Chris Hansen

American Television Presenter & Investigative Journalist

For nearly four decades Chris Hansen has been on the front lines of crime, enterprise reporting and breaking news all over the world. Hansen was an executive producer and reporter for the “Onision in Real Life” and “Unseamly...The Peter Nygard Investigation” series on Discovery+.

Hansen has also been host and correspondent for the syndicated program Crime Watch Daily as well Killer Instinct on ID and Dateline NBC. Hansen created the groundbreaking investigations To Catch A Predator, Hansen VS Predator and Have A Seat with Chris Hansen. The investigations are responsible for exposing some 400 men attempting to meet children online for sex.

Hansen has been honored with 10 Emmys, 5 Edward R Murrow awards as well as excellence in reporting by the Overseas Press Club. Hansen also has a substantial digital presence including a YouTube channel, Have A Seat With Chris Hansen, which has more than 350,000 subscribers and 20 million views.

Now, Hansen is the co-founder of the factual streaming network TruBlu (www.watchtrublu.com) and Executive Producer and Host of his new child predator investigation series, Takedown with Chris Hansen, as well as numerous investigative documentaries and series.