It’s the best feeling when people recognize you for who and what you are. Same goes for the ‘Amazing Race’ show host Phil Keoghan. He is now the new host of National Geographic’s Explorer who will be hosting a 20-episode season.
Back in 2010, the network canceled the show, but it’s been reinvented with Phil in command. NatGeo’s narrates it as,
“The new season of Explorer will transport viewers to different parts of the world. The show follows Keoghan as he treks into far-flung regions to meet with National Geographic Explorers on the front lines of groundbreaking scientific, technological and historical discoveries.”
He was also praised by NatGeo executive Tim Pastore who said,
“we’re confident that with Phil as host, he will be the catalyst for viewers to understand the way we fit into the world.”
By the looks of his professional activities, it seems that he is living an exceptional life. But what is going on in his personal life? Is he delighted with his wife? Divorce Rumors? Know more about Phil’s married life along with his bio
What’s so special about Philip John Keoghan enduring married life? Any Children?
Emmy award-winner Phil Keoghan is already married to his longtime life partner Louise Keoghan. Currently, Phil resides in Los Angeles, California with his wife and producing partner Louise Keoghan, and their daughter, Elle.
No news of disputes and divorce is heard from the Phil and his wife. The couple is sharing their married for more than two decades making their bond strong. So, it’s hard to say that the couple is ever going to divorce.
His wife Louise is a co-creator of ‘No Opportunity Wasted,’ and an award-winning Australian-born television producer & director. In the given video, Phil expressed his surprised reaction to his daughter’s Career Decision.
Keoghan’s TV Shows and Career:
Phil is now a television personality who is a known host of CBS TV show called ‘The Amazing Race’ and creator-host of a Discovery Channel reality series ‘No Opportunity Wasted’ where he wrote:
“It was the first time I really stopped to think what dying could mean. I grabbed a pen and paper and wrote down all the things I had to do in life: hand-feed sharks, travel the world, climb Mt Everest, go into space.”
In the starting phase of his television career, he gave an audition for New Zealand children’s show called ‘Spot On’ at the age of 19. He worked as a reporter on ‘That’s Fairly Interesting’ and as a presenter on TV shows.
At the age of 23, when his show ‘Keoghan’s Heroes’ got picked by the U.S. network, he and his wife Louise left for the United States. Later on, he achieved a lot of success in the field of hosting.
The host also turned out to be a writer who wrote ‘No Opportunity Wasted.’ Not only author, but Phil is also an avid cyclist who performed in “Ride Across America” from 28 March to 9 May 2009. The main aim of the race was to raise money for multiple sclerosis research.
Phil is also the winner of the World World Class New Zealand award in the ‘Creative’ category in 2008.
Philip John Keoghan Wiki Facts
Television personality Philip John Keoghan was born on 31 May 1967 in Lincoln, New Zealand. As of now, his age is 50 years of age. He attended St. Andrews College, Christchurch and spent most of his childhood in Antigua and Canada because of his father’s profession.
He is the son of Elizabeth Keoghan and John Keoghan (agricultural scientist) and belongs to mixed ethnicity. Philip John Keoghan has two siblings a brother named Andrew Keoghan and a sister named Ruth Keoghan Kooper.
In one of the shows, Phil was asked to Americanize his accent. Being a television personality, producer, director, and popular host, Phil has an estimated net worth of $ 12 million as of 2016.
