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Field Biologist, TV Presenter and Wildlife Filmmaker Dan O’Neill has presented for the BBC, National Geographic, Sky TV and Love Nature, to name a few, and Dan is currently in production for a both new BBC series and a high-profile feature length documentary for a top global streamer.
Dan is a magnetic personality with a huge depth of knowledge of the natural world. An active scientist, he spends much of his time working as a senior biologist on field research expeditions across the remote regions of the world. Dan’s primary area of expertise is large mammal behavioural and spatial ecology, having worked with jaguars, tigers and most notably snow leopards, as the Snow Leopard Trust’s first Explorer in Residence.
Dan O’Neill is proudly and notably the first openly LGBTQ wildlife presenter to host a series for a major network. In 2024, Dan fronted the National Geographic series, Zombie Animals. While in 2023, he hosted Giants, a globe-trotting series for Curiosity Stream. His upcoming series Snow Leopards with Dan O’Neill premieres this year on Love Nature and Sky TV. He has also featured in Attitude Magazine a number of times, including on a digital cover, as well as leading Attitude’s 101 Trailblazers’ STEM category this year.
With no clear role model for the LGBTQ community in wildlife and adventure TV, Dan decided to fill that gap. Having soared to success over the last few years, Dan is becoming a familiar face on our screens and is best known for his adventurous spirit, broad knowledge base and comedic character. He has cumulatively spent many years in frozen mountains and deep jungles and as such has a myriad of stories and anecdotes to bring up during his talks.
Having faced discrimination due to his sexuality from a young age, including being told to ‘play down the fact that [I’m] gay’ at work, Dan O’Neill has become a passionate advocate for the LGBTQ community. He champions diversity and is vocal about the need to ‘see more marginalised groups in front of the camera’. Dan strives to be a positive role model for a new generation, and hopes to inspire those in the LGBTQ community to be brave.
Previous talks have centred around inclusivity in adventure, building your confidence, and breaking into the industry as an LGBTQ person. With themes of resilience and drive interweaved within stories from some of the wildest and most remote corners of the globe, Dan is guaranteed to engage, educate and motivate.
