Overview

• The star was unveiled Monday at 6357 Hollywood Blvd., the 2,821st since the Walk of Fame’s completion in 1961.
• Joel McHale, Jaylen Brown and Ross Shafer took part in the ceremony held between Cahuenga Boulevard and Ivar Avenue.
• Nye told the crowd that joining Hollywood’s cultural footprint is a profound honor and voiced his love of science, comedy and television.
• A Cornell-trained mechanical engineer who worked on Boeing 747 hydraulics, Nye later hosted Bill Nye the Science Guy (1993–1999), earning 36 Emmy nominations and 19 wins, including a 1998 performance Emmy.
• He has led The Planetary Society as CEO since 2010 and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Jan. 4 from President Joe Biden.