Duane Lee Chapman

Duane Lee "Dog" Chapman, Sr. (born February 2, 1953) is an American bounty hunter and a former bail bondsman. He stars in Dog the Bounty Hunter, a weekly reality television program which is broadcast on the A&E Network (USA), FOX8 and GO! (Australia), OLN and A&E Network (Canada), Sky1 and Sky2 (United Kingdom and Ireland), MAX (Norway) and RTL II (Germany). Chapman claims he has made more than 6,000 captures in his 27-year career. As an ex-con, he says: “I am what rehabilitation stands for.” Chapman was born on February 2, 1953 to Wesley Chapman and Barbara Chapman. He is the eldest of four children, having two younger sisters and one brother. According to Chapman, he is of Native American ancestry, on his mother's side. While a...