Jeffrey "Jeff" Sutphen (born October 15, 1977) is an American actor, producer,

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and

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host known primarily for his work with

Nickelodeon Nickelodeon (often shortened to Nick) is an American pay television television channel, channel which launched on April 1, 1979, as the first cable channel for children. It is run by Paramount Global through its List of assets owned by Param ...

's ''

BrainSurge ''BrainSurge'' is an American children's game show that aired on Nickelodeon and was hosted by Jeff Sutphen. The show taped its first season in February 2009, and debuted on September 28, 2009. The show's format was adapted from the Japanese gam ...

'' from 2009 to 2011. From 2012 to 2013, he was the host of the show '' Figure It Out''. He also has his own YouTube channel.

Personal life

Sutphen graduated with a

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degree in communications from

Marist College Marist College is a private university in Poughkeepsie, New York. Founded in 1905, Marist was formed by the Marist Brothers, a Catholic religious institute, to prepare brothers for their vocations as educators. In 2003, it became a secular in ...

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. He married his wife Stacy Sutphen on October 12, 2003. They live in Los Angeles and currently have one son and one daughter.

Career

Sutphen began his career in entertainment working for

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. After switching to Nickelodeon, Sutphen worked as a producer for ''

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'', a show where viewers would pick what programs the network would air and on which he also portrayed superhero Pick Boy. The show aired from 2002 through 2005. After serving as a producer for Nickelodeon's 2008 game show ''

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'', Sutphen went on to host the network's 2009 game show ''

''. At the

2010 Kids' Choice Awards The 23rd Annual Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards was held on March 27, 2010, on the Nell and John Wooden Court of Pauley Pavilion, on the campus of UCLA in Los Angeles, California with Kevin James as host. With the launch of Nickelodeon Canada ...

, he and

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hosted the pre-award show ''The Countdown to Kids’ Choice!'' telecast live in

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.Rihanna, Justin Bieber Among Performers At Kids Choice Awards
''Access Hollywood'', March 23, 2010. He started hosting ''

101 Ways to Leave a Game Show ''101 Ways to Leave a Game Show'' is an American game show hosted by Jeff Sutphen. The series premiered on June 21, 2011, on American Broadcasting Company, ABC and ran for six episodes. On June 9, 2010, ABC gave a greenlight for a pilot episode. ...

'' for

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in June 2011. On March 7, 2012 it was announced that Sutphen would be the new host of the classic Nickelodeon game show '' Figure It Out'' when it came back into production in April 2012. Sutphen recently launched an internet-based talk show called ''The Garage Show with Jeff Sutphen''. Sutphen invites guests to his garage where they talk about many different topics. On the second episode, former Nickelodeon game show hosts

Marc Summers Marc Summers (born Marc Berkowitz; November 11, 1951) is an American television personality, comedian, game show host, producer, and talk show host. He is best known for hosting '' Double Dare'' for Nickelodeon, and ''Unwrapped'' for Food Networ ...

, Phil Moore and Kirk Fogg were guests. As of 2019, Sutphen serves as a co-executive producer on ''

Ryan's Mystery Playdate ''Ryan's Mystery Playdate'' is an American live-action children's television series created and produced by the company PocketWatch, Inc. The series is based on the Ryan's World YouTube channel, which signed an advertising deal with PocketWatch ...

''.

Filmography

Television

As a producer

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sutphen, Jeff 1977 births Living people American game show hosts Television producers from New York (state) American male television actors Nickelodeon people Marist College alumni People from Fulton County, New York