John David "JD" Roberto (born October 23, 1969) is an American television personality, writer, host, and producer.

Biography

Born in

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, Roberto went to the NYU's Tisch School of the Arts where he graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Acting. He also attended the

University of British Columbia The University of British Columbia (UBC) is a Public university, public research university with campuses near University of British Columbia Vancouver, Vancouver and University of British Columbia Okanagan, Kelowna, in British Columbia, Canada ...

, where he received a Master of Fine Arts degree in Writing for Stage and Screen.

Television show hosting

Roberto is host of ''Battle of the Ages'', a family-oriented game show airing on ''BYUtv''. He is also currently the Executive Producer, writer, and host of '' Daily Burn'' 365, a live, daily fitness program for which he was nominated for a ''

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''. Prior to DB365, Roberto was the host of ''

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'', a syndicated morning talk show for which he was nominated for a ''

'' as host of the show. Roberto hosted the prime-time reality TV shows ''How to Get the Guy'' and ''

Are You Hot? ''Are You Hot?: The Search for America's Sexiest People'' is an American reality television series that premiered February 13, 2003 on ABC. A panel of judges including Lorenzo Lamas, Rachel Hunter, and Randolph Duke evaluated contestants on ...

'' (ABC), the relationship show ''

Outback Jack ''Outback Jack'' is a 2004 American reality television series filmed in the Outback of Australia. It was produced by Nash Entertainment. It starred Vadim Dale, a 6-foot-tall former underwear model, as ''Outback Jack'', and started with twelve ...

'' (TBS), ''The Alaskan Adventure Challenge'' (Discovery Channel), the adventure travel show ''Shark Chasers'' (Travel Channel) '' American Idol Extra'', the finale of '' The Search for the Next Elvira'' and ''

Reality Remix ''Reality Remix'' is a daily, half-hour American television show that recaps events in the world of reality television. It was one of the original shows on the Fox Reality Channel. ''Reality Remix'' was hosted by former MTV veejay Lisa Kennedy Mon ...

'' (Fox Reality Channel). He has also been a recurring guest host of '' E! News Live''. His game show hosting credits include two seasons of ''

Shop 'til You Drop ''Shop 'til You Drop'' is an American game show that was on the air intermittently between 1991 and 2005. Four different series were produced during that time, with the first premiering on Lifetime (TV network), Lifetime on July 8, 1991, and the ...

'' from 2003 to 2005 (succeeding Pat Finn), '' You Lie Like a Dog'', (Animal Planet), ''Food Fight'' (Food Network), ''Cut to the Chase'' (TBS) and the Florida State Lottery game show, ''Flamingo Fortune''. He is one of the hosts of ''

The Price Is Right Live! ''The Price Is Right LIVE!'' is a staged production show based on the television game show ''The Price Is Right''. The live stage shows were originally held at Caesars Entertainment casinos, as well as the Foxwoods Resort & Casino in Connectic ...

'', a live version of the long-running TV game show presented at the Bally's Casino in Las Vegas. He was a guest announcer on the actual show itself for its 39th season, which premiered September 20, 2010, shortly after previous announcer

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left the show (who was eventually replaced by George Gray). Roberto is also the announcer of

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's ''

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''. Since September 2015, Roberto has been the host of the online streaming fitness workout show

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365 for which he was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award in 2017.

Acting

As an actor, Roberto has appeared on ''

All My Children ''All My Children'' (often shortened to ''AMC'') is an American television soap opera that aired on American Broadcasting Company, ABC from January 5, 1970, to September 23, 2011, and on The Online Network (TOLN) from April 29 to September 2, 2 ...

'' (ABC), ''

Passions ''Passions'' is an American television soap opera that originally aired on NBC from July 5, 1999, to September 7, 2007, and on DirecTV's The 101 Network from September 17, 2007, to August 7, 2008. Created by screenwriter James E. Reilly and ...

'' (NBC), ''

General Hospital ''General Hospital'' (often abbreviated as ''GH'') is an American daytime television soap opera created by Frank and Doris Hursley which has been broadcast on American Broadcasting Company, ABC since April 1, 1963. Originally a half-hour seria ...

'' (ABC), ''

The New Adventures of Robin Hood ''The New Adventures of Robin Hood'' is an action adventure television series that premiered on January 13, 1997, on TNT. The show was based on the legend of Robin Hood, the English folk hero, and was filmed in Vilnius, Lithuania. It was produc ...

