First Name |
Mike
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Middle Name |
Gregory
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Last Name |
Rowe
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Full Name at Birth |
Michael Gregory Rowe
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Alternative Name |
Mike
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Birthday |
18th March, 1962
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Birthplace |
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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Height |
6' 0" (183 cm)
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Build |
Athletic
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Eye Color |
Blue
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Hair Color |
Brown - Light
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Zodiac Sign |
Pisces
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Sexuality |
Straight
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Religion |
Christian
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Ethnicity |
White
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Nationality |
American
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High School |
Overlea High School, Baltimore, MD (1980)
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University |
Towson State University, Essex Community College
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Occupation Text |
Television host, Narrator, Actor, Voice over actor, Opera singer, Activist
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Occupation |
TV Personality
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Claim to Fame |
Dirty Jobs, Somebody's Gotta Do It
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Talent Agency (e.g. Modelling) |
The Lavin Agency Ltd, NOPAC Talent, Grand Productions
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Brand Endorsement |
(2007-11) TV commercials: Ford Motor company vehicle line including F-150 trucks., W. W. Grainger, Epic Pharmacy, Motorola iDEN, Lee Premium Select Jeans, Caterpillar, Viva paper towels, Novartis animal health, McNeil Consumer Healthcare (Tylenol), (1999) TV commercials: Tylenol pain relief pills, (2000) TV commercial: The Spineless Wunder Boner for deboning fish - voiceover and writer.
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Official Websites |
www.mikerowe.com/, www.mikeroweworks.com/job-site/, twitter.com/mikeroweworks, profoundlydisconnected.com/, www.whosay.com/mikerowe, www.nndb.com/people/633/000140213/, www.facebook.com/TheRealMikeRowe, www.youtube.com/user/realmikerowe, http://www.mikerowe.com
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Father |
John Rowe
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Mother |
Peggy
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Favorite People |
J.d. Macdonald (Author), Richard Russo (Author), Mark Twain (Author)
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Favorite Movies |
The Shining [1980], Monty Python's Life Of Brian [1979], Young Frankenstein [1974], Support Your Local Sheriff! [1969], The Sting [1973], Monty Python And The Holy Grail [1975], The In-Laws [1979], The Shawshank Redemption [1994], Blazing Saddles [1974], Jaws [1975]
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Favorite Bands |
The Beatles, Jimi Hendricks, Hank Williams Jr, Pink Floyd, Sly And The Family Stone, Billie Holiday, Frank Sinatra, Giacomo Puccini, Norman Luboff, Anton Dvorak, The Mill Brothers, Leonard Bernstein, The Singers Unlimited, Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Strokes, Crowded House, Johnny Cash, Patsy Cline, Moby, The Cure
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Favorite Books |
Straight Man (Richard Russo), John Adams (David McCullough), In The Heart Of The Sea: The Tragedy Of The Whaleship Essex (Nathaniel Philbrick), The Professor And The Madman (Simon Winchester)
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Michael Gregory Rowe (born March 18, 1962) is an American television host, narrator, and former opera singer. He is known for his work on the Discovery Channel series Dirty Jobs and the series Somebody's Gotta Do It originally developed for CNN. He currently hosts a series produced for Facebook called Returning the Favor in which he finds people doing good deeds and does something for them in return. He also hosts the podcast The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe, which he describes as "short stories designed specifically for the curious mind plagued with a short attention span". 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. He has also appeared in commercials for firms such as the Ford Motor Company.