Chris Hansen
Acting
1959-09-13 · Chicago, Illinois, USA
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.
Filmography(21)
tvDangerous Games: A Chris Hansen Investigation
as Host · 2026 · 0.0
moviePredators
as Self - Host, To Catch a Predator · 2025 · 6.2
tvTakedown with Chris Hansen
as · 2022 · 0.0
tvJesse Watters Primetime
as Self · 2022 · 1.0
tvOnision: In Real Life
as Himself · 2021 · 7.4
tvThe Boys
as Chris Hansen · 2019 · 8.5
movieA Self-Induced Hallucination
as Self (archive footage) · 2018 · 6.3
movieWhite Boy
as Self · 2017 · 7.0
tvHomicide for the Holidays
as Narrator (voice) · 2016 · 8.2
tvTrue Crime News
as Himself - Host · 2015 · 9.0
tvKiller Instinct with Chris Hansen
as Himself - Host · 2015 · 7.2
tvblack-ish
as Chris Hansen · 2014 · 7.1
tvZ Nation
as Inmate #3 · 2014 · 7.3
tv30 Rock
as Chris Hansen · 2006 · 7.5
tvTo Catch a Predator
as Self – Host · 2004 · 7.0
tvThe Daily Show
as Self · 1996 · 6.4
tvTouched by an Angel
as Speaker · 1994 · 7.2
tvLate Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest · 1993 · 7.3
tvThe Tonight Show with Jay Leno
as · 1992 · 5.4
tvThe Simpsons
as Chris Hansen (voice) · 1989 · 8.0
tvToday
as Self · 1952 · 5.7