'' (NBC) and the sitcoms ''

Frasier ''Frasier'' () is an American television sitcom that was broadcast on NBC for 11 seasons from September 16, 1993, to May 13, 2004. The program was created and produced by David Angell, Peter Casey (screenwriter), Peter Casey, and David Lee (scr ...

''(NBC), ''

Family Matters ''Family Matters'' is an American television sitcom that originally aired on ABC for eight seasons from September 22, 1989, to May 9, 1997, then moved to CBS for its ninth and final season from September 19, 1997, to July 17, 1998. A spin-of ...

'' (ABC) and '' Step by Step'', (ABC). Film appearances include '''Til Night, Strippers'', the short film ''Moment of Silence'' and ''Nautilus'' with Richard Norton Stage credits in New York and Los Angeles include performances at Theatre for the New City, Soho Rep, PS 122 and the title role in of

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Picasso at the Lapin Agile ''Picasso at the Lapin Agile'' is a full-length play written by American actor, comedian, writer, producer, and musician Steve Martin in 1993. Description The play features the characters of Albert Einstein and Pablo Picasso, who meet at a ba ...

at the

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Stunt performances

He was a stunt performer in such feature films as ''

Flicka ''Flicka'' is a 2006 American family adventure drama film loosely based on the 1941 children's novel '' My Friend Flicka'' by Mary O'Hara. The film is directed by Michael Mayer and written by Mark Rosenthal and Lawrence Konner. The novel had ...

'', ''

Charlie's Angels ''Charlie's Angels'' is an American crime drama television series created by Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts for ABC. It originally aired from September 22, 1976, to June 24, 1981, airing for five seasons consisting of 115 episodes. It was produ ...

'', ''

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'', ''

Galaxy Quest ''Galaxy Quest'' is a 1999 American satirical science fiction comedy film directed by Dean Parisot and written by David Howard and Robert Gordon. It stars Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman, Tony Shalhoub, Sam Rockwell, and Daryl Mit ...

'', ''

The Mask of Zorro ''The Mask of Zorro'' is a 1998 American Western swashbuckler film based on the fictional character Zorro by Johnston McCulley. Directed by Martin Campbell from a screenplay by John Eskow, Ted Elliott, and Terry Rossio, it stars Anto ...

'' ''

The Amazing Spider-Man ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' is an ongoing American superhero American comic book, comic book series featuring the Marvel Comics superhero Spider-Man as its title character and main protagonist. Being in the Earth 616, mainstream continuity of t ...

'', ''

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 ''The Amazing Spider-Man 2'' (internationally titled ''The Amazing Spider-Man 2: Rise of Electro'') is a 2014 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Spider-Man. Produced by Columbia Pictures in association with Marvel En ...

'' and in the web series ''

The Bannen Way ''The Bannen Way'' is an American crime drama web series starring Mark Gantt as Neal Bannen, a third generation criminal who wants to get out of the con man lifestyle he's been living. The show officially premiered on Crackle on January 6, 2010, ...

''. Roberto received a ''

SAG Award Screen Actors Guild Awards (also known as SAG Awards) are accolades given by the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA). The award was founded in 1995 to recognize outstanding performances in movie an ...

'' nomination for '' Best Stunt Ensemble'' as part of the stunt team on ''

''.

Writer

Roberto is the author of The Hands on Dad blog and has written for The Huffington Post, The Bump, Parents Magazine, and LA Parent Magazine. Roberto's travel writing has been featured on the ''

World Hum World Hum is an online travel magazine. Founded in 2001 by Jim Benning and Michael Yessis, Worldhum.com was acquired in May 2007, by Travel Channel Travel Channel (stylized as Trvl Channel since 2018) is an American pay television television ...

''. He has been a contributing writer to the

Los Angeles Times The ''Los Angeles Times'' is an American Newspaper#Daily, daily newspaper that began publishing in Los Angeles, California, in 1881. Based in the Greater Los Angeles city of El Segundo, California, El Segundo since 2018, it is the List of new ...

in the field of love and relationships. His writing has also appeared on the Imperfect Parent web site. In 2011, Roberto's screenplay ''Heavy Water'' was named a Top 10 Finalist in the American Zoetrope Screenwriting Competition.

References

External links

Official jdroberto.com website
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