Jeff Corwin

Birth Name:

Jeffrey Corwin

Birth Place:

Norwell, Massachusetts, United States

Profession

Producer, Actor, Writer

Addressed the General Assembly of the United Nations about the need to conserve neotropical rain forests in 1993
Lectures on wildlife, ecology and conservation across the United States
Visited a tropical rainforest for the first time in 1984 in Belize
Appears on television programs, including his own "The Jeff Corwin Experience" and "Corwin's Quest," as an animal and nature conservationist
Was called in as a geologist on MSNBC during the 2011 tsunami in Japan to explain the event
Had a terrifying encounter with an elephant at Phnom Tamao Wildlife Rescue Center, in which it picked him up in his trunk and mouth, shook him and threw him, injuring his arm
Though he is not a direct descendant of Vlad the Impaler, he is a descendant of the Corvin clan of which Vlad was a member

2004Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Performer in a Children's Series:Winner
2004Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Children's Series:Nominated
2005Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Performer in a Children's Series:Nominated
2005Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Children's Series:Nominated
2013Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Performer in a Children's Series:Nominated
2014Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Travel Program:Winner
2014Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Host in a Lifestyle/Travel Program:Nominated
2016Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Lifestyle/Travel/Children's Series Host:Winner
2016Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Travel and Adventure Program:Nominated
2019Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Host for a Lifestyle, Children's or Special Class Program:Nominated
2019Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Travel and Adventure Program:Nominated
2020Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Host for a Daytime Program:Nominated
2020Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Travel and Adventure Program:Nominated
2021Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Daytime Program Host:Nominated
2022Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Daytime Program Host:Nominated

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