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Not to be confused with Bill Nighy.

William Sanford "Bill" Nye, popularly known as Bill Nye the Science Guy, is an American science educator, mechanical engineer, and television presenter, who previously worked as a mechanical engineer at Boeing in Seattle, where he invented a hydraulic resonance suppressor tube used on 747 airplanes. In 1986, he left Boeing to pursue comedy – writing and performing for the local sketch television show Almost Live!, where he regularly conducted wacky scientific experiments.

He is best known as the host of the Disney/PBS Kids educational science TV series Bill Nye the Science Guy (19931998), as well as his many subsequent appearances in popular media as a science educator. He appeared in the Epcot attraction Ellen's Energy Adventure, served as the original host of Innovations, and provided voice-over for a queue presentation in Animal Kingdom's Dinosaur. He also played a science teacher in Principal Takes a Holiday and voiced Professor Rubicon in Miles from Tomorrowland. Additionally, he voiced an animated version of himself in Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero and Future-Worm!. He also appeared in the television series BattleBots (20002002).

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  • Bill Nye's nickname of "Bill Nye the Science Guy" actually stemmed from his time working on a sketch comedy television show in Seattle called Almost Live!. When fellow show host John Keister mispronounced the word "gigawatts" while quoting Back to the Future, Bill corrected him, leading to John saying, "Who do you think you are – Bill Nye the Science Guy?" The nickname stuck ever since.

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