Chris Jacobs (born January 30, 1970) is a television host and personality. He is the Host of "Long Lost Family" on TLC and also the host of ''

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'' and

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Collector Car Auctions, which both air on Velocity. For several years, he was an on-air talent for the NFL Network, guest hosting several episodes of "NFL AM" as well as "Up to the Minute" updates. He formerly hosted '' The Insider'' and worked as a correspondent for '' Entertainment Tonight''.

Biography

Career

Jacobs had moderate success with roles in television (like ''

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''), film (like '' 44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out'') and commercial projects for eight years before being tapped to co-host ''

'' in 2004. After the show went on hiatus in 2008, he co-presented '' The Insider'' with

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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 ''

'' returned for a sixth season on

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in the fall of 2012. From 2013, when Jacobs left ''Entertainment Tonight'', he became a weekend

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for the

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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

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. In January 2019, Jacobs became a spokesperson fo
Wrench.com
a tech startup focusing on bring mobile mechanics direct to the customer. In February 2022, Jacobs was announced as the newest member of the

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collector car auction's broadcast team on ''

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''.

Personal life

Jacobs was adopted at the age of 14 months. In 1993, at the age of 22 years, he was reunited with his birth mother, Mary Hagberg, through an adoption location service with the support of his adoptive parents. He attended New Trier High School in

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and then Cranbrook School in

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before moving to

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in 1988 where he attended

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, earning a

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in English. He also attended and graduated from Western State University College of Law and was later admitted to the

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of California in 1995, although he has been inactive since 1999.

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