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Jeff Probst

  • Producer
  • Actor
  • Director
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Jeff Probst is the Emmy Award-winning host of Survivor (2000). He won the inaugural Emmy for Best Reality Show Host in 2008 and again in 2009. Probst also received an Emmy as Host/Producer of Survivor (2000) back in 2001.

He was also voted one of People Magazine's Most Beautiful People.

As a filmmaker, Probst wrote and directed the LionsGate released indie film, Finder's Fee (2001), starring Ryan Reynolds and Academy Award nominees James Earl Jones and Robert Forster.

Finder's Fee (2001) premiered at the 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 the "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 & Roll Jeopardy! (1998), hosted several programs for FX and traveled over 300,000 miles around the world as a correspondent for Access Hollywood (1996).

Prior to that, he hosted a variety of shows for KIRO-TV, the CBS affiliate in Seattle.

Probst hosts the "Howard Stern Celebrity Fan Roundtable" for Howard Stern on Sirius/XM radio.

Probst is a regular fill-in for Regis Philbin on Live with Kelly and Mark (1988) (aka "Live with Regis and Kelly").

In 2007, Probst founded The Serpentine Project a non-profit that empowers youth transitioning out of foster care to reach for their dreams by opening the door to possibilities.
BornNovember 4, 1961
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BornNovember 4, 1961
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  • Won 5 Primetime Emmys
    • 8 wins & 22 nominations total

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Jeff Probst in Brigitte Nielsen/Jeff Probst (2020)
Jeff Probst in Take 5 With Jeff Probst (2020)
Amber Mariano, Jeff Probst, Danni Boatwright, Yul Kwon, Tyson Apostol, Denise Stapley, Tony Vlachos, Jeremy Collins, Adam Klein, Ben Driebergen, and Wendell Holland in Survivor (2000)
Jeff Probst in Survivor (2000)
Jeff Probst, Aaron Meredith, Dean Kowalski, Karishma Patel, Missy Byrd, Tom Laidlaw, Vince Moua, Jamal Shipman, Elizabeth Beisel, Ronnie Bardah, and Chelsea Walker in Survivor (2000)
Jeff Probst in Survivor (2000)
Jeff Probst
Jeff Probst in Survivor (2000)
Jeff Probst and Aurora McCreary in Survivor (2000)
Jeff Probst and Rick Devens in Survivor (2000)
Jeff Probst in Survivor (2000)
Jeff Probst in Survivor (2000)

Known for

Survivor (2000)
Survivor
7.5
TV Series
  • Producer
Finder's Fee (2001)
Finder's Fee
6.2
  • Director
  • 2001
Kiss Me (2014)
Kiss Me
5.4
  • Producer
  • 2014
Neil Patrick Harris, Alyson Hannigan, Jason Segel, Josh Radnor, and Cobie Smulders in How I Met Your Mother (2005)
How I Met Your Mother
8.3
TV Series
  • Jeff Probst

Credits

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Producer

  • Survivor (2000)
    Survivor
    • executive producer
    • producer
    • TV Series
    • 2003–2022
  • Kiss Me (2014)
    Kiss Me
    • producer
    • 2014
  • Survivor: Blood vs Water Preview (2013)
    Survivor: Blood vs Water Preview
    • executive producer
    • TV Special
    • 2013
  • Survivor: Philippines Preview (2012)
    Survivor: Philippines Preview
    • executive producer
    • TV Special
    • 2012
  • Live for the Moment
    • executive producer
    • TV Movie
    • 2010
  • MLB vs. Survivor
    • producer
    • Short
    • 2007

