Name Chris Jacobs Role Television host | ||
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Movies and TV shows Overhaulin', Nick of Time, Wild Roomies, Rowing Through, The Party Crashers Similar People Jessi Combs, Chip Foose, Bud Brutsman, Arianny Celeste, Oliver Robins Profiles | ||
Interview with tlc s long lost family hosts chris jacobs lisa joyner
Chris Jacobs (born January 30, 1970) is a television host and personality. He is the host of Overhaulin' and the lead host for Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Auctions, which both air on Velocity, and is a weekend presenter on the NFL Network. He formerly hosted The Insider and worked as a correspondent for Entertainment Tonight.
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- Interview with tlc s long lost family hosts chris jacobs lisa joyner
- Chris jacobs adoption story long lost family
- Career
- Personal life
- References
Chris jacobs adoption story long lost family
Career
Jacobs had moderate success with roles in television, film, and commercial projects for eight years before being tapped to co-host Overhaulin' in 2004. After the show went on hiatus in 2008, he co-presented The Insider with Lara Spencer from 2009-11.
On March 5, 2011, it was announced that he had been named a correspondent for Entertainment Tonight. He left ET in early 2013 after Overhaulin' returned for a sixth season on Velocity in the fall of 2012.
From 2013, when Jacobs left Entertainment Tonight, he became a weekend presenter for the NFL Network 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 hosts the show along with Lisa Joyner.
Personal life
Jacobs attended New Trier High School in Winnetka, Illinois and then Cranbrook School in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan before moving to California in 1988 where he attended Whittier College, earning a bachelor's degree in English. He also attended and graduated from Western State University College of Law and was later admitted to the state bar of California in 1995, although he has been inactive since 1999.
He proposed to his girlfriend Ivy Teves on August 10, 2016 at Wrigley Field after throwing out the first pitch at a Chicago Cubs-Los Angeles Angels game.