Chris Hansen

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

All 21Movies 3TV 18

Dangerous Games: A Chris Hansen Investigation

Host

Predators

Self - Host, To Catch a Predator

Takedown with Chris Hansen

2022

Jesse Watters Primetime

Self

Onision: In Real Life

Himself

The Boys

Chris Hansen

A Self-Induced Hallucination

Self (archive footage)

White Boy

Self

Homicide for the Holidays

Narrator (voice)

True Crime News

Himself - Host

Killer Instinct with Chris Hansen

Himself - Host

black-ish

Chris Hansen

Z Nation

Inmate #3

30 Rock

Chris Hansen

To Catch a Predator

Self – Host

The Daily Show

Self

Touched by an Angel

Speaker

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Self - Guest

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

1992

The Simpsons

Chris Hansen (voice)

Today

Self