Release CalendarTop 250 MoviesMost Popular MoviesBrowse Movies by GenreTop Box OfficeShowtimes & TicketsMovie NewsIndia Movie Spotlight
    What's on TV & StreamingTop 250 TV ShowsMost Popular TV ShowsBrowse TV Shows by GenreTV News
    What to WatchLatest TrailersIMDb OriginalsIMDb PicksIMDb Podcasts
    OscarsABFFPride MonthOutfest OutfrontsSTARmeter AwardsAwards CentralFestival CentralAll Events
    Born TodayMost Popular CelebsMost Popular CelebsCelebrity News
    Help CenterContributor ZonePolls
For Industry Professionals
  • All
  • Titles
  • TV Episodes
  • Celebs
  • Companies
  • Keywords
  • Advanced Search
Watchlist
Sign In
Sign In
New Customer? Create account
  • Fully supported
  • English (United States)
    Partially supported
  • Français (Canada)
  • Français (France)
  • Deutsch (Deutschland)
  • हिंदी (भारत)
  • Italiano (Italia)
  • Português (Brasil)
  • Español (España)
  • Español (México)
  • Biography
  • Awards
  • Trivia
IMDbPro

Bart the Bear(2000-2021)

  • Actor
IMDbProStarmeterSee rank
Bart the Bear
Bart the Bear II is an 8.5-foot tall, 1,110-pound Alaskan brown bear whose impact on wildlife has been even bigger than his body or his acting accomplishments. Also known as Little Bart, Bart II is small only in comparison to his predecessor, Bart the Bear, who stood a foot taller and 400 pounds heavier in his prime. Orphaned as a tiny cub in Alaska, Bart II and his sister, Honey Bump, were rescued and delivered to Doug and Lynne Seus, the Utah-based animal trainers who had turned Bart the Bear into an international celebrity and established The Vital Ground Foundation in 1990 to help protect habitat for Bart's wild grizzly cousins. Little Bart soon got very big, in the flesh and in the film industry. Still going strong as he nears age 20, Bart's acting accomplishments include "Dr. Doolittle 2", "Without a Paddle", "Into the Wild" and more recently an episode of HBO's mega-hit "Game of Thrones" and the upcoming Discovery series, "Man vs. Bear".
BornJanuary 20, 2000
DiedNovember 14, 2021(21)
BornJanuary 20, 2000
DiedNovember 14, 2021(21)
IMDbProStarmeterSee rank

Photos6

Bart the Bear in Game of Thrones (2011)
Bart the Bear and Gwendoline Christie in Game of Thrones (2011)
Bart the Bear and Gwendoline Christie in Game of Thrones (2011)
Billy Bob Thornton, Thomas Jane, James Marsden, Piper Perabo, and Bart the Bear in Into the Grizzly Maze (2015)
Billy Bob Thornton, Thomas Jane, James Marsden, Piper Perabo, and Bart the Bear in Into the Grizzly Maze (2015)

Known for

Matthew Lillard, Seth Green, and Dax Shepard in Without a Paddle (2004)
Without a Paddle
5.8
  • Bear
  • 2004
Matt Damon, Scarlett Johansson, and Maggie Elizabeth Jones in We Bought a Zoo (2011)
We Bought a Zoo
7.1
  • Buster the Bear(as Bart)
  • 2011
Emile Hirsch in Into the Wild (2007)
Into the Wild
8.1
  • Bear
  • 2007
John Kassir and Oakes Fegley in Pete's Dragon (2016)
Pete's Dragon
6.7
  • Bear
  • 2016

