Chris Hansen
| Chris Hansen | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Christopher Edward Hansen September 13, 1959 Chicago, Illinois, United States |
| Alma mater | Michigan State University |
| Occupation | Television personality News reporter |
| Years active | 1981–present |
| Known for |
To Catch a Predator Dateline NBC Killer Instinct Crime Watch Daily |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Joan Hansen (2 children) |
Christopher Edward "Chris" Hansen (born September 13, 1959) is an American television journalist. He is known for his work on Dateline NBC, in particular the former segment To Catch a Predator, which revolved around catching potential Internet sex predators using a sting operation. His also hosts Killer Instinct on Investigation Discovery, which documents homicide investigations. He is also the new host of the syndicated show Crime Watch Daily.
Hansen was born in Chicago, Illinois and grew up in the northern Detroit suburbs of West Bloomfield and Birmingham. In an interview with the Lansing City Pulse, Hansen has said that watching the FBI and police investigate the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa when he was fourteen inspired him to want to become a journalist. He graduated from Michigan State University College of Communication Arts and Sciences in 1981 with a bachelor's degree in telecommunications.
In 2013, Hansen was fired by NBC after he was caught cheating on his wife by a hidden camera; the termination was in accordance with a contractual morals clause. His affair came to light after a story was published by Radar Magazine, which documented his affair with a local news reporter 20 years his junior.
He is married to Mary Joan Hansen; the couple has two sons. The family resides in Connecticut.
Hansen attended Brother Rice High School in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. He became a reporter for Lansing NBC affiliate WILX in 1981 during his senior year at Michigan State University. He then reported for WFLA in Tampa, various radio stations and newspapers in Michigan, WXYZ in Detroit, and WDIV as an investigative reporter and anchor from 1988. In May 1993, Hansen joined NBC News as a correspondent for the news magazine Now with Tom Brokaw and Katie Couric. Hansen left NBC in 2013.
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