John David "JD" Roberto (born October 23, 1969) is an American television personality, writer, host, and producer.

Biography

Born in

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, Roberto went to the NYU's Tisch School of the Arts where he graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Acting. He also attended the University of British Columbia, where he received a Master of Fine Arts degree in Writing for Stage and Screen.

Television show hosting

Roberto is host of ''Battle of the Ages'', a family-oriented game show airing on ''BYUtv''. He is also currently the host of '' Daily Burn'' 365, a live, daily fitness program for which he was nominated for a ''

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'' as host and Executive Producer. Prior to DB365, Roberto was the host of '' Better'', a syndicated morning talk show for which he was nominated for a ''

'' as host of the show. Roberto hosted the prime time reality TV shows ''How To Get The Guy'' and ''

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'' (ABC), the relationship show ''

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'' (TBS), ''The Alaskan Adventure Challenge'' (Discovery Channel), the adventure travel show ''Shark Chasers'' (Travel Channel) '' American Idol Extra'', the finale of ''

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'' and '' Reality Remix'' (Fox Reality Channel). He has also been a recurring guest host of ''

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''. His game show hosting credits include two seasons of ''

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'' from 2003 to 2005 (succeeding Pat Finn), '' You Lie Like a Dog'', (Animal Planet), ''Food Fight'' (Food Network), ''Cut To The Chase'' (TBS) and the Florida State Lottery game show, ''Flamingo Fortune''. He is one of the hosts of ''

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'', a live version of the long-running TV game show presented at the

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in Las Vegas. He was a guest announcer on the actual show itself for its 39th season, which premiered September 20, 2010, shortly after previous announcer

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left the show. Roberto is also the announcer of Game Show Network's ''

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''. Since September 2015, Roberto has been the host of the online streaming fitness workout show

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365 for which he was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award in 2017.

Acting

As an actor, Roberto has appeared on '' All My Children'' (ABC), ''

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'' (NBC), '' General Hospital'' (ABC), ''

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'' (NBC) and the sitcoms ''

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''(NBC), ''

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'' (ABC) and '' Step by Step'', (ABC). Film appearances include '''Til Night, Strippers'', the short film ''Moment of Silence'' and ''Nautilus'' with Richard Norton Stage credits in New York and Los Angeles include performances at Theatre for the New City, Soho Rep, PS 122 and the title role in of

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at the

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Stunt performances

He was a stunt performer in such feature films as ''

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'', '' Charlie's Angels'', ''

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'', ''

Galaxy Quest ''Galaxy Quest'' is a 1999 American science fiction comedy film directed by Dean Parisot and written by David Howard and Robert Gordon. A parody of and homage to science-fiction films and series, especially ''Star Trek'' and its fandom, the ...

'', ''

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'' ''

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'', ''

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'' and in the web series ''

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''. Roberto received a ''

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'' nomination for '' Best Stunt Ensemble'' as part of the stunt team on ''

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''.

Writer

Roberto is the author of The Hands On Dad blog and has written for The Huffington Post, The Bump, Parents Magazine, and LA Parent Magazine. Roberto's travel writing has been featured on the '' World Hum''. He has been a contributing writer to the

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in the field of love and relationships. His writing has also appeared on the Imperfect Parent web site. In 2011, Roberto's screenplay ''Heavy Water'' was named a Top 10 Finalist in the American Zoetrope Screenwriting Competition.

References

External links

Official jdroberto.com website
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