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Jeffrey "Jeff" Sutphen (born October 15, 1976) is an American actor, producer, and game show host known primarily for his work with
Nickelodeon Nickelodeon (nicknamed Nick) is an American pay television channel and the flagship property of the Nickelodeon Group, a sub-division of the Paramount Media Networks division of Paramount Global. Launched on April 1, 1979, as the first ca ...
's ''
BrainSurge ''BrainSurge'' is an American children's game show that aired on Nickelodeon and was hosted by Jeff Sutphen. The show taped its first season in February 2009, and debuted on September 28, 2009. The show's format was adapted from the Japanese ga ...
'' from 2009 to 2011. From 2012 to 2013, he was the host of the show ''
Figure It Out ''Figure It Out'' is an American children's panel game show that aired on Nickelodeon. The original series, hosted by Summer Sanders, ran for four seasons from July 7, 1997, to December 12, 1999. The show was revived in 2012, with Jeff Sutph ...
''.


Personal life

Jeff graduated with a
Bachelor of Arts A Bachelor of Arts (abbreviated B.A., BA, A.B. or AB; from the Latin ', ', or ') is the holder of a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the liberal arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines. A Bachelor of Arts deg ...
degree in communications from
Marist College Marist University is a private university in Poughkeepsie (town), New York, Poughkeepsie, New York, United States. Marist was founded by the Marist Brothers, a Catholic Church, Catholic religious institute, in 1905 to prepare brothers for their ...
in
Poughkeepsie, New York Poughkeepsie ( ) is a city within the Poughkeepsie (town), New York, Town of Poughkeepsie, New York (state), New York. It is the county seat of Dutchess County, New York, Dutchess County, with a 2020 census population of 31,577. Poughkeepsie i ...
. He married his wife Stacy Sutphen on October 12, 2003. They live in Los Angeles and currently have one son and one daughter.


Career

Jeff began his career in entertainment working for
MTV MTV (an initialism of Music Television) is an American cable television television channel, channel and the flagship property of the MTV Entertainment Group sub-division of the Paramount Media Networks division of Paramount Global. Launched on ...
. After switching to Nickelodeon, Jeff worked as a producer for '' U-Pick Live'', a show where viewers would pick what programs the network would air and on which he also portrayed superhero Pick Boy. The show aired from 2002 through 2005. After serving as a producer for Nickelodeon's 2008 game show '' My Family's Got Guts'', Jeff went on to host the network's 2009 game show ''
BrainSurge ''BrainSurge'' is an American children's game show that aired on Nickelodeon and was hosted by Jeff Sutphen. The show taped its first season in February 2009, and debuted on September 28, 2009. The show's format was adapted from the Japanese ga ...
''. At the
2010 Kids' Choice Awards The 23rd Annual Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards was held on March 27, 2010, on the Nell and John Wooden Court of Pauley Pavilion, on the campus of UCLA in Los Angeles, California with Kevin James as host. With the launch of Nickelodeon Canada ...
, he and
Lily Collins Lily Jane Collins (born 18 March 1989) is an English and American actress. Born in Guildford and raised in Los Angeles, she began performing on screen at the age of two in the BBC sitcom ''Growing Pains''. In the late 2000s, she began acting a ...
hosted the pre-award show ''The Countdown to Kids’ Choice!'' telecast live in
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.Rihanna, Justin Bieber Among Performers At Kids Choice Awards
''Access Hollywood'', March 23, 2010.
He started hosting ''
101 Ways to Leave a Game Show ''101 Ways to Leave a Game Show'' is an American game show hosted by Jeff Sutphen. The series premiered on June 21, 2011, on ABC and ran for six episodes. On June 9, 2010, ABC gave a greenlight for a pilot episode. On March 17, 2011, it was ord ...
'' for
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in June 2011. On March 7, 2012 it was announced that Jeff would be the new host of the classic Nickelodeon game show ''
Figure It Out ''Figure It Out'' is an American children's panel game show that aired on Nickelodeon. The original series, hosted by Summer Sanders, ran for four seasons from July 7, 1997, to December 12, 1999. The show was revived in 2012, with Jeff Sutph ...
'' when it came back into production in April 2012. Jeff recently launched an internet-based talk show called ''The Garage Show with Jeff Sutphen''. Jeff invites guests to his garage where they talk about many different topics. On the second episode, former Nickelodeon game show hosts
Marc Summers Marc Summers (born Marc Berkowitz; November 11, 1951) is an American television personality, comedian, game show host, producer, and talk show host. He is best known for hosting '' Double Dare'' on Nickelodeon and '' Unwrapped'' on Food Network. ...
, Phil Moore and Kirk Fogg were guests. As of 2019, Jeff serves as a co-executive producer on ''
Ryan's Mystery Playdate ''Ryan's Mystery Playdate'' is an American children's television series created by Albie Hecht and produced by the company PocketWatch that aired on Nickelodeon from April 19, 2019 to April 16, 2023. The series is based on the Ryan's World You ...
''.


Filmography


Television


As a producer


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sutphen, Jeff 1976 births Living people American game show hosts Television producers from New York (state) American male television actors Nickelodeon people Marist College alumni People from Fulton County, New York