Robert Clarence Irwin (born 1 December 2003, Buderim, Queensland, Australia) is an Australian conservationist, television presenter, zookeeper, wildlife photographer, and actor. He is the son of Steve Irwin, and is often noted by fans to share similarities with his late father.
He voices Robert Furwin in Zootopia 2.
Career[]
Irwin currently co-hosts the Network 10 reality program I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here alongside Julia Morris. He previously hosted Robert's Real Life Adventures, a program on his family zoo's internal television network, and the Discovery Kids Channel television series Wild But True as well as co-creating the book series Robert Irwin: Dinosaur Hunter. He starred on the Animal Planet series Crikey! It's the Irwins with his mother, Terri, and sister, Bindi, from 2018–2022.
Irwin works at the Australia Zoo, where he is involved in activities that his late father originally did, such as wrestling crocodiles, handling snakes and feeding the zoo's animals. In September 2024, Irwin and Nomzamo Mbatha became the first two Earthshot Prize Global Ambassadors.
In 2009, Irwin had a cameo appearance in Free Willy: Escape from Pirate's Cove. In 2012, Irwin appeared alongside his mother and sister in a television series entitled Steve Irwin's Wildlife Warriors, which earned him a 2013 Logie Award nomination for Most Popular New Male Talent. In 2014 and 2015, Irwin co-hosted a television series named Wild But True on Discovery Kids Channel. The show was later nominated for an International Emmy Kids Award in the factual category in 2016.
In 2013, Irwin released a series of books, titled Dinosaur Hunter, which he co-authored with Lachlan Creag and Jack Wells.
In 2015, he appeared as a guest on the British wildlife series Ten Deadliest Snakes in the episode focused on Australia's venomous snakes. He guided presenter Nigel Marven in the billabong of Australia Zoo to look for a red-bellied black snake.
Irwin was runner-up in the junior category of the 2016 Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year competition. Irwin is also a photography contributor to the Australia Zoo Crikey magazine. He uses his love for photography to help raise awareness about wildlife conservation. He has also raised tens of thousands of dollars for the Irwins' non-profit organization Crocodile Diaries by auctioning canvas prints of his work at events worldwide. He has also met with world leaders such as His Majesty King Charles III to discuss the protection of natural habitat.
On 16 February 2017, Irwin made his late-night television debut when he appeared on NBC's The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. He presented an African dwarf crocodile, a screaming armadillo, a red-tailed boa, and a sloth to the host, Jimmy Fallon. Irwin subsequently went back to appear on The Tonight Show on multiple occasions, showcasing a different selection of animals each time. As of April 2019, Irwin has appeared on the show eleven times.
Irwin has embarked upon many photography expeditions around the globe. On 6 April 2017, Irwin was invested as a member and ambassador of Scouts Australia, formalising a partnership between the organisation and Australia Zoo. The partnership aims to encourage Australia's young people to become involved with wilderness and conservation. He has also given various interviews to magazines for teenagers as a current reference such as Vanity. On Australia Zoo TV, Irwin appears on his own channel.
In 2020, he guest starred in the Bluey episode The Quiet Game, voicing a dingo retail clerk named Alfie. In February 2022, during filming for an episode of Crikey! It's the Irwins, Irwin had to make an emergency escape from a crocodile enclosure after an overzealous 3.7-metre-long (12 ft), 350-kilogram (770 lb) saltwater crocodile, named Casper, ignored the food Irwin was offering him and instead made a beeline for Irwin himself. Irwin managed to scale the enclosure walls just in time and avoided injury.
In October 2023, it was announced that Irwin would replace Dr Chris Brown as the co-host of Network 10's reality television show I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! alongside returning host Julia Morris, for the show's tenth season in 2024, resulting in Gold Logie nominations for them both. He returned for the eleventh season in 2025. In April 2025, Irwin was announced as a competitor on season 34 of the American reality television series Dancing with the Stars.
Trivia[]
- Robert Irwin revealed his role as Furwin on Season 34 of Dancing with the Stars after dancing the cha-cha to Try Everything with Witney Carson.
- Irwin is one of the few cast members to share their names with their characters, the others being Bonnie Hunt, Fabienne Rawley, Peter Mansbridge, and David Campbell.
