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Phil's life has been full of travel and adventure. He started traveling at the age of two accompanying his father, a plant scientist and mother who taught music, to third world countries all around the world. Phil started working as an assistant camera operator for Television New Zealand before being picked to host, "Spot On."

For more than 20 years he has gone on to work in well over 100 countries around the world as an actor, author, television host, producer and cameraman on thousands of program episodes. Phil is also a regular motivational speaking having appeared at a number of major colleges, the Learning Annex in New York as well as numerous corporate bookings in the U.S., New Zealand, Australia, South Africa and Canada.

A pivotal moment in Phil's life came after a near death experience at the age of 19 when he found himself lost at 120 feet inside a 22,000 ton ship wreck. Surviving this life changing experience prompted Phil to write a list of things to do before he died and developed a philosophy he calls, No Opportunity Wasted… NOW for short. Phil's NOW philosophy is about learning how to live while you still have the chance, letting go of the handrails, thinking outside the box and ditching the excuses.

In 2004 Phil released a self-help book called No Opportunity Wasted, NOW, (8 ways to create a list for the life you want). The NOW book was a best seller in New Zealand and Australia and was developed into a television series (13x1 hour episodes) for The Discovery Channel. Challengers are given just 72 hours to take on a life changing opportunity. http://www.noopportunitywasted.com. The US television series was honored for excellence at the Banff Television Festival. The NOW format was produced for network television in New Zealand and is currently in production with the CBC in Canada.

Phil has created and produced a number of original television series including: "Short Sportz," a weekly sports series; "Keoghan's Heroes," featuring top thrill seekers around the world; "E-Team," an environmental pilot; "The Human Edge," profiling innovative people for National Geographic; and "Phil Keoghan's Adventure Crazy," which airs around the world on The Discovery Networks.