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Jamie Hyneman hosts Discovery Channel's series, "MythBusters."

Hailing from Indiana farm country, Jamie Hyneman is a multifaceted man: wilderness survival expert, boat captain, diver, linguist, animal wrangler, machinist and cook, to name a few. His career has been as equally diverse: Jamie earned a degree in Russian languages and ran a sailing/diving charter business in the Caribbean for several years before he moved over to the visual-effects industry.

Once he had joined that field and had worked for several special-effects companies, Jamie found his way to Colossal Pictures' model shop, where he managed the production of models and special effects for hundreds of commercials and movies. Then, 16 years ago, Jamie took over the shop and created
M5 Industries Inc.

Jamie has worked on over 800 commercials for major automobile manufacturers, soft-drink companies, athletic shoe companies and numerous other products. And in the midst of all this activity, Jamie's company diversified into toy prototyping and research and development in a variety of other areas as well.



The holder of several patents and the winner of numerous industry awards, Jamie is also a long-standing Screen Actors Guild member.

Today, while "MythBusters" occupies the majority of Jamie's professional activity, M5 is active with developing cutting-edge technologies for a variety of industries ranging from defense to green vehicle design. In Jamie's own words, "At this point, with over 130 episodes under our belts, I feel that we have evolved into different people than we were when we started Mythbusters. You can't go through all the mayhem we have been into on the show without it changing you. I feel like we are just getting warmed up."




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JAMIE HYNEMAN: FACTS

How tall is Jamie Hyneman? How old is Jamie Hyneman? Find out here.

Age: 55 years old
Birthday: September 25, 1956
Height: 5' 9 ¾"
Full Name / Real Name: James Earl Hyneman
Birthplace: Marshall, MI
Wife: Eileen Walsh





"Unchained Reaction" judges Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage in Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage to Produce 'Unchained Reaction' — Due in March, the new Discovery Channel series pits two teams against each other to build an elaborate chain reaction contraption. Read more...
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JAMIE HYNEMAN: TWITTER
February 8, 2012
#awesomethings When Adam Savage refers to #JamieHyneman as a Walrus in his David Attenborough voice :D @MythBusters
less than an hour ago
Adam Savage and #JamieHyneman from #MythBusters guest-voice as themselves in the all-new "The Daughter Also Rises" episode of The Simpsons,
1 hour ago
There's a guy that looks like a very NOT-inconspicuous #JamieHyneman from Mythbusters in the Architecture Building/Fine Arts Library. #Win
21 hours ago
 
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