Chris Hansen
Birthday:
26 March 1959, Lansing, Michigan, USA
Birth Name:
Christopher Edward Hansen
Height:
188 cm
Chris Hansen was born on March 26, 1959 in Lansing, Michigan, USA as Christopher Edward Hansen. He is an actor, known for Crime Watch Daily (2015), To Catch a Predator (2004) and Dateline NBC (1992). He has been married to Mary Joan Gleich since November 18, 1989. They have two children.
Why don't you take a seat over there?
Why don't you take a seat over there?
I am Chris Hansen with Dateline NBC, and we are doing a story on adults meeting young teens online for sex.
I am Chris Hansen with Dateline NBC, and we are doing a story on adults meeting young teens online for sex.
[on his inspiration for going into journalism]When I was 14 years old, Jimmy Hoffa was kidnapped from a restaurant, the Red Fox, that was ab...Show more »
[on his inspiration for going into journalism]When I was 14 years old, Jimmy Hoffa was kidnapped from a restaurant, the Red Fox, that was about 1 and 1/2 miles up the street from where I lived. I used to ride my bike up there and the FBI was up there and it was a crime scene and there were local police and local news reporters; I got bit by the bug watching that. Show less «
[on how the concept of To Catch a Predator originated]It was my idea. I was on the phone talking to a friend of mine who was a reporter in D...Show more »
[on how the concept of To Catch a Predator originated]It was my idea. I was on the phone talking to a friend of mine who was a reporter in Detroit, Kevin Dietz. He was telling me about this online watchdog group called Perverted Justice and I was thinking, 'Wow, if we could combine their ability to work as decoys in chat rooms and our ability to wire a house with hidden cameras and microphones, it could be pretty compelling.' A lot of other smart people weighed in and figured out ways to improve the concept and we went out and shot the first one in Long Island. Show less «
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