William Sanford "Bill" Nye (born November 27, 1955), popularly known as Bill Nye the Science Guy, is an American science educator, comedian, television host, actor, writer, and scientist who began his career as a mechanical engineer at Boeing. He is best known as the host of the Disney/PBS children's science show Bill Nye the Science Guy (1993–98) and for his many subsequent appearances in popular media as a science educator.
| Full Name | Bill Nye |
| Net Worth | $6.5 Million |
| Date Of Birth | November 27, 1955 |
| Place Of Birth | Washington, District of Columbia, USA |
| Height | 1.85 m |
| Profession | Screenwriter, Presenter, Comedian, Actor, Engineer, Educator, Scientist |
| Residence | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Education | Cornell University, Sidwell Friends School |
| Religion | none/agnostic |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse | Blair Tindall |
| Children | Charity Nye |
| Parents | Edwin D. "Ned" Nye, Jacqueline Jenkins-Nye |
| Siblings | Edward Darby Nye Jr., Susan Nye |
| Nicknames | William Sanford Nye, Bill Nye, William Nye, Nye, William, Nye, William Sanford |
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| Awards | Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing For A Children's Series, Shorty Award for Best in Science, Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in a Children’s or Pre-School Children’s Series, Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Series, Washington Award |
| Nominations | Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lighting Direction, Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Single Camera Photography, 20. Motion, 19. Science of Music, 18. Patterns |
| Movies | Rocketboy |
| Star Sign | Sagittarius |
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| 1 | His maternal grandmother, Lucy Marie Berta Briot, was French. His other ancestry includes English, Welsh, and Irish. |
| 2 | One of his "Almost Live" co-stars in Seattle was Bob Nelson, screenwriter of "Nebraska". |
| 3 | One of his characters on the Seattle-based sketch show, "Almost Live", was a humorless caped superhero, Speed Walker. |
| 4 | Lives in Los Angeles. Neighbors include Ed Begley Jr. and Alex Trebek. |
| 5 | Quit working at Boeing in the early 80s to become a stand-up comedian. |
| 6 | Good friends with Kevin Brauch. |
| 7 | Announced he was engaged to be married to Blair Tindall on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2005) in December 2005. The "marriage" lasted less than a month before it was either annulled or deemed invalid (sources disagree on the detail). In November 2007, Nye filed for a restraining order against "ex-fiance" Tindall, saying that he wondered if she might have poured solvent on his garden. The restraining order was later dismissed. |
| 8 | Enjoys 30s/40s style swing dancing and attended dances at the most recent Camp Hollywood. |
| 9 | Premiered his Science Guy character on the Seattle sketch comedy show Almost Live! (1984). |
| 10 | An honored as Rhodes Class of '56 Visiting Professor at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, where he received his Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering. He studied under Carl Sagan. |
| 11 | His first childhood memory is throwing a rubber band-powered airplane, the Sky Streak, and figuring out how to make it turn left so he could stay in one place and make the plane come back to him. |
| 12 | He designed a hydraulic pressure resonance suppressor which is used in Boeing 747s. |
| 13 | Self proclaimed geek in high school. He wore a tie everyday, even when that aspect of the dress code was phased out. He graduated from Sidwell Friends School in Washington, DC. |
| 14 | His father, Edwin D. "Ned" Nye, a quartermaster in the military during World War II, spent nearly four years as a prisoner of war mostly in China in a Japanese P.O.W camp. He later moved to Washington, DC where he discovered dozens of sundials. He photographed them and wrote an unusual book, "Sundials of Maryland and Virginia." Thus resulted a little family business selling Ned Nye's "Sandial®," a sundial suitable for the beaches of the Atlantic seaboard. |
| 15 | Started his career after he won a Steve Martin lookalike contest. |
| 16 | Worked as an engineer at Boeing Aircraft in Seattle, and appeared in at least 3 training films, some of which are still popular among the workers there. |
| 17 | Schools Attended: Lafayette Elementary School and Sidwell Friends School both in Washington, DC. Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. |
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
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| Bill Nye Saves the World | 2017 | TV Series announced | Himself - Host |
| The Bill Nye Film | 2017 | Documentary pre-production | Himself |
| StarTalk | 2015-2016 | TV Series | Himself |
| Rogue One: A Star Wars Story - World Premiere | 2016 | TV Movie | Himself - The Scientism Guy |
| Talk Stoop with Cat Greenleaf | 2016 | TV Series | Himself |
| Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault | 2016 | Documentary | Himself |
| Food Evolution | 2016 | Documentary | Himself |
| CBS News Sunday Morning | 2016 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| The Journey to Mars 101: Living on Mars and Beyond | 2016 | Video documentary | Himself - Host |
| Chelsea | 2016 | TV Series | Himself |
| Fight for Space | 2016 | Documentary | Himself - CEO Planetary Society |
| The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore | 2015-2016 | TV Series | Himself - Panelist / Himself |
| Independent Lens | 2016 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Explorer | 2015 | TV Series documentary | |
| Global Citizen Festival | 2015 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Whose Line Is It Anyway? | 2015 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| 7th Annual Shorty Awards | 2015 | Video | Himself - Presenter, Winner: Best in Science |
| Night of Too Many Stars: America Comes Together for Autism Programs | 2015 | TV Special | Himself |
| Real Time with Bill Maher | 2013-2015 | TV Series | Himself - Guest / Himself |
| Inside Edition | 2014 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Up with Steve Kornacki | 2014 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| CBS This Morning | 2012-2014 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Last Week Tonight with John Oliver | 2014 | TV Series | Himself |
| Late Night with Seth Meyers | 2014 | TV Series | Himself |
