Bill Nye
Birth Name:
William Sanford Nye
Birth Place:
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Profession
Actor, Writer, Producer, Soundtrack
Fast Facts
- Received numerous honorary collegiate degrees including certificates from Johns Hopkins University, Lehigh University and Willamette University
- Received the 2010 Humanist of the Year honor by the American Humanist Association
- Began serving as the vice president of The Planetary Society in 2005, an organization that promotes space research and exploration
- Served as a member of the U․S․ Committee for Skeptical Inquiry, a non-profit scientific organization
- Studied mechanical engineering under astronomer Carl Sagan at Cornell University
- Began his on-screen career as both an actor and comic for local Seattle programming before landing his own series "Bill Nye the Science Guy" in 1993
- Began his professional engineering career with Boeing as a consultant in the '70s
- Quote: "The joy of discovery is the essence of the scientific enterprise․ That is what the process of science is all about․"
- Quote: "There is nothing cooler than science․ It is very interesting to me․ When you look into my eyes, you believe me because I am passionate about it․"
- Served as producer and writer for television show "Bill Nye the Science Guy․"
- Starred in numerous educational science programs after "Bill Nye the Science Guy" ended
- Claimed that he used to apply to become a NASA astronaut every few years while working as an engineer
- Claimed that his love of science stemmed from his father's obsession with sundials, which also inspired him to work on a NASA campaign to equip the Mars Rover with sundials for its first journey in 2012
Awards
- 1996Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Writing in a Children's Series:Winner
- 1997Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Children's Series:Nominated
- 1997Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Performer in a Children's Series:Nominated
- 1997Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Writing in a Children's Series:Winner
- 1998Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Children's Series:Nominated
- 1998Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Performer in a Children's Series:Winner
- 1998Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Writing in a Children's Series:Winner
- 1999Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Children's Series:Winner
- 1999Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Performer in a Children's Series:Nominated
- 1999Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Writing in a Children's Series:Nominated
- 2000Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Performer in a Children's Series:Nominated
- 2000Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Children's Series:Winner
- 2000Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Writing in a Children's Series:Winner
- 2017Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Writing for Nonfiction Programming:Nominated
- 2018Emmy - Outstanding News Special:Nominated