James Franklin "Jamie" Hyneman is an American special effects expert and the co-host of the television series MythBusters alongside Adam Savage. He is also the owner of M5 Industries, the special effects workshop where MythBusters is filmed. He is known among Robot Wars devo...
Actor, Special Effects Technician, Presenter, Television producer
Education
Indiana University Bloomington, Villanova University
Nationality
United States of America
Spouse
Eileen Walsh (m. 1984)
Siblings
Craig Hyneman
Nicknames
James Franklin Hyneman , Jamie 'Jamie Hyneman' Hyneman , The Mythbusters , James Franklin "Jamie" Hyneman
Awards
Primetime Emmy Award
Nominations
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Reality Program, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Structured Reality Program, ASTRA Awards for Favourite International Personality or Actor
Movies
"Naked Lunch", "Flubber", "Matrix Trilogy", "Naked Lunch", "Flubber", "Matrix Trilogy", "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" (2008), The Simpsons:"The Daughter Also Rises", "Phineas", "Ferb Star Wars"
TV Shows
MythBusters
Star Sign
Libra
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Trademark
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Big walrus moustache
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Wears white shirt (with rolled sleeves) and gray colored trousers
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Wears red Converse sneakers
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Wears a black beret
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Quote
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When Domino's Pizza approached M5 Industries and asked us to design and build the Steak Fanatic Pizza Couch, I knew it was something we wanted to be part of. The Steak Fanatic Pizza Couch is like a guy's dream come true -- only the coolest gadgets and Domino's Pizza all within arm's reach.
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The fact that we are so different is our strength.
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Fact
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Running his special effects company M5 industries and hosting the Discovery TV-show Mythbusters. [July 2005]
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Awarded a Doctorate of Engineering, honoris causa from Villanova University, May 2010.
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Has a younger half brother, Craig.
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His wife is a high school teacher.
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Is a long-standing Screen Actors Guild member.
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Is a wilderness survival expert
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Once lived on a houseboat.
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Trained a goldfish to ring a bell.
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Holds several patents for his inventions.
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Grew up on a farm.
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Used to run a pet store.
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Ran a sailing - diving charter business in the Caribbean for several years before he started working in Special Effects.
$8 Million
