Andrew Younghusband#On-screen roles
{{Short description|Canadian television personality (born 1970)}}
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Andrew Younghusband (born December 14, 1970{{cn|date=February 2024}}, in Canberra, Australia) is a Canadian television personality, writer and journalist best known as the host of the reality shows Canada's Worst Driver, Canada's Worst Handyman, Don't Drive Here and Tougher Than It Looks, as well as the documentary series Tall Ship Chronicles.
Personal life
Younghusband was born in Canberra, Australia, while his father was attending university there.{{Cite web |url=http://www.tccc.or.th/voyageur-sits-down-with-andrew-younghusband/ |title=Voyageur sits down with Andrew Younghusband |date=March 11, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020150039/http://www.tccc.or.th/voyageur-sits-down-with-andrew-younghusband/ |archive-date=October 20, 2013|url-status=dead }} Younghusband now resides in Toronto, Ontario.{{cn|date=February 2024}} Over the course of his life and career, he has visited over 40 countries.
On-screen roles
- Understanding Bliss (1990) – Andrew/Father Christmas
- Secret Nation (1992) – Brian Peckford #2
- Anchor Zone (1994) – Brogan
- Dead Silence (1997) – Reporter #1
- The Outer Limits TV series: episode "Music of the Spheres" (1997) – D.J.
- Black Harbour TV series: episode "Devil and the Deep Blue Sea" (1998) – Corporal Anderson
- Blackfly TV Series: pilot (1999) – McTavish
- Dooley Gardens TV series (1999) – Tracy
- Foodessence Reality TV (1999) – Host
- Violet (2000) – Carlos
- Tall Ship Chronicles Reality TV/documentary (2001) – Narrator/crew member
- Random Passage miniseries (2002) – Matt Escott
- Inside Media News/satire (2004) – Host
- Canada's Worst Driver Reality TV (2005–2018) – Host
- World's Worst Driver Reality TV special (2005) – Host
- Canada's Worst Handyman Reality TV (2006–2011) – Host
- Don't Drive Here Reality TV (2013–2015) – Host
- How to Be Deadly (2014)
- How Hard Can It Be? Reality TV (2015) – Host
- Tougher Than It Looks Reality TV (2016–present) – Host
Writing credits
- Undercurrents writer
- Foodessence co-writer
- Tall Ship Chronicles writer
- Ultimate Survival:Everest writer
- X-Quest writer
- Inside Media writer
- Canada's Worst Driver co-writer
- World's Worst Driver co-writer
- Canada's Worst Handyman co-writer
- Blueprint for Disaster head writer
Awards and nominations
Nominated: Gemini (1998), Best Writing in an Information Program or Series for Undercurrents
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0950259}}
- {{Cite web
|title=Andrew Younghusband
|url=http://www.northernstars.ca/actorsvz/younghusband.html
|publisher=Northern Stars
|url-status=dead
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060427135313/http://www.northernstars.ca/actorsvz/younghusband.html
|archivedate=2006-04-27
}} Biography.
- {{Cite web
|url=http://www.boats.com/boat-articles/General+News-121/Tall+Ship+TV+series+begins+filming/12163.htm
|date=2000-12-18
|title=Tall Ship TV series begins filming
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050122092828/http://www.boats.com/boat-articles/General%2BNews-121/Tall%2BShip%2BTV%2Bseries%2Bbegins%2Bfilming/12163.html
|archivedate=2005-01-22
|publisher=Tall Ships Newswire
|url-status=dead
}}
- [http://www.travelchannel.co.uk/ontv/programmeAtoZ/tallship.htm Episode summary of Tall Ship Chronicles]
- [http://www.discoverychannel.ca/shows/castdetails.aspx?cid=32 Bio on Discovery channel]{{Dead link|date=May 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
- [http://www.cbc.ca/clips/rm-lo/fed04_younghusband_promises0406111.rm CBC Video clip of Younghusband from 2004 (RealMedia)]
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