Jamie Hyneman facts for kids
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Jamie Hyneman
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Hyneman in 2016
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James Franklin Hyneman
September 25, 1956 Marshall, Michigan, U.S.
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| Alma mater | Indiana University |
| Occupation | CEO, M5 Industries |
| Years active | 1985–present |
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Eileen Walsh
(m. 1989) |
James Franklin Hyneman (born September 25, 1956) is an American expert in special effects. Many people know him as the co-host of the TV show MythBusters. On the show, he was famous for his unique beret and big walrus mustache. He also owns M5 Industries, the workshop where MythBusters was filmed.
Before MythBusters, he was a contestant on the TV show Robot Wars. His robot, named Blendo, was so powerful it was considered too dangerous to compete! Jamie also invented the Sentry, a robot vehicle that can fight fires without a person inside. He also helped design the Wavecam, a camera system that flies on cables to film sports and big events.
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Jamie Hyneman's Early Life
Jamie Hyneman was born in Marshall, Michigan. He grew up on a farm in Columbus, Indiana. He once said that he was a "problematic kid" and left home at 14. He traveled all over the country by hitchhiking.
When he was a child, Jamie spent time at Indiana University. His mother worked there as a librarian. At age fifteen, he even owned a pet store in a shopping mall in Columbus. Jamie finished high school at Columbus North High School in 1974.
Jamie's Education and Learning
Jamie Hyneman earned a degree in Russian linguistics from Indiana University Bloomington. This means he studied the Russian language and how it works.
In November 2021, he became a professor at LUT University in Lappeenranta, Finland. He will teach there for five years. His first lecture was about making prototypes, which are early models of inventions.
Special College Degrees
Jamie has received several special "honorary" degrees. These are given to people who have done great things, even if they didn't study that subject in college.
- On May 16, 2010, he received an honorary Doctor of Engineering degree from Villanova University. He also gave a speech to the graduating students.
- On November 25, 2011, the University of Twente gave him an honorary doctorate. They recognized him for helping to make science and technology popular.
- In February 2017, he was named an honorary doctor of technology by Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology LUT.
Jamie Hyneman's Career
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Jamie Hyneman has had many different jobs! He has worked as a boat captain, a certified divemaster (someone who leads dives underwater), and a wilderness survival expert. He was also a linguist, a pet store owner, an animal wrangler (someone who handles animals), a machinist, a concrete inspector, and a chef.
He was the co-host of the popular TV show MythBusters from 2003 to 2016.
Special Effects Work
Jamie owns a special effects company called M5 Industries in San Francisco. This is where many cool things were built for MythBusters.
He has also created special effects for commercials. For example, he made the vending machine that could spit out cans in old 7 Up commercials. He also created a special two-wheeled football shoe for Nike Lab commercials.
Other TV Appearances
Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage appeared in the movie The Darwin Awards. They played two people selling junk from the army. They were in the part of the movie about a rocket-powered car, which they had tested on MythBusters.
Jamie also had a small role with Adam Savage on the TV show CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. In the episode "The Theory of Everything", they played inspectors. They gave a thumbs-up after seeing a shirt soaked in pepper spray catch fire when shot by a taser. They had tested this idea on MythBusters and found it could be true with certain types of pepper spray.
Jamie and Adam also helped produce and were judges on a game show called Unchained Reaction. It started in March 2012. They also lent their voices to characters on The Simpsons episode "The Daughter Also Rises". They played "MythCrackers," which made Bart and Milhouse want to do their own experiments. Both Jamie and Adam also voiced stormtroopers in the Phineas and Ferb Star Wars special.
Jamie Hyneman's Personal Life
In 1984, Jamie met Eileen Walsh, who was a science teacher. At the time, he owned a business that rented sailboats for diving trips in the Virgin Islands. Jamie and Eileen got married in 1989.
See also
In Spanish: Jamie Hyneman para niños
