Chris Hansen
Born: 1959-09-13 in Chicago, Illinois, USA
Known For: Acting
Biography
Christopher Edward Hansen is an American television presenter, journalist, and YouTube personality. During his tenure as a correspondent for Dateline NBC, he hosted the program's segment To Catch a Predator (2004–2007), which revolved around catching potential Internet predators using a sting operation. When the segment's three-year run concluded, Hansen continued to host shows on other networks with a similar format. After parting ways with NBC in 2013, he began hosting Killer Instinct on Investigation Discovery in 2015, a short-lived series that documented homicide investigations. That same year, he replaced Matt Doran as the host of the syndicated series Crime Watch Daily, which he hosted for two seasons and had his own segment similar to his Dateline feature, Hansen vs. Predator. He co-founded the true crime–oriented streaming service TruBlu in 2020, for which he produced and starred in the web series Takedown with Chris Hansen. Hansen has earned several accolades, including ten Emmy Awards, five Edward R. Murrow Awards, three Clarion awards, the National Press Club award, and awards for excellence from the Associated Press and United Press International. Hansen and numerous subjects of his investigations have garnered online cult followings, and Hansen is considered a progenitor in content centered around sting operations.
Filmography
2026
- Dangerous Games: A Chris Hansen Investigation as Host
- The Sick Mind of EDP445 as Self
2025
- Predators as Self - Host, To Catch a Predator
2022
2021
- Onision: In Real Life as Himself
2019
- The Boys as Chris Hansen
2018
- A Self-Induced Hallucination as Self (archive footage)
2017
- White Boy as Self
2016
- Homicide for the Holidays as Narrator (voice)
2015
- Killer Instinct with Chris Hansen as Himself - Host
- True Crime News as Himself - Host
2013
- Are All Men Pedophiles? as Self (archive footage)
2006
- 30 Rock as Chris Hansen
2004
- To Catch a Predator as Self - Host
1996
- The Daily Show as Self
1994
- Touched by an Angel as Speaker
1993
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
1989
- The Simpsons as Chris Hansen (voice)
1952
- Today as Self