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Chris Hansen
Sign in to saveAlso known as Christopher Edward Hansen, Christopher Hansen, Christopher E. Hansen, Chris Edward Hansen, Chris E. Hansen
American television journalist (born 1959)
Key facts
- Born
- Christopher Edward Hansen , ( 1959-09-13 ) September 13, 1959 (age 66) , Chicago , Illinois , U.S.
- Alma mater
- Michigan State University ( BA )
- Occupations
- Television presenter journalist anchor YouTuber
- Years active
- 1981–present
- Known for
- To Catch a Predator , Dateline NBC , Killer Instinct , Crime Watch Daily
- Spouse
- Mary Joan Hansen ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1989 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 2020 ) Gabrielle Gagnon ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2021 )
- Channel
- Chris Hansen
- Genres
- Entertainment Interview
- Subscribers
- 553 thousand
- Views
- 41.4 million
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Edward
- Family name
- Hansen
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Chicago
- Occupation
- voice actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Image
- Chris Hansen.jpg
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- social media followers
- 95884
- date of birth
- 1959-09-13
- name in native language
- Christopher Edward Hansen
- birth name
- Christopher Edward Hansen
- start of work period
- 1981-00-00
- Commons category
- Chris Hansen
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Encyclopedic overview
Christopher Edward Hansen (born September 13, 1959) is an American television presenter, journalist, and YouTube personality. During his tenure as a correspondent for Dateline NBC, he hosted the program's segment To Catch a Predator (2004–2007), which revolved around catching potential Internet predators using a sting operation. When the segment's three-year run concluded, Hansen continued to host similarly formatted shows on other networks.
After parting ways with NBC in 2013, he began hosting Killer Instinct on Investigation Discovery in 2015, a short-lived series that documented homicide investigations. That same year, he replaced Matt Doran as the host of the syndicated series Crime Watch Daily, which he hosted for two seasons and had his own segment similar to his Dateline feature, Hansen vs. Predator. He co-founded the true crime–oriented streaming service TruBlu in 2020, for which he produced and starred in the web series Takedown with Chris Hansen.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chris Hansen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.