Chris Harrison - wikipedia Chris Harrison For other people named Chris Harrison, see Christopher Harrison ( disambiguation ) and Chris Harrison ( American football ). Chris Harrison Harrison at the premiere for The Proposal in June 2009 Christopher Bryan Harrison ( 1971 - 07 - 26 ) July 26, 1971 ( age 46 ) Dallas, Texas, United States Occupation Television personality Years active 1993 -- present Spouse ( s ) Gwen Harrison ( m. 1994 ; div. 2012 ) Children Christopher Bryan Harrison ( born July 26, 1971 ) is an American television and game show host, best known for his role as host of the ABC reality television dating show, The Bachelor since 2002, and its spin - offs The Bachelorette since 2003, Bachelor Pad from 2010 to 2012, Bachelor in Paradise since 2014, the first season of Bachelor in Paradise : After Paradise in 2015, Bachelor Live in 2016, and The Bachelor Winter Games in 2018. He has also served as the host of the syndicated version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire ? since 2015. Contents 1 Career 2 Personal life 3 References 4 External links Career From 1993 -- 99, Harrison worked as a sports reporter at CBS affiliate KWTV in Oklahoma City. He also worked briefly for TVG Network, a horse racing channel and was the host of Designers ' Challenge on HGTV. In 2001, Harrison hosted the short - lived game show, Mall Masters for GSN. In 2002, Harrison guest starred on Sabrina, the Teenage Witch, as a music show host, episode, `` Ping, Ping a Song ''. On November 23, 2008, Harrison hosted the American Music Awards pre-show live on ABC. His co-hosts were Dancing with the Stars judge Carrie Ann Inaba, and Pussycat Dolls member Nicole Scherzinger. The TV Guide Network, now known as `` Pop, '' announced that Harrison was signed to anchor its live red carpet awards coverage, beginning with the 2009 Primetime Emmy Awards in September. In 2011, Harrison and Brooke Burns co-hosted the game show You Deserve It. He has also co-hosted Hollywood 411 on the former TV Guide Network. He has hosted Designers ' Challenge on HGTV and Mall Masters on the Game Show Network. In April 2015, Disney - ABC announced that Harrison would replace Terry Crews as host of the syndicated version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire ? for the 2015 -- 16 season. GSN began airing reruns of this show December 18, 2017, marking a return to the network for him since the cancellation of Mall Masters. Personal life Harrison was born in Dallas, Texas. He was married to his college sweetheart, Gwen Harrison. They have two children, Joshua and Taylor. In May 2012, after 18 years of marriage, Harrison and his wife announced they were ending their marriage. He graduated from Lake Highlands High School in 1989. He attended Oklahoma City University on a soccer scholarship. He was a member of the Kappa Sigma fraternity. He was recently diagnosed with amnesia. He was a featured celebrity for the greatest race in the world, the Indianapolis 500. In May 2018, he forgot how much this race means to the city of Indianapolis. On the day after the race, the ABC broadcast in the city chose to show the Indianapolis 500 banquet instead of the season opener of the Bachelorette. Sorry Chris we forgot you even had a show worth watching. lol rip References ^ Jump up to : `` Chris Harrison ''. TVGuