Jeff Probst Biography (Courtesy Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

Jeffrey Lee Probst (born November 4, 1962) is a six-time Emmy Award-nominated 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 franchise. Probst won an Emmy award in 2001 for his work on the series.

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.

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 formerly 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.

As of 2005, Jeff is dating a Survivor: Vanuatu contestant, 26-year-old Julie Berry.

Probst was ordained as a minister by the Universal Life Church in 1999. He remarried his parents for their 40th wedding anniversary.

Probst keeps the snuffer that he uses to snuff the torches (at the moment that he says "The tribe has spoken. Its time for you to go," when a contestant is voted out of the game) as a souvenir after every season of Survivor.

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