Actor

  • Seth Green, Mila Kunis, Alex Borstein, and Seth MacFarlane in Family Guy (1999)
    Family Guy
    • Jeff Probst (voice)
    • TV Series
    • 2017
  • James Brolin, Dianne Wiest, Colin Hanks, Thomas Sadoski, Betsy Brandt, Zoe Lister-Jones, Dan Bakkedahl, Angelique Cabral, Holly J. Barrett, Giselle Eisenberg, and Niall Cunningham in Life in Pieces (2015)
    Life in Pieces
    • Jeff Probst
    • TV Series
    • 2016
  • The (206) (2013)
    The (206)
    • TV Series
    • 2014
  • Jon Cryer, Ashton Kutcher, Angus T. Jones, and Sergio Kato in Two and a Half Men (2003)
    Two and a Half Men
    • Jeff Probst
    • TV Series
    • 2013–2014
  • Wanda Sykes Presents Herlarious (2013)
    Wanda Sykes Presents Herlarious
    • Adventure Guy
    • TV Series
    • 2013
  • Neil Patrick Harris, Alyson Hannigan, Jason Segel, Josh Radnor, and Cobie Smulders in How I Met Your Mother (2005)
    How I Met Your Mother
    • Jeff Probst
    • TV Series
    • 2011
  • Withstand One Night (2011)
    Withstand One Night
    • Married Guy
    • Short
    • 2011
  • Amir K, Adam Ray, Piotr Michael, Chelsea Davison, Lyric Lewis, Jeremy D. Howard, Carlie Craig, and Michelle Ortiz in Mad TV (1995)
    Mad TV
    • Guest
    • TV Series
    • 2006
  • Orlando Brown, Tara Strong, Horatio Sanz, Kyle Sullivan, Danny Tamberelli, and Lauren Tom in Fillmore! (2002)
    Fillmore!
    • Vice Principal Raycliff (voice)
    • TV Series
    • 2002–2004
  • The A-List
    • Short
    • 2001
  • Face of a Stranger (1991)
    Face of a Stranger
    • Kevin Leeds
    • TV Movie
    • 1991

Director

  • Kiss Me (2014)
    Kiss Me
    • Director
    • 2014
  • Finder's Fee (2001)
    Finder's Fee
    • Director
    • 2001

Videos211

Jeff Probst Celebrates 20 Years of "Survivor" and Talks "Winners at War"
Clip 13:59
Jeff Probst Celebrates 20 Years of "Survivor" and Talks "Winners at War"
Jeff Probst Plays "Survivor" Speed Round
Clip 2:56
Jeff Probst Plays "Survivor" Speed Round
Top 10 "Survivor" Tribal Council Votes of All Time
Clip 2:40
Top 10 "Survivor" Tribal Council Votes of All Time
Survivor: Not Going Down Without A Fight
Trailer 1:28
Survivor: Not Going Down Without A Fight
Survivor: It's A 'Me' Game, Not A 'We' Game
Trailer 1:19
Survivor: It's A 'Me' Game, Not A 'We' Game
Survivor: Nows The Time To Start Scheming
Trailer 0:59
Survivor: Nows The Time To Start Scheming
Survivor: With Me Or Not With Me
Trailer 1:14
Survivor: With Me Or Not With Me
Survivor: Bts Challenges Gimme Three Steps
Trailer 1:15
Survivor: Bts Challenges Gimme Three Steps
Survivor: Bts Challenges 5X5
Trailer 1:36
Survivor: Bts Challenges 5X5
Survivor: Bts Challenge This Much
Trailer 0:54
Survivor: Bts Challenge This Much
Survivor: Lie, Cheat And Steal
Trailer 1:43
Survivor: Lie, Cheat And Steal
Survivor: Jeff Probst Assesses The Cast
Trailer 7:49
Survivor: Jeff Probst Assesses The Cast

Personal details

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  • Official site
    • Official Site
  • Height
    • 5′ 10″ (1.78 m)
  • Born
    • November 4, 1961
    • Wichita, Kansas, USA
  • Spouses
      Lisa Ann RussellDecember 5, 2011 - present
  • Parents
      Jerry Probst
  • Other works
    TV commercial for Marriott Fairfield Inn (2001)
  • Publicity listings
    • 3 Interviews
    • 3 Articles

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    Has taken the torch snuffer from every season of Survivor (2000) as a personal souvenir.
  • 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.
  • Trademark
      Always says to departing contestants on Survivor (2000) , "The tribe has spoken.Time for you to go".
  • Nicknames
    • The One Take Wonder
    • Host Probst
  • Salary
    • Survivor
      (2000)
      $150,000 /episode (2009-10)

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