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Phil Keoghan

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  • Birth Place: Christchurch, New Zealand
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 05/31/1967, Gemini
  • Profession: TV host; producer; author
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Phil Keoghan Fast Facts:
  • Renewed his wedding vows underwater with a scuba-diving priest and a dolphin in attendance.
  • Once changed a light bulb on top of New York's 700-foot-high Verrazano-Narrows Bridge.
  • Participated in setting a world record for group bungee jumping.
  • Once ate dinner on the edge of an active volcano.
  • Dumbest thing he has ever done "was swim from Asia to Europe across the Bosporus," he told Maclean's magazine. "It's only about a mile, but I drifted 3 miles down current and was nearly sucked under a giant oil tanker."
  • Was up for the hosting job for Survivor, but lost out to Jeff Probst.
  • In 2004, wrote the book No Opportunity Wasted, which aims to help people face their fears and realize their dreams. The idea for the book came out of his near-death experience at age 19 in a diving accident.
  • Phil Keoghan Relationships:
  • Elle Keoghan - Daughter
  • John Keoghan - Father
  • Louise Keoghan - Wife
  • Phil Keoghan Awards:
  • 2003 Emmy: Outstanding Reality/Competition Program - Winner
  • 2004 Emmy: Outstanding Reality/Competition Program - Winner
  • 2005 Emmy: Outstanding Reality/Competition Program - Winner
  • 2006 Emmy: Outstanding Reality/Competition Program - Winner
  • 2009 Emmy: Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program - Nominee
  • 2007 Emmy: Outstanding Reality/Competition Program - Winner
  • 2008 Emmy: Outstanding Reality/Competition Program - Winner
  • 2008 Emmy: Outstanding Reality/Competition Program - Winner
  • 2009 Emmy: Outstanding Reality/Competition Program - Winner
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