Paul Teutul, Sr.

Paul Teutul Sr. is reality TV's great contradiction: a gruff, mustachioed craftsman whose Orange County Choppers turned custom motorcycle building into must-watch drama. Born in Yonkers in 1949, he became famous as much for shouting matches with his sons on American Chopper as for the bikes themselves. What I think gets overlooked is the genuine artistry under the temper; those builds were real, ambitious metalwork. He embodied a certain blue-collar American obstinacy, the man who can weld a masterpiece but can't quite say sorry. Flawed and loud, sure, but I always found him strangely compelling television.

Name (English)

Paul Teutul, Sr.

Name (Japanese)

ポール・タトル・シニア

Reading

ぽーる・たとる・しにあ

Born

May 1, 1949 (age 77)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Ox

Origin

Yonkers, New York, United States

Occupation

entrepreneur / television producer / designer

High school

Pearl River High School

• Official sitehttps://www.orangecountychoppers.com
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul%20Teutul%20Sr.
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9D%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%BF%E3%83%88%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%83%8B%E3%82%A2
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2237065

Tags

• New York
• entrepreneur
• television producer
• designer

Last updated

2026-06-18

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.