Mykel Hawke

Mykel Hawke
Mykel Hawke
Born	Mykel A.G. "Hawke" Pierce November 29, 1965 (1965-11-29) (age 45) Fort Knox, Kentucky, U.S.
Occupation	Actor, author, Director of International Operations
Years active	1998–present
Spouse	Ruth England (2005–present)

Mykel "Myke" Hawke (born November 29, 1965) is a retired U.S. Army Special Forces officer.^[1] He is best known for his role in the Discovery Channel series Man, Woman, Wild, where he co-stars with his wife, Ruth England, a British television presenter and actress. He is the author^[2] of several books, most recently Hawke's Green Beret Survival Manual. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in medicine from New York University and a Master of Science degree in psychology from the University of California, Santa Barbara. As a 25 year combat veteran Hawke was a enlisted Green Beret and later commissioned a captain in special forces. He fought rebels and trained UN peacekeepers in war torn Africa and did combat search and rescue during the drug war in Colombia. Also of note he has earned black belts in Aikido and Judo.

Mykel Hawke also hosts the Discovery Channel show, ^[3] One Man Army, in which personnel from backgrounds such as special operations, military, law enforcement, and extreme sports, compete in three areas of speed, strength, and intelligence to win prize money.

His first job in the showbiz industry was as a security guard for the guest on Fox reality show Paradise Hotel 2. He was also one of four survival experts featured in the Discovery Channel's short lived series, Science of Survival. He appeared in episode 2, Escape from the Amazon; where he spends three days in the Amazon reducing his survival gear each successive day.

Mykel and Ruth both appeared as guest judges on Bravo's Top Chef Masters where they had to judge dishes created using insects as the primary ingredient.

Hawke appeared in the UK Channel 4 series Tool Academy episode 5, 2011.

Hawke also appeared as part of the helicopter rescue team in the 2009 reality television series Out of the Wild: The Alaska Experiment.

Hawke also was a survival director in Bizarre Foods Survival Special.

Hawke has teamed up with Tops Knives to create his custom survival knife, the Hawke's Hellion 2020, a machete like tool with a sharpening tool, firesteel, whistle, and survival saw.

Hawke made his first film appearance in the live-action film "Dirty Sanchez: The Movie". The film centers around the Dirty Sanchez Crew performing dangerous stunts in connection to the 7 Deadly Sins. In one of the sins, Gluttony, the Dirty Sanchez Crew spend four days in the Mexican desert without food and drink. Hawke serves as their mentor during their time in the desert, forcing them to carry out various survival techniques, such as killing and cooking live animals and drinking their own urine.

Hawke established a combat medic school in Azerbaijan ^[4]

Books

• Hawke's Special Forces Survival Handbook: The Portable Guide to Getting Out Alive Running Press (April 26, 2011) ISBN 978-0762440641
• Hawke's Green Beret Survival Manual Running Press (June 9, 2009) ISBN 9780762433582
• The Quick and Dirty Guide to Learning Languages Fast Paladin Press (September 1, 2000) ISBN 978-1-58160-096-4 (Authored under pen-name A.G. Hawke)
• In the Dark of the Sun Pixel Dragon Designs (August 24, 2010) ISBN 978-0982931608 (Thriller co-authored with Kim Martin)

Awards, decorations, and badges

References

1. ^ "About Mykel Hawke : Man, Woman, Wild : Discovery Channel". Discovery Channel. http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/man-woman-wild/mykel-hawke.html. Retrieved 23 August 2010. 
2. ^ "authorRunning Press". http://www.perseusbooksgroup.com/runningpress/author_detail.jsp?id=1004060514#titles.html. Retrieved 6 August 2011. 
3. ^ "One Man Army : Discovery Channel". Discovery Channel. http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/one-man-army.html. Retrieved 24 July 2011. 
4. ^ "Man, Woman, Wild". Man, Woman, Wild. Discovery.com. http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/man-woman-wild/mykel-hawke.html. Retrieved 1 October 2011. 

External links

• Official website
• Mykel Hawke at the Internet Movie Database
• "Man, Woman, Wild" renewed for a second season {http://articles.latimes.com/2011/sep/04/entertainment/la-ca-survival-shows-20110904}
• "One Man Army" review {{http://tv.nytimes.com/2011/07/13/arts/television/one-man-army-on-discovery-channel-with-mykel-hawke-review.html?scp=1&sq=one%20man%20army&st=cse}}

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Name	Hawke,Mykel
Alternative names	Hawke,Myke
Short description	actor, director, writer, instructor
Date of birth	November 29, 1965
Place of birth	Fort Knox, Kentucky, United States
Date of death
Place of death