Mike Rowe has had more jobs than you. In fact, Mike has had more jobs than anyone. As the creator and executive producer of Discovery Channel’s Emmy-nominated series Dirty Jobs With Mike Rowe, Mike has spent years traveling the country, working as an apprentice on more than 200 jobs that most people would go out of their way to avoid. From coal mining to sheep farming, Mike has worked in just about every industry and filmed the show in almost every state, celebrating the hard-working Americans who make civilized life possible for the rest of us.
No one is better suited to the role of good-natured guinea pig than Mike -- mainly because it’s not a role. Dirty Jobs is entirely unscripted, and Mike doesn’t cheat; he actually does the work, with a sense of humor rarely portrayed in such professions. In fact, the notion of depicting hard work as noble and fun is central to his personal mission.
Mike Rowe hopes to call attention to the steady decline in the trades, arguing for the need to fill the Skills Gap by bolstering enrollment in trade schools and technical colleges.
