Hunter Ellis

Charles Hunter Ellis is a contestant from.

He is remembered for his leadership over the Maraamu tribe and for being the first alpha male to be voted out of a struggling tribe in the show's history.

Profile
Hunter Ellis was born in Alexandria, Virginia, and spent many years moving around as part of a U.S. Navy family. Growing up both in California and Virginia, Ellis spent several years in Virginia Beach before graduating from high school in Alexandria.

Part of a family with a strong tradition in the United States Navy, Ellis is the grandson of Vice Admiral Donald Engen. Ellis graduated from the University of Southern California with a bachelor's degree in political science, before entering the Navy as an aviator. He graduated first in his flight class, and during his ten-year military career, he amassed 433 carrier landings and more than two thousand hours of flight time in the F/A-18 Hornet. After his discharge, Ellis worked for a time as a pilot for FedEx Corporation.

Ellis attended the University of Southern California where he was a member of the Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity. After receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science, he was commissioned as an Ensign in the U.S. Navy and went on to complete Naval Flight Training in Corpus Christi and Kingsville, Texas. Graduating number one in his class, Ellis moved to Corona Del Mar, Calif., to continue his training as an F/A-18 strike-fighter pilot. His operational tours include 2 six-month Western Pacific/Persian Gulf deployments flying Hornets off the U.S.S. Carl Vinson and the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln while stationed in Lemoore, Calif. Assigned to the "Stingers" of Strike Fighter Squadron 113, he also achieved qualifications as a Landing Signals Officer and as an F/A-18 Flight Demonstration pilot. Ellis ended his tour with the Navy as an F/A-18 tactics instructor in San Diego, Calif., in July 2001. During his career he amassed over 2000 flight hours and 433 carrier landings.

Hunter Ellis currently works as a pilot for a major shipping company. He has also worked as an ocean lifeguard with the Virginia Beach Lifesaving Service. He currently lives in La Jolla, Calif., where he enjoys all outdoor sports. An avid traveler, Ellis makes annual visits to Tavarua, Fiji, and Whistler, British Columbia, to surf and ski, respectively. His birth date is July 5.

Survivor: Marquesas
Hunter started the game on the Maraamu tribe. Originally he was well liked by his whole tribe, except by Rob Mariano, so he quickly took the leadership position. After losing the first Immunity Challenge he joined the tribe in eliminating tribe outcast, Peter Harkey.

In episode 2 Hunter formed a strong friendship with tribe mate Gina Crews. After losing the Immunity Challenge again, Hunter and Gina thought the smartest move would be voting off the weak, Sarah Jones, who had a strong alliance with Hunter's enemy Rob. He talked to Sean Rector and Vecepia Towery about voting with them. At Tribal Council Sean and Vecepia voted with Rob and Sarah, resulting in Patricia Jackson being voted off.

Unfortunately for Hunter, Robs alliance of Sarah, Vecepia, Sean and Rob had the majority over the tribe. When Maraamu lost their third straight Immunity Challenge in episode 3, Hunter and Gina once again targeted Sarah. He tried to convince Sean and Vecepia to vote with them but Robs control over the tribe was too strong. At Tribal Council Rob convinced his alliance to vote off his enemy, Hunter. Hunter finished the game in 14th place, becoming the third person voted out of Survivor: Marquesas.

Post-Survivor

 * Years after competing in Survivor, Hunter once became part of the Survivor Dream Team, who test runs challenges before the contestants perform them, for a documentary.
 * Currently, Hunter works as actor, producer and host for television. DreamTeam.jpg
 * On January 9, 2010, Hunter attended Survivor's 10-year anniversary party.

Trivia

 * He was nominated in Survivor: America's Tribal Council in the "Sexiest Male" category, but lost to Colby Donaldson.
 * Hunter's Luxury Item was a pair of Navy Wings.
 * Hunter is the seventh contestant of Survivor to never win a challenge, following Sonja Christopher, Debb Eaton, Diane Ogden, Jessie Camacho, Peter Harkey, and Patricia Jackson.
 * He is the second male to do this.
 * He was offered to compete on ,  and  but declined all the offers.