Alex Boylan is known as a reality TV contestant, TV show host and producer. He first came to public attention as part of the winning team together with his friend Chris Luca in the second season of the reality TV show ''

The Amazing Race ''The Amazing Race'' is an adventure reality game show franchise in which teams of two people race around the world in competition with other teams. The ''Race'' is split into legs, with teams tasked to deduce clues, navigate themselves in forei ...

'' in 2002. He was later involved in various TV projects such as ''

Around the World For Free ''Around The World For Free'' a.k.a. ''ATWFF'' was an online/broadcast hybrid reality series based on the concept of whether a person can circle the globe without any money. The show followed a reality star, as he or she attempted to travel around ...

'' and ''Animal Attractions Television''.

Early life

Alex Boylan grew up in Boston. When he was sixteen, he spent a year playing semi-pro soccer for the club "Campinesse" in Campina Grande, Brazil. He was a student at Jacksonville University studying International Business on a soccer scholarship.dolfinnetwork
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, Boylan played soccer where he helped the team win the conference tournament while making a run to the NCAA Division 1 Sweet Sixteen. He graduated from

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with a B.S. in International Business. He worked as a bar tender before joining ''The Amazing Race''.

''The Amazing Race''

in January 2002, Boylan competed on the second season of the

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adventure reality show ''

'' with his lifelong friend, Chris Luca. The two reached the final leg of the race and won. *

Career

Alex Boylan is an executive producer, show creator and host. After winning The Amazing Race, Boylan went on to work for the production company PineRidge Film and Television. During this time, he hosted numerous television shows including, ''At the Chef’s Table'' (2004), a food series on PBS. In 2005 and 2006 Boylan hosted ''Health Corner’s'', ''What’s Cooking with Alex'', and ''Animal Attractions''. Boylan created and produced the DVD series ''Dropping In: Panama'' and ''Dropping In: El Salvador''. Both documentaries follow surfers as they traverse lands in search of the perfect wave. In 2006, Boylan partnered with Burton Roberts to create a production company Around The World Productions, which has produced hundreds of hours of interactive content. In their interactive series directed by Zsolt Luka, Around the ''World for Free'', Boylan showed how one can travel around the world for free using only social media. Other shows include ''Jeff and Jordan Do America'', the ''Buzz Tour'' for CBS, ''Rach to the Rescue'' for The Rachael Ray Show, ''Tales from the Trail'' for The Boy Scouts of America, ''Missions In Action'', and destination content pieces for Travel Channel and Lonely Planet. Boylan joined ''CBS This Morning'' as an adventure correspondent, and he was also a guest host for VH1's ''Big Morning Buzz Show ''as well as a travel host for ''The CBS Buzz Tour''. He has travelled to over 55 countries around the world. He is a co-founder of a website DreamJobbing.com.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Boylan, Alex Living people Reality show winners Jacksonville University alumni Businesspeople from Boston Year of birth missing (living people) The Amazing Race winners