Bill Nye
Sign in to saveAmerican science educator, comedian, television host, actor, writer, scientist and mechanical engineer
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1850
- Died
- 1896
- Works
- 93
Top works
- Mark Twain's Library of Humor
- Suggestions for a school of journalism
- Bill Nye and Boomerang
- Nye and Riley's railway guide
- Bill Nye's Remarks (Edgar W. Nye)...
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Film & TV
Acting · Washington, District of Columbia, USA
William Sanford "Bill" Nye, popularly known as Bill Nye the Science Guy, is an American science educator, television presenter, and mechanical engineer. Scientist, comedian, teacher, and author, Bill Nye is best known as the host of the PBS children's science show Bill Nye the Science Guy (1993–1998), and for his many subsequent appearances in popular media as a science educator. Currently, Nye…
Known for
- PAW Patrol: The Dino Movie — (voice)2026
- High Potential — Bill Nye2024
- To End All War: Oppenheimer & the Atomic Bomb — Self - Science Educator2023
- The Irrational — Bill Nye2023
- Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous: Hidden Adventure — Brimford (voice)2022
- The End Is Nye — Self2022
- I Love You, You Hate Me — Self2022
- Bliss — Chris2021
- Snacked — Self2021
- Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo! — Bill Nye (voice)2020
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1,446
- Total plays
- 27,476
Tags
comedyparodyscienceAudiobooktv shows
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The ERA5 global reanalysis
· 2020 · cited 22,639x
- The diagnosis of dementia due to Alzheimer's disease: Recommendations from the National Institute on Aging‐Alzheimer's Association workgroups on diagnostic guidelines for Alzheimer's disease
· 2011 · cited 13,244x
- The diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment due to Alzheimer's disease: Recommendations from the National Institute on Aging‐Alzheimer's Association workgroups on diagnostic guidelines for Alzheimer's disease
· 2011 · cited 8,992x
- Toward defining the preclinical stages of Alzheimer's disease: Recommendations from the National Institute on Aging‐Alzheimer's Association workgroups on diagnostic guidelines for Alzheimer's disease
· 2011 · cited 6,014x
- Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults
· 2017 · cited 5,477x
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Key facts
- Born
- William Sanford Nye , ( 1955-11-27 ) November 27, 1955 (age 70) , Washington, D.C. , U.S.
- Education
- Cornell University ( BS )
- Occupations
- Science communicator television presenter mechanical engineer
- Known for
- Bill Nye the Science Guy (1993–1999) Bill Nye: Science Guy (2017) Bill Nye Saves the World (2017–2018)
- Spouses
- Blair Tindall ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. February 3, 2006</span>"}]]}'>2006 ; annulled</span>"}]]}'>ann. March 2006</span>"}]]}'>2006 ) Liza Mundy ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2022 )
- Relatives
- George Tindall (former-father-in-law)
- Awards
- Presidential Medal of Freedom (2025)
- Fields
- Mechanical engineering science communication
- Institutions
- Boeing Company Cornell University The Planetary Society
- Website
- billnye .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Key dates
- Born
- 27 November 1955
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Bill
- Official name
- William Sanford Nye
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- United States
- Occupation
- actor
- Employer
- Cornell University
- Political party
- Democratic Party (United States)
- Languages spoken
- English language
Article
William Sanford Nye (/naɪ/; born November 27, 1955) is an American science communicator, television presenter, and former mechanical engineer. He is best known as the host of the science education television show Bill Nye the Science Guy (1993–1998) and as a science educator in pop culture. Born in Washington, D.C., Nye began his career as a mechanical engineer for Boeing in Seattle, where he invented a hydraulic resonance suppressor tube used on 747 airplanes. In 1986, he left Boeing to pursue comedy, writing and performing for the local sketch television show Almost Live!, where he regularly conducted wacky scientific experiments.
Aspiring to become the next Mr. Wizard, Nye successfully pitched the children's television program Bill Nye the Science Guy to Seattle's public television station, KCTS-TV. The show—which proudly proclaimed in its theme song that "science rules!"—ran from 1993 to 1998 in national TV syndication. Known for its "high-energy presentation and MTV-paced segments", the program became a hit among kids and adults, was critically acclaimed, and was nominated for 23 Emmy Awards, winning 19, including Outstanding Performer in Children's Programming for Nye himself.