Matt Wright – dubbed the “next Steve Irwin” and lead star of action-packed new Netflix reality series all about his life ‘WILD CROC TERRITORY’

Wild Croc Territory follows Matt Wright and his fearless team of crocodile wranglers catch and relocate some of the world’s most ferocious reptiles in Australia’s wild Outback. With his wife Kaia and son Banjo, chopper pilot Matt calls the Northern Territory home. It’s an untamed haven for wildlife, including over 150,000 saltwater crocodiles. Relocating crocs is one of the most dangerous jobs in the world. And when things go bad, Matt needs a team he can trust with his life.

Mission planner Christopher “Willow” Wilson and chopper pilot Jock “Jocko” Purcell join their mate Matt on each adventure, both battle-hardened and ready for whatever he throws their way. Willow and Jocko come equipped with helicopters, boats, buggies and traps – an epic arsenal of specialised equipment designed to tackle the task at hand. For rookie croc catcher Finn, who’s more at home in the big city than face to face with a wild crocodile, this season will be the ultimate pressure test. There’s nothing more unpredictable than a Matt Wright mission… and danger comes with the territory, but this team of Outback crocodile wranglers wouldn’t have it any other way.

Matt Wright, dare-devil helicopter pilot and wildlife re-locator projected his skills to a global TV audience in over 130 countries, as the star of National Geographic’s acclaimed series Outback Wrangler and is now a Netflix star. But the rugged yet polished product of the wilds of Papua New Guinea and the Australian outback has numerous other strings to his bow that have established him as an emerging talent of the highest order.

Today, Matt’s passions and unique skill sets have turned him into a career as a wildlife re-locator; tracking down, capturing and transporting a diverse range of dangerous animals including crocodiles, wild buffalo and even Polar Bears. His objective is based on the preservation of wildlife: to remove and relocate problem animals rather than kill.

Matt Wright is a high-flying success story. The dare-devil helicopter pilot and wildlife re-locator projected his skills to a global TV audience as the start of Wild Croc Territory on Netflix. But the rugged yet polished product of the wilds of Papua New Guinea and the Australian outback has numerous other strings to his bow that have established him as an emerging talent of the highest order. So much so, that Tourism Australia has recruited South Australia-born Wright to sell the virtues of his homeland in one of the world’s biggest tourism markets – the United States of America – as part of his role in the hugely-successful ‘Dundee’ television commercial which made its debut to a worldwide audience in the 2018 Super Bowl telecast.

Matt’s previous series, Outback Wrangler, became one of National Geographic’s hottest products prior to Matt making a move to Netflix for this new series, Wild Croc Territory. In addition to the international exposure over four seasons of Outback Wrangler, it also aired on Australia’s Nine Network. As a child, Matt Wright was raised in Papua New Guinea and the Australian outback, where, living off the land and being comfortable with animals such as deadly snakes, spiders, stampeding cattle and even sharks, was simply way of life. By the age of 10, he had a collection of some of Australia’s most lethal animals: including three deadly King Brown snakes (that lived in his bedroom) and was frequently in trouble at home and at school for eagerly sharing his ‘pets’ with his classmates and family.

As an adult, Matt’s career path has seen him tackle a range of jobs that require both nerves of steel and a practical ‘can do’ attitude. Spending time as an outback horse wrangler, oil rig worker, soldier in the Australian Army, crocodile egg collector and, more recently, a professional chopper pilot and instructor.

Today, Matt’s passions and unique skill sets have turned him into a career as a wildlife re-locator; tracking down, capturing and transporting a diverse range of dangerous animals including crocodiles, wild buffalo and even Polar Bears. His objective is based on the preservation of wildlife: to remove and relocate problem animals rather than kill. Working in a specific junction between the world of the wild and the world of humans, Matt’s moto is “any animal, anywhere, any time” and he has plied his unique trade all over Australia as well as North America.

As a highly experienced chopper pilot, Matt is able to access areas that would otherwise be impossible to reach; as a conservationist he brings a unique practical skill set and a perspective based on hands-on experience and a genuine compassion.

Matt works closely with scientists, wildlife management authorities, Indigenous elders (traditional landowners) and cattle station owners to ensure a win/win situation for both the animals at hand as well as the humans that need his help. Off the back of Outback Wrangler’s success, Matt Wright has published two books with Penguin Australia and is currently partnered with Great Northern, Yokohama, Ariat Australia and G-Shock. Earlier this year, Matt and his team completed filming their brand new series, Wild Territory which aired weekly on the Nine Network. Wild Territory will also be released globally on Netflix later in October 2022.