Jeff Probst
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Jeffrey Lee Probst (born November 4, 1962) is a six-time Emmy Award-nominated American television personality, a popular one-time game show host, executive producer and a reporter from Wichita, Kansas, best known for his role, since the year 2000, as the host of the successful U.S. version of the Survivor reality show franchise. Probst won an Emmy award in 2001 for his work on the series.
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In addition to Survivor, Probst previously hosted the FX network's original half-hour show dedicated to answering viewer letters, Backchat. He went on to serve as host of the VH1 series Rock & Roll Jeopardy! (a pop music twist of the original Jeopardy!) 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 spouse 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.[1]
Probst keeps the snuffer that he uses to snuff the torches as a souvenir after every season of Survivor.
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| Survivor |
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| Seasons |
| Borneo (2000) · Australia (2001) · Africa (2001) · Marquesas (2002) Thailand (2002) · Amazon (2003) · Pearl Islands (2003) · All-Stars (2004) Vanuatu (2004) · Palau (2005) · Guatemala (2005) · Panama (2006) Cook Islands (2006) · Fiji (2007) · Survivor 15 (TBA) |
| Related articles |
| Jeff Probst · America's Tribal Council · Survivor Live Statistics and trivia · Survivor Car Curse · Survivor: The Ride! · Survivors Strike Back |
