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Profile of Phil Keoghan
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Phil Keoghan |
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From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia
Phil Keoghan (born May 31, 1967 in Christchurch, New Zealand) is the host of The Amazing Race on CBS and No Opportunity Wasted on the Discovery Channel. He has worked in over 60 countries as a television host, producer, writer, and cameraman. He currently lives with his wife, Louise, and daughter, Elle, in Los Angeles.
While completing a cinematography apprenticeship, he successfully auditioned for New Zealand children's show Spot On at the age of 19. After a series of further presenter work on television in New Zealand television, he set off to further his career abroad. In a 2002 interview, he admitted that his pay for a single episode of The Amazing Race is more than an entire year on Spot On .
According to his recently published book, No Opportunity Wasted, Keoghan set out to live his life to the fullest by accomplishing exotic goals and taking risks after a near-death experience at the age of 19. Since then, he's broken a world bungee jumping record, gone diving in the world's longest underwater caves, eaten a meal on top of an erupting volcano, and renewed his vows underwater. He was a guest on The Oprah Winfrey Show, where he shared with Oprah his list of things he wants to do before he dies. The focus of many of his shows is helping others live their lives to the fullest.
Shows
Some of the shows Phil Keoghan has been involved with include:
- 3.45 Live (1989) Presenter
- The Amazing Race (2001-present) Host
- Best of Both Worlds Co-host
- The Early Show Travel Correspondent
- FOX After Breakfast (1996) Reporter
- Go For It Host
- The Human Edge (2002) Co-creator
- Phil Keoghan's Adventure Crazy Co-creator
- Keoghan's Heroes Co-creator
- Miss World 2003 (2003) Host
- No Opportunity Wasted (2004) Host
- Spot On Host
- Surprise, Surprise Host
- Whose House is it Anyway? (2000) Host
Trivia
- Most Amazing Race fans know him as the "Philiminator". When he eliminates teams, they refer to it as being "Philiminated".
- Spent a considerable part of his childhood in Antigua and Canada.
- Starting in Season 3 of the Amazing Race, Phil wears a black necklace with a gold charm. He wears this in every subsequent season of the Amazing Race.
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