Jeff Probst
Birth name Jeffrey Lee Probst Born November 4, 1962 (1962-11-04) (age 45) Wichita, Kansas, U.S.
Statistics Occupation TV Presenter, game show host Gender Male Notable credit(s) Rock & Roll Jeopardy! (VH1) Survivor (CBS)
Awards

Jeffrey Lee Probst (born November 4, 1962) is a six-time Emmy-nominated (once awarded) American television personality, acting as a game show host, executive producer and a reporter. He is best known for his role as the host of the U.S. version of the Survivor reality show. is the 308th day of the year (309th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... For other uses, see Wichita (disambiguation). ... For other uses of terms redirecting here, see US (disambiguation), USA (disambiguation), and United States (disambiguation) Motto In God We Trust(since 1956) (From Many, One; Latin, traditional) Anthem The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York City National language English (de facto)1 Demonym American... A television presenter is a British term for a celebrity who is best known for introducing or appearing in television programmes. ... Game show host is a profession involving the hosting of gameshows. ... This article is about the Male sex. ... Rock & Roll Jeopardy! was a musical version of the classic quiz show Jeopardy! hosted by Access Hollywood reporter and future Survivor host Jeff Probst. ... VH1 (VH-1: Video Hits One until 1994) is an American cable television channel that was created in January 1985 by Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment, at the time a division of Warner Communications and owners of MTV. VH1 and sister channel MTV are currently part of the MTV Networks division... Survivor is an American version of the Survivor reality television game show based on the Swedish television series Expedition Robinson originally created in 1992 by Charlie Parsons. ... This article is about the broadcast network. ... is the 308th day of the year (309th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... An Emmy Award. ... A celebrity is a person who is widely recognized in a society. ... Game show host is a profession involving the hosting of gameshows. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... This article is about journalistic reporters. ... Survivor is an American version of the Survivor reality television game show based on the Swedish television series Expedition Robinson originally created in 1992 by Charlie Parsons. ... // This article is about the genre of TV shows. ...

Biography

In addition to Survivor, Probst previously hosted the FX network's original half-hour show dedicated to answering viewer letters, Backchat (1996). He went on to serve as host of the VH1 series Rock & Roll Jeopardy! from 1998-2001, and was a correspondent for the syndicated program Access Hollywood, during which he travelled a reported 300,000 miles. He has also written the screenplay for and directed an independent film, released in 2001, called Finder's Fee. Jeff also does voice work for the animated television program Fillmore, as Vice-Principal Raycliff. People magazine named Probst one of the "50 Most Beautiful People" in 2001. FX (shorter for Fox Extended Networks) is the name of a number of related subscription TV channels owned by News Corporations Fox Entertainment Group. ... Backchat was a half-hour television show on FX which ran through the mid 1990s right after the networks inception. ... VH1 (VH-1: Video Hits One until 1994) is an American cable television channel that was created in January 1985 by Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment, at the time a division of Warner Communications and owners of MTV. VH1 and sister channel MTV are currently part of the MTV Networks division... Rock & Roll Jeopardy! was a musical version of the classic quiz show Jeopardy! hosted by Access Hollywood reporter and future Survivor host Jeff Probst. ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... Access Hollywood logo used 2001-2005 Access Hollywood is a weekday television entertainment news program covering events and celebrities in the entertainment industry. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... Finders Fee is an American film. ... Animation refers to the process in which each frame of a film or movie is produced individually, whether generated as a computer graphic, or by photographing a drawn image, or by repeatedly making small changes to a model (see claymation and stop motion), and then photographing the result. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ...

Probst was born in Wichita, Kansas, but grew up primarily in Bellevue, Washington. After graduating Newport High School (Bellevue) in 1980, he attended Seattle Pacific University, and worked at Boeing Motion Picture/Television studio as a producer and narrator of marketing videos. Probst was divorced from his wife of five years, Shelley Wright, in 2001. In his spare time, Jeff is active in the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation. For other uses, see Wichita (disambiguation). ... Location of Bellevue within King County, Washington, and King County within Washington. ... Newport High School (NHS) is a public secondary school in Bellevue, WA. It serves students in grades 9-12 in the southern part of the Bellevue School District, including the neighborhoods of Factoria, Newport Shores, Newport Hills, Somerset, Eastgate, and Sunset. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The Boeing Company (NYSE: BA, TYO: 7661) is a major aerospace and defense corporation, originally founded by William Edward Boeing. ... For other uses see film (disambiguation) Film refers to the celluliod media on which movies are printed Film — also called movies, the cinema, the silver screen, moving pictures, photoplays, picture shows, flicks, or motion pictures, — is a field that encompasses motion pictures as an art form or as... The primary role of a television producer is to coordinate and control all aspects of production, ranging from show idea development and cast hiring to shoot supervision and fact-checking. ... The Narrator is the entity within a story that tells the story to the reader. ... For the magazine, see Marketing (magazine). ... Video is the technology of processing electronic signals representing moving pictures. ... Divorce or dissolution of marriage is the ending of a marriage before the death of either spouse. ... For other uses, see Wife (disambiguation). ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation was founded in 1988 by Elizabeth Glaser, Susan DeLaurentis, and Susie Zeegen, after Glaser and husband Paul Michael Glaser learned that Mrs. ...

In 2005, Jeff began dating a Survivor: Vanuatu contestant -- 26-year-old Julie Berry a former East Carolina University graduate who was an athletic scholarship softball player. Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Survivor: Vanuatu Islands of Fire is the ninth installment of the reality hit Survivor. ... East Carolina University is a public, coeducational, intensive research university located in Greenville, North Carolina, United States. ...

Probst was ordained as a minister by the Universal Life Church in 1999. He remarried his parents for their 40th wedding anniversary.^[1] Logo The Universal Life Church (or ULC) is a religious organization that offers anyone semi-immediate ordination as a ULC minister free of charge. ... This article is about the year. ... A wedding anniversary is an anniversary which falls on the month and day a particular wedding took place, and which recurs every subsequent year, except for those who were married on February 29th. ...

Probst keeps the snuffer that he uses to snuff the torches (when a contestant is voted out of the game and Probst says "The tribe has spoken. It's time for you to go.") as a souvenir after every season of Survivor. For other uses, see Souvenir (disambiguation). ...

References

1. ^ http://www.usaweekend.com/04_issues/040718/040718whosnews.html

External links

• Jeff Probst at the Internet Movie Database
• Jeff Probst at TV.com
• CBS.com profile