Chris Hansen
Christopher Edward Hansen (born September 13, 1959) is an American television journalist and YouTube personality. He is known for his work on Dateline NBC, in particular the former segment To Catch a Predator, which revolved around catching potential Internet sex predators using a sting operation. He also hosts Killer Instinct on Investigation Discovery, which documents homicide investigations. In September 2016, he became the new host of the syndicated show Crime Watch Daily. In an interview with City Pulse, Hansen has said that watching the FBI and police investigate the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa, when he was fourteen, inspired him to want to become a journalist. He graduated from the Michigan State University College of Communication Arts and Sciences in 1981 with a Bachelor's degree in Telecommunication.
Known For
Credits
- 2025 · Predators as Self
- 2022 · Takedown with Chris Hansen as
- 2021 · Onision: In Real Life as Himself
- 2019 · The Boys as Chris Hansen
- 2018 · A Self-Induced Hallucination as Self (archive footage)
- 2017 · White Boy as Self
- 2016 · Homicide for the Holidays as Narrator (voice)
- 2015 · True Crime News as Himself - Host
- 2015 · Killer Instinct with Chris Hansen as Himself - Host
- 2014 · black-ish as Chris Hansen
- 2014 · Z Nation as Inmate #3
- 2006 · 30 Rock as Chris Hansen
- 2004 · To Catch a Predator as Self – Host
- 1996 · The Daily Show as Self
- 1994 · Touched by an Angel as Speaker
- 1993 · Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- 1992 · The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as
- 1989 · The Simpsons as Chris Hansen (voice)
- 1952 · Today as Self