Philippe Cousteau Jr.

Philippe was born in Santa Monica, California, and grew up between France and United States. He graduated from St. Andrews University in Scotland where he earned an M.A. in History. Since University Philippe has following in the spirit of his father and grandfather. He is a multiple Emmy-nominated TV host and producer; author; speaker; and social entrepreneur. In 2007 Philippe co-hosted his first full length documentary with Steve Irwin called Ocean's Deadliest. From 2007-2009 Philippe was the Chief Ocean Correspondent for the Animal Planet Channel, where he is working on various ocean and water focused documentary programs. Those shows included "Ocean's Deadliest," which he completed after his co-host Steve Irwin was fatally wounded during their expedition; and "Springwatch" a six part series chronicling the emergence of spring in nature. In 2009, Philippe was a co-host of the Discovery Channel/BBC co-production "Oceans". The series explored the state of our world's oceans and majo