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.

Nicholas Irving was born on November 28, 1986, in Augsburg, Germany.

His parents were both enlisted soldiers.

Irving originally intended to join the Navy SEALs, but he failed a colorblindness test.

He instead joined the United States Army Rangers and served in Iraq and Afghanistan.

He was issued a SR-25 rifle, which he nicknamed Dirty Diana.

With that rifle he has 33 confirmed kills.

After the Army, Irving pursued an entertainment career.

Irving married Jessica Irving in 2007.

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 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.

In late 2017 Irving revealed in a podcast that the miniseries has been scrapped, but a movie based on the book was in preproduction.