Born and raised on the beaches of Southern California, Brandt is a graduate of UCLA and an avid sportsman. After college he went to Steamboat Springs, Colorado where he spent a winter as a snowboard instructor and from there to Arizona where he become a licensed commercial pilot and flew for United Airlines.Brandt is a television and film actor who has appeared on all the major networks, playing a variety of roles on series including Criminal Minds, NCIS, Lincoln Heights, Knight Rider and The O.C. to name a few. In addition to his episodic work, Brandt has an extremely lucrative commercial career appearing in well over 100 national commercials.Jeremy Brandt joins Nat Geo WILD as host of Jobs That Bite!, a new series showcasing the fun and fascinating, dirty and dangerous animal jobs the world has to offer. Whether riding a bucking bronco, wrangling a nest of unruly rattlesnakes, or taking on the business end of an elephant-based manure operation, Brandt will try his hand at them all.Brandt married his high school sweetheart Laura, and they live in Southern California with their four beautiful children.