Jeff Probst (born November 4, 1961) is an American reality show host
and an executive producer. He is best known as the Emmy Award-winning
host of the U.S. version of the reality television show Survivor. He
was also the host of The Jeff Probst Show, a syndicated daytime talk
show produced by CBS Television Distribution from September 2012 to
May 2013.Probst was born at the Wesley Medical Center in Wichita,
Kansas, to Jerry and Barbara Probst, and grew up primarily in
Bellevue, Washington. After graduating from Newport High School in
1979, he attended Seattle Pacific University and worked at Boeing
Motion Picture/Television studio as a producer and narrator of
marketing videos.In addition to Survivor, Probst once hosted FX's
original half-hour show dedicated to answering viewer letters,
Backchat, along with Sound FX, a music series featuring Orlando Jones
(1996). Probst also hosted the VH1 series Rock & Roll Jeopardy! from
1998 to 2001, and was a correspondent for the syndicated program
Access Hollywood. He also wrote and directed the Lionsgate released
film, Finder's Fee. People magazine named Probst one of the "50 Most
Beautiful People" in 2001. He often contributes to Jeopardy! by giving
Survivor related clues from the show's venues, has twice appeared on
Celebrity Jeopardy!, first in 2001 and again in 2003, and made several
cameo appearances during the April 1, 2010 episode.
and an executive producer. He is best known as the Emmy Award-winning
host of the U.S. version of the reality television show Survivor. He
was also the host of The Jeff Probst Show, a syndicated daytime talk
show produced by CBS Television Distribution from September 2012 to
May 2013.Probst was born at the Wesley Medical Center in Wichita,
Kansas, to Jerry and Barbara Probst, and grew up primarily in
Bellevue, Washington. After graduating from Newport High School in
1979, he attended Seattle Pacific University and worked at Boeing
Motion Picture/Television studio as a producer and narrator of
marketing videos.In addition to Survivor, Probst once hosted FX's
original half-hour show dedicated to answering viewer letters,
Backchat, along with Sound FX, a music series featuring Orlando Jones
(1996). Probst also hosted the VH1 series Rock & Roll Jeopardy! from
1998 to 2001, and was a correspondent for the syndicated program
Access Hollywood. He also wrote and directed the Lionsgate released
film, Finder's Fee. People magazine named Probst one of the "50 Most
Beautiful People" in 2001. He often contributes to Jeopardy! by giving
Survivor related clues from the show's venues, has twice appeared on
Celebrity Jeopardy!, first in 2001 and again in 2003, and made several
cameo appearances during the April 1, 2010 episode.
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