Michael Gregory "Mike" Rowe (pronounced /ˈroʊ/(roe)) (born March 18, 1962) is an American television personality. He narrates a number of television programs and currently stars in and hosts Dirty Jobs.
Originally from Baltimore, Rowe has said in commercials for Dirty Jobs that the inspiration for doing the show was as a tribute to his father. During his service project for Eagle Scout at the Maryland School for the Blind, he read aloud for students, and he cites this as one of the reasons he became interested in narrating and writing.
Rowe went to Overlea High School and went on to attend The Community College of Baltimore County at the Essex campus. He later graduated from Towson University in Towson, Maryland.