Nicholas Irving
Nicholas Irving (born November 28, 1986) is an American author and former soldier. He was a special operations sniper in the 3rd Ranger Battalion for the U.S. Army. Early life. Irving was born in Augsburg, Germany, growing up the son of two enlisted soldiers. Career. Military. Irving joined the U.S. military, intending to join the Navy SEALs, but he failed a colorblindness test and joined the United States Army Rangers, serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. Irving was issued a SR-25 rifle, which he nicknamed "Dirty Diana". Entertainment. After the Army, Irving pursued an entertainment career. In 2016, Irving  was one of four military leaders to serve as coaches on the reality show "American Grit" with John Cena. Starting in August 2017, Irving began appearing as a recurring guest on the popular firearm YouTube channel, Demolition Ranch. He has also made appearances on other YouTube channels such as, LunkersTV and Insider. He also served as an on-set advisor for Doug Liman's 2017 sniper film "The Wall". Author. In 2015, he wrote and published with Gary Brozek "The Reaper: Autobiography of One of the Deadliest Special Ops Snipers," a "New York Times" bestseller about his military career during  the War on Terror. On February 2, 2015, The Weinstein Company acquired the television rights to make a miniseries out of the autobiography. On March 5, 2015, NBC picked up the miniseries from Weinstein. In late 2017 Irving revealed in a podcast that the miniseries has been scrapped, but a movie based on the book was in preproduction. Personal life. Irving married Jessica Irving in 2007.