Robert Irwin (television personality)

Robert Irwin

Robert Irwin on the red carpet of the 2011 Australian Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards

Irwin at the 2011 Australian Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards
Born Robert Clarence Irwin
(2003-12-01) 1 December 2003
Nationality Australian
Occupation Television personality, Photographer
Years active 2004–present
Parent(s) Steve Irwin (deceased)
Terri Irwin
Relatives Bindi Irwin (sister)
Bob Irwin (Grandfather)
Website instagram.com/robertirwinphotography

Robert Clarence Irwin (born 1 December 2003)[1] is an Australian American television personality and photographer[2] who has participated in his parents and Bindi's TV shows.

Early life

Robert Irwin was born on 1 December 2003, the second of two children of Steve Irwin and Terri Irwin. He is of English and Irish ancestry, with abundance of Irish ancestry on his father's side. Both Robert and his sister Bindi Irwin were homeschooled at Australia Zoo.[3]

A controversial incident occurred during a public show on 2 January 2004, when Irwin's father Steve carried Robert, then one month old, in his arm while hand-feeding a chicken carcass to a 3.8-metre (12 ft 6 in) saltwater crocodile. Robert Irwin was close to the crocodile, and comparisons were made in the press to Michael Jackson's dangling his son outside a German hotel window.[4] The incident prompted the Queensland government to change its crocodile-handling laws, banning children and untrained adults from entering crocodile enclosures.[5] When Robert was 2 years old Steve died from his injuries and blood loss in a stingray attack.

Early career

In 2009, Irwin had a cameo appearance in Free Willy: Escape from Pirate's Cove.[6] In 2012, Irwin appeared alongside his mother and sister in a TV series entitled Steve Irwin's Wildlife Warriors, which earned him a 2013 Logie Award nomination for Most Popular New Male Talent.[7] In 2014 and 2015, Irwin co-hosted a TV series named Wild But True on Discovery Kids Channel.[6] The show was later nominated for an International Emmy Kids Award in the factual category in 2016.[8]

In 2013, Irwin released a series of books, titled Dinosaur Hunter, which he co-authored with Lachlan Creag and Jack Wells.[9][10]

In 2015, he appeared as a guest on British wildlife series Ten Deadliest Snakes in the episode focused on Australia's venomous snakes. He guided presenter Nigel Marven in the billabong of Australia Zoo to look for a red-bellied black snake.

Irwin was runner-up in the Junior category of the 2016 Australian Geographic Nature Photograper of the Year competition.[11][12]

On 16 February 2017, Irwin made his late-night television debut when he appeared on The Tonight Show.[13] He presented an African dwarf crocodile, a screaming armadillo, a snake, and a sloth to the host Jimmy Fallon.[14][15][16] He came back on 20 April 2017, presenting a scorpion, two baby black bears, two legless lizards, a binturong, and a toucan (more specifically a green aracari).[17][18][19] Irwin appeared again, on 7 June 2017, this time presenting a baby North American badger, a baby alligator snapping turtle and a 100-year-old one, a baby kangaroo, and three baby warthogs.[20]

On Australia Zoo TV, Irwin appears on his own channel.[17]

References

  1. ↑ "The Irwin Family". CrocodileHunter.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2001.
  2. ↑ EXCLUSIVE: Meet Robert Irwin, wildlife photographer
  3. ↑ Chatfield, Katherine (26 January 2013). "It's reading, writing and reptiles for Bindi and Robert Irwin". Archived from the original on 20 February 2017.
  4. ↑ Patrick Barkham (5 September 2006). "It's like a part of Australia has died". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 5 September 2006.
  5. ↑ "Steve Irwin baby concerns prompt law change". The Sydney Morning Herald. 24 February 2005. Retrieved 4 September 2006.
  6. 1 2 "Robert Irwin". australiazoo.com.au. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  7. ↑ "Logie Awards 2013: nominations". TV Tonight. 10 March 2013. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  8. ↑ "2016 INTERNATIONAL EMMY® KIDS AWARDS NOMINEES ANNOUNCED". www.iemmys.tv. Cannes. 17 October 2017. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  9. ↑ "Introducing Robert Irwin - Dinosaur Hunter". Australia Zoo. 5 March 2013. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
  10. ↑ Printz, Jo (2 December 2013). "Roos, wombats, dinosaurs... and a very dreary boy". ABC. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
  11. ↑ "Winners of the 2016 AG Nature Photographer of the Year competition". Australian Geographic. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  12. ↑ Peddie, Clare (5 September 2016). "Robert Irwin, son of Steve Irwin, wins Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year junior award for crocodile photo". www.adelaidenow.com.au. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  13. ↑ "'Tears in my eyes': Bindi Irwin shares a poignant post comparing her late father Steve to brother Robert, 13, as he makes his late-night debut on Jimmy Fallon". Daily Mail. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  14. ↑ "Robert Irwin looks every bit a chip off the old block as he makes his Tonight Show debut". news.com.au. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  15. ↑ "Robert Irwin and Jimmy Cuddle a Sloth". YouTube.com. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
  16. ↑ King, Brittany (20 April 2017). "‘Proud Beyond Words’ Bindi Irwin Gushes at ‘Extraordinary’ Brother Robert with Boyfriend Chandler Powell in Tow". PEOPLE.com. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  17. 1 2 "Robert Irwin Guests on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon". NBC. 29 January 2015. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  18. ↑ "Robert Irwin and Jimmy Play with Baby Black Bears". YouTube.com. 20 April 2017.
  19. ↑ Chen, Joyce (21 April 2017). "Robert Irwin Channels Dad, Plays With Baby Black Bears on ‘Tonight Show’". Us Weekly. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  20. ↑ "Robert Irwin and Jimmy Feed a Baby Kangaroo". YouTube.com. 7 June 2017. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
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