Chris Hansen Biography
Chris Hansen is a YouTube personality and television journalist from the United States. He is best known for his work on Dateline NBC, specifically the former segment To Catch a Predator, which focused on catching potential Internet sex predators through a sting operation.
Chris Hansen Age
Hansen was born Christopher Edward Hansen on September 13, 1959, in Chicago, Illinois, United States of America. He is 63 years old as of 2022.
Chris Hansen Education
In 1977, he graduated from Brother Rice High School, a Roman Catholic all-boys school in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. He later transferred to Michigan State University from the University of Michigan, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in communication arts and sciences from the College of Communication Arts and Sciences in 1981.
Chris Hansen Height
He stands at a height of 6’2″ (188 cm), tall.
Chris Hansen’s Wife- Children
Hanson is currently married to Gabrielle Gagnon since November 13, 2021. The family resided in Stamford, Connecticut. Hansen was previously, married to Mary Joan and has two sons. It was reported that in June 2018, Mary Joan filed for divorce after nearly 30 years of marriage.
Chris Hansen NBC
Hansen joined NBC News in May 1993 as a correspondent for the short-lived news magazine Now with Tom Brokaw and Katie Couric. He is best known for his work on Dateline NBC, specifically the former segment To Catch a Predator, which focused on catching potential Internet sex predators through a sting operation. He also hosts the Investigation Discovery show Killer Instinct, which documents homicide investigations. In September 2016, he was named the new host of the syndicated show Crime Watch Daily’s second season.
Chris Hansen Career
Hansen’s first job was at WILX (Channel 10), an NBC-affiliated television station, where he worked full-time after graduating. He witnessed the riot at Michigan State Prison as a young reporter and was the only reporter allowed to interview inmates for a story that aired on CNN and NBC. He stayed in Lansing for about a year before moving to Tampa, Florida, where he worked for WFLA-TV, another NBC affiliate, for a few years beginning in the spring of 1982. He also worked for local radio stations and newspapers in Michigan and was a reporter for WXYZ-TV (Channel 7), Detroit’s ABC station.
He began working as an investigative reporter and anchor for WDIV-TV, an NBC affiliate in Detroit, Michigan, in 1988. In May 1993, he began his long career with NBC News as a correspondent for ‘Now with Tom Brokaw and Katie Couric,’ the network’s short-lived news magazine. Beginning in 1997, he began working as a correspondent on various segments of NBC’s ‘Dateline,’ and found himself “standing in the middle of” the Oklahoma City bombing scene. He was later assigned to cover the Columbine High School massacre, the Oklahoma City bombing, the Unabomber, and the TWA Flight 800 disaster as an investigative journalist. He oversaw the network’s coverage of the 9/11 attacks, and he exposed arms dealers with ties to Osama Bin Laden.
Hansen released ‘To Catch a Predator: Protecting Your Kids from Online Enemies Already in Your Home’ in March 2007 and hosted ‘To Catch a Con Man’ and ‘To Catch an ID Thief’ in July 2007. NBC canceled ‘TCAP’ in response to a lawsuit filed by the sister of Louis Conradt, a suspected pedophile who committed suicide as the NBC team, accompanied by police, attempted to enter his home following a sting operation. He continued to appear on ‘Dateline’ in the years that followed, but his screen time decreased significantly as the show’s focus shifted from breaking news to murder mysteries and true crime.
In August 2016, he was roped in as the new host of the syndicated news program ‘Crime Watch Daily’ on its second season, which included ‘Hansen vs. Predator’ as a new segment. He also hosted the third season of the show, which was canceled in June 2018. Since 2019, he has hosted his new YouTube series, ‘Have a Seat with Chris Hansen,’ as well as a weekly podcast featuring interviews and discussions with special guests. His first attempt to interview YouTuber Onision resulted in a lawsuit that was later dismissed, so he looked into Dahvie Vanity, the lead singer of Blood on the Dance Floor.
Chris Hansen’s Net Worth
Hansen has an estimated net worth of 4 million dollars as of 2022.
