Chris Jacobs (born January 30, 1970) is a television host and personality. He is the Host of

Long Lost Family (U.S. TV series) ''Long Lost Family'' is an American documentary television series based on the Dutch series ''Spoorloos'' created by broadcaster KRO-NCRV that premiered on March 6, 2016, on TLC. Presented by Chris Jacobs and Lisa Joyner, the show helps provid ...

on TLC and also the host of ''

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''. For several years, he was an on-air talent for the NFL Network, guest hosting several episodes of "NFL AM" as well as "Up to the Minute" updates. He formerly hosted '' The Insider'' and worked as a correspondent for ''

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''.

Biography

Career

Jacobs had moderate success with roles in television (like '' CSI: Crime Scene Investigation '') (''

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''), film (like '' 44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out'') and commercial projects for eight years before being tapped to co-host ''

'' in 2004. After the show went on hiatus in 2008, he co-presented '' The Insider'' with

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from 2009 to 2011. On March 5, 2011, it was announced that he had been named a correspondent for ''Entertainment Tonight''. He left ''ET'' in early 2013 after ''

'' returned for a sixth season on

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in the fall of 2012. From 2013, when Jacobs left ''Entertainment Tonight'', he became a weekend

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for the

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and has hosted several live events for Discovery networks, including ''Skywire Live'', ''Skyscraper Live'', ''Chopper Live'', ''Gold Rush Live'', and ''Klondike Live''. He began co-hosting Velocity's live broadcast of the Barrett-Jackson Auto Auctions in 2014. The final season of the series ''Overhaulin finished airing in November 2015. In June 2015, production began on '' Long Lost Family'', which debuted on TLC on March 6, 2016. Jacobs hosted the show along with

Lisa Joyner Lisa Marie Joyner (born December 31, 1966) is an American entertainment reporter and television host. Life and career Joyner has reported on celebrity news in the Los Angeles area for KTTV and KCBS-TV. She first gained national recognition for h ...

until its end in 2019. In January 2019, Jacobs became a spokesperson for wrench.com, a tech startup focusing on bringing mobile mechanics direct to the customer. In February 2022, Jacobs was announced as the newest member of the

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collector car auction's broadcast team on ''

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''.

Personal life

Jacobs was adopted at the age of 14 months. In 1993, at the age of 22 years, he was reunited with his birth mother, Mary Hagberg, through an adoption location service with the support of his adoptive parents. He attended

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and then Cranbrook School in

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before moving to

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in 1988 where he attended

Whittier College Whittier College is a Private university, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Whittier, California. It is a Hispanic-serving institution, Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) and, as of spring 2024, had 815 ...

, earning a

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in English. He also attended and graduated from Western State University College of Law and was later admitted to the

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of California in 1995, although he has been inactive since 1999.

References

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