Chris Jacobs (born January 30, 1970) is a television host and personality. He is the host of Overhaulin' and the lead host for Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Auctions which both air on Velocity. He formerly hosted The Insider' and also worked as a correspondent for Entertainment Tonight. He now also works for NFL Network, and recently hosted the interactive portion of Chopper Live and Gold Rush Live both on Discovery Channel.
He attended New Trier High School in Winnetka, Illinois and then Cranbrook School in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan before moving to California in 1988 where he attended Whittier College, earning a bachelor's degree in English. He also attended and graduated from Western State University College of Law and was later admitted to the state bar of California in 1995. .
He has had small television roles in The X-Files, CSI, Touched by an Angel and Two and a Half Men.