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Casey Anderson - Biography
Casey Anderson (born August 20, 1975) is an American wildlife naturalist, television host, animal trainer and actor who is best known as the host and executive producer of the Nat Geo WILD channel television series, Expedition Wild and America the Wild with Casey Anderson, and for being the trainer and "best friend" of Brutus the Bear, a grizzly bear that he adopted as a newborn cub. Brutus, trained by Anderson, has appeared in many films, documentaries, television commercials, and live educational shows across the United States.
Casey Anderson was born August 20, 1975 in East Helena, Montana, and was raised there. He is a fifth generation Montanan and was interested in animals from an early age, causing him to be nicknamed "the animal magnet" as a child. He graduated from Montana State University in Bozeman, Montana in 1995 with a degree in wildlife biology.
Anderson married Stephanie Gazda in August 2016. The couple live together in Paradise Valley, Montana with their dogs Jack and Muppet, and their cats Mao and Magpie.
Anderson was previously married to actress Missi Pyle from 2008 to 2011. They met in 2007 during the making of the film Pretty Ugly People (2008), in which Pyle starred, Brutus had a small role, and Anderson worked as animal trainer. Brutus the Bear was best man at their wedding, which was held in September 2008 at Holland Lake Lodge in Montana where the couple had met. In 2013, Pyle confirmed in an interview that the couple had broken up.