| An Honest Liar | 2014 | Documentary | Himself - The Science Guy |
| The Independents | 2014 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Secret Life of Scientists and Engineers | 2014 | TV Series | Himself |
| Katie | 2014 | TV Series | Himself |
| ABC News Nightline | 2014 | TV Series | Himself - CEO, Planetary Society |
| ABC World News Tonight with David Muir | 2014 | TV Series | Himself - 'The Science Guy' |
| Piers Morgan Tonight | 2013-2014 | TV Series | Himself - Science Educator / Himself |
| Uncensored Science: Bill Nye Debates Ken Ham | 2014 | TV Movie | Himself - Against creationism |
| King of the Nerds | 2014 | TV Series | Himself - Judge |
| Stossel | 2012-2014 | TV Series | Himself |
| Politics Nation with Al Sharpton | 2014 | TV Series | Himself |
| The View | 2013 | TV Series | Himself |
| Dancing with the Stars | 2013 | TV Series | Himself - Contestant |
| Hub Network's First Annual Halloween Bash | 2013 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Why with Nye | 2013 | Video short | Himself |
| The Arsenio Hall Show | 2013 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Good Morning America | 2013 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| The Nerdist | 2013 | TV Series | Himself |
| Larry King Now | 2013 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| EcoDivas TV | 2012-2013 | TV Series | Himself |
| On Begley Street | 2013 | TV Series | Himself |
| Solution Earth a New Beginning | 2012 | Video documentary | |
| The War Room with Michael Shure | 2012 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| Sandy: The Anatomy of a Superstorm | 2012 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Safety Smart Science with Bill Nye the Science Guy: Renewable Energy | 2012 | Video short | Himself - Host |
| Safety Smart Science with Bill Nye the Science Guy | 2011 | Video short | Himself |
| Living with Ed | 2007-2009 | TV Series | Himself |
| Solving for X | 2009 | TV Series | Himself |
| Who Wants to Be a Millionaire | 2008-2009 | TV Series | Himself - Guest Expert |
| Nova | 2009 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Science Educator |
| The Bonnie Hunt Show | 2008 | TV Series | Himself |
| Gravity's Effect on Humans with Bill Nye the Science Guy | 2008 | Video short | Himself |
| Stuff Happens Hosted by Bill Nye | 2008 | TV Series | Himself - Host |
| Greatest Inventions with Bill Nye | 2007 | TV Mini-Series | Himself |
| America's Most Smartest Model | 2007 | TV Series | Himself |
| This Week | 2006 | TV Series | Himself |
| Last Stop Kew Gardens | 2006 | Video documentary | |
| The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | 2005 | TV Series | Himself |
| Larry King Live | 2005 | TV Series | Himself |
| TV Land's Top Ten | 2005 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| First Look | 2004 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - Host (as Bill Nye the Science Guy) |
| VH1 Big in 03 | 2003 | TV Special | Himself |
| Countdown to Mars | 2003 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - Host (as Bill Nye the Science Guy) |
| Bill Nye and Debbie Allen Imagine Mars | 2002 | TV Movie | Himself |
| Win Ben Stein's Money | 2001 | TV Series | Himself |
| Turn Ben Stein On | 2000 | TV Series | Himself |
| Hollywood Squares | 1999 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Rosie O'Donnell Show | 1999 | TV Series | Himself |
| The 26th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards | 1999 | TV Special | Himself - Winner: Outstanding Children's Series |
| Bill Nye, the Science Guy | 1993-1998 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Host / Himself |
| The 25th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards | 1998 | TV Special | Himself - Winner: Outstanding Performer in a Children's Series |
| Late Night with Conan O'Brien | 1998 | TV Series | Himself |
| Absent Minded Inventions and the Search for Flubber with Bill Nye the Science Guy | 1997 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - Host |
| Mister Rogers' Neighborhood | 1997 | TV Series | Himself |
| Ellen's Energy Adventure | 1996 | Video | Himself |
| Space Ghost Coast to Coast | 1996 | TV Series | Himself |
| Crook & Chase | 1996 | TV Series | Himself |
| Walt Disney World Inside Out | 1994 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Segment |
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
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| 2000 | Daytime Emmy | Daytime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Children's Series | Bill Nye, the Science Guy (1993) |
| 2000 | Daytime Emmy | Daytime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Writing in a Children's Series | Bill Nye, the Science Guy (1993) |
| 1999 | Daytime Emmy | Daytime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Children's Series | Bill Nye, the Science Guy (1993) |
| 1998 | Daytime Emmy | Daytime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Performer in a Children's Series | Bill Nye, the Science Guy (1993) |
| 1998 | Daytime Emmy | Daytime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Writing in a Children's Series | Bill Nye, the Science Guy (1993) |
| 1997 | Daytime Emmy | Daytime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Writing in a Children's Series | Bill Nye, the Science Guy (1993) |
| 1996 | Daytime Emmy | Daytime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Writing in a Children's Series | Bill Nye, the Science Guy (1993) |
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
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| 2000 | Daytime Emmy | Daytime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Performer in a Children's Series | Bill Nye, the Science Guy (1993) |
| 1999 | Daytime Emmy | Daytime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Performer in a Children's Series | Bill Nye, the Science Guy (1993) |
| 1999 | Daytime Emmy | Daytime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Writing in a Children's Series | Bill Nye, the Science Guy (1993) |
| 1998 | Daytime Emmy | Daytime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Children's Series | Bill Nye, the Science Guy (1993) |
| 1997 | Daytime Emmy | Daytime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Children's Series | Bill Nye, the Science Guy (1993) |
| 1997 | Daytime Emmy | Daytime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Performer in a Children's Series | Bill Nye, the Science Guy (1993) |
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