Sanford Nye
- Universities:
- Cornell University
- Cornell University (1977)
- Sidwell Friends School (1973)
- Notable Alumnis:
- Cornell University
Bill Nye born at
Washington, D.C.
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Birth Place
In 2006, Nye announced his relationship with his musician fianc�e Blair Tindall on ‘The Late Late Show With Craig Feruson’. He was married in a few months time but they both separated after 7 weeks.
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Personal Life
Bill Nye was born on 27 November 1955 in Washington D.C. to Jacqueline Nye and Edwin Darby Nye. Both of his parents were World War II veterans; his mother was a code-breaker and father a sundial buff.
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Childhood & Early Life
He attended the Lafayette Elementary High School and Alice Deal Junior High and went on a partial scholarship to the Sidwell Friends School. He graduated in mechanical engineering from the Cornell University.
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Childhood & Early Life
He started his career as a mechanical engineer at Boeing in Seattle and during this time he built a hydraulic pressure resonance suppressor that is till date used in the Boeing 747.
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Career
Nye started his entertainment career by keeping his day job as an engineer and working as a stand-up comedian at comedy clubs during the night. He eventually became a writer and performer on ‘Almost Live’.
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Career
From 1991-1993, Nye worked as a silent demonstrator and an assistant to Dr. Emmett Brown on the show ‘Back to the Future: The Animated Series. He exhibited the science experiment that Dr. Brown explained.
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Career
From 1993-1998, because of the popularity of his earlier show, Nye got an educational television program to perform - ‘Bill Nye the Science Guy’. The show had in total a hundred episodes.
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In 1998, Nye did a role in Disney’s movie ‘The Principal Takes a Holiday’. He played the role of a science teacher in the movie and continued to exhibit his enthusiasm for science and teaching it with entertainment.
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Career
Nye has written many science books under the name of ‘The Science Guy’.
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Trivia
In 1996, he appeared in a video for ‘Ellen’s Energy Adventure’ with Ellen DeGeneres and Alex Trebek.
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He has given his voice for the DINOSAUR attraction in the Disney’s Animal Kingdom, in which he his teaching children about dinosaurs.
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Nye has United States patents for ballet pointe shoes, educational magnifying glass, etc.
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Nye is in an affable competition with the environmental activist Ed Begley Jr. to prove who has the lowest carbon print out of the two. They both are neighbors and go out together for meals.
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