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Ross Kemp answers your description.
Although originally a soap star, he has developed an impressive career in some hard hitting dangerous investigative documentaries. His first being Ross Kemp on gangs, which I believe has been shown on US Discovery channel. where he meets interviewed the most dangerous gangs & their members in person on their turf.
Follow up shows include being embedded in a British Army unit in active service in Afghanistan, Visiting the middle East, Searching Pirates & so on.