Credits

Edit
IMDbPro

Actor

  • John Kassir and Oakes Fegley in Pete's Dragon (2016)
    Pete's Dragon
    • Bear
    • 2016
  • Billy Bob Thornton, Thomas Jane, James Marsden, Piper Perabo, and Bart the Bear in Into the Grizzly Maze (2015)
    Into the Grizzly Maze
    • Red Machine
    • 2015
  • Game of Thrones (2011)
    Game of Thrones
    • The Bear
    • TV Series
    • 2013
  • Matt Damon, Scarlett Johansson, and Maggie Elizabeth Jones in We Bought a Zoo (2011)
    We Bought a Zoo
    • Buster the Bear (as Bart)
    • 2011
  • Sylvester Stallone, Nick Nolte, Adam Sandler, Judd Apatow, Jon Favreau, Kevin James, and Maya Rudolph in Zookeeper (2011)
    Zookeeper
    • Jerome the Bear (uncredited)
    • 2011
  • Horse Crazy 2: The Legend of Grizzly Mountain (2010)
    Horse Crazy 2: The Legend of Grizzly Mountain
    • Thor (as Bart the Bear 2)
    • 2010
  • Hugh Grant and Sarah Jessica Parker in Did You Hear About the Morgans? (2009)
    Did You Hear About the Morgans?
    • The Bear (uncredited)
    • 2009
  • Friends for Life (2008)
    Friends for Life
    • Bear
    • 2008
  • Emile Hirsch in Into the Wild (2007)
    Into the Wild
    • Bear
    • 2007
  • Steve Carell in Evan Almighty (2007)
    Evan Almighty
    • The Bear (uncredited)
    • 2007
  • John C. McGinley, Zach Braff, Sarah Chalke, Donald Faison, Neil Flynn, Ken Jenkins, and Judy Reyes in Scrubs (2001)
    Scrubs
    • The Bear (uncredited)
    • TV Series
    • 2006
  • Morgan Freeman, Jennifer Lopez, and Robert Redford in An Unfinished Life (2005)
    An Unfinished Life
    • The Bear
    • 2005
  • Elisabeth Shue, Ted Danson, and George Eads in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000)
    CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
    • The Bear
    • TV Series
    • 2005
  • Matthew Lillard, Seth Green, and Dax Shepard in Without a Paddle (2004)
    Without a Paddle
    • Bear
    • 2004
  • Eddie Murphy, Michael Rapaport, Steve Zahn, Norm MacDonald, Phil Proctor, Richard C. Sarafian, and Crystal the Monkey in Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001)
    Dr. Dolittle 2
    • Boy Bear Cub
    • 2001

Personal details

Edit
  • Official site
    • Doug Seus's Wasatch Rocky Wildlife
  • Alternative names
    • Bart the Bear 2
  • Height
    • 8′ 6″ (2.59 m)
  • Born
    • January 20, 2000
    • Alaska, USA
  • Died
    • November 14, 2021
    • Heber City, Utah, USA

Did you know

Edit
  • Trivia
    He was raised by trainers Doug Seus and Lynne Seus, who also raised the first Bart the Bear, a now late Kodiak bear who starred in many films. The younger Bart has now achieved an adult size of about 1,000 pounds and is following in his famous cousins footsteps as a busy film star.
  • Nickname
    • Little Bart

Related news

Contribute to this page

Suggest an edit or add missing content
  • Learn more about contributing
Edit page

More to explore

Production art
List
The Best Things to Watch in June
See the list
Production art
Photos
See These Trending Actors in Early Roles
Can you place the face?

Add demo reel with IMDbPro

Demo reel thumbnail
Make your IMDb page stand out by adding a demo reel
Upload your demo reel

Add demo reel with IMDbPro

Make your IMDb page stand out by adding a demo reel
Upload your demo reel
Demo reel thumbnail

How much have you seen?

Keep track of how much of Bart the Bear’s work you have seen. Go to your list.
Production art
Photos
LGBTQIA+ Power Couples of Hollywood
See the photos

Recently viewed

Please enable browser cookies to use this feature. Learn more.
Get the IMDb App
Sign in for more accessSign in for more access
  • Get the IMDb App
  • Help
  • Site Index
  • IMDbPro
  • Box Office Mojo
  • IMDb Developer
  • Press Room
  • Advertising
  • Jobs
  • Conditions of Use
  • Privacy Policy
  • Your Ads Privacy Choices
IMDb, an Amazon company

© 1990-2023 by IMDb.com, Inc.