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Date of Birth

4 November 1962, Wichita, Kansas, USA

Birth Name

Jeffrey Lee Probst

Nickname

The One Take Wonder

Height

5' 9" (1.75 m)

Mini Biography

Jeff Probst is the host of "Survivor", for which he won an Emmy in 2001. He was also voted one of People Magazine's Most Beautiful that year. He was nominated at Teen Choice Awards for Favorite Reality Host. Wrote and Directed the LionsGate released indie film, "Finder's Fee" starring Academy Award nominess James Earl Jones and Robert Forster, along with Matthew Lillard, Ryan Reynolds, Erik Palladino, Dash Mihoc and Carly Pope.

Finder's Fee premiered at Seattle International Film Festival where it won 'Best Picture' and a 'Best Director' award for Probst. Other awards: 'Best Screenplay' at Method Fest. 'Breakout Director' at Sonoma Film Fest. Probst was also selected as one of 2001's "Ten Directors in the World to Watch" in a series presented by the American Cinematheque showcasing innovative and exciting new directors from around the world.

Probst previously served as host of VH1's "Rock and Roll Jeopardy," and was also the voice of "Raycliff" in the animated television show "Filmore." He also hosted several programs for FX and traveled over 300,000 miles around the world as a correspondent for "Access Hollywood." Prior to that, he hosted a variety of shows for KIRO-TV, the CBS affiliate in Seattle. He is the Collegiate Spokesperson for the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric Aids Foundation.

IMDb Mini Biography By: Publicist

Spouse

Shelley Wright

(1996 - 2001) (divorced)

Trade Mark

Always says to departing contestants on Survivor "The tribe has spoken. Time for you to go."

Trivia

Grew up mostly in Seattle, and attended Seattle Pacific University.

Used to work at Boeing, where he produced and narrated sales and marketing videos.

Named one of the 50 Most Beautiful People by People Magazine. [2001]

On the Survivor: All Stars Reunion show, he offered to marry both Rob Mariano and Amber Brkich, claiming he was an ordained minister. Probst got himself ordained in 1999 so that he could preside at his parents 40th anniversary remarriage. He was ordained by the Universal Life Church of Modesto, California. He paid $25.00 for his ordination papers.

Has taken the torch snuffer from every season of Survivor as a personal souvenir.

Personal Quotes

Right off the bat, we send all the castaways on an 11-mile trek through the jungle. It starts one minute into show and finishes the next day. People are getting sick and everything. You'll see.

I'm not one of these guys who says 'Now I'm on a really hot show. Better quit soon before I get labeled.' That's the most ridiculous notion I'd ever heard.

(On having been associated with "Survivor" (2000)]: In the grand scheme of things, professionally it's given me huge awareness with the industry and the public, which only translates into a longer career and more money if you don't screw it up.

[On injuries sustained during the filming of "Survivor" (2000)]: [During] Survivor: Borneo, I was stung in the nether regions by a jellyfish. During Survivor: Australia I peed on an electric fence and it sent a shock back to the point of origin. I also got stung by a scorpion. He crawled right up my boot and planted one on my Achilles' heel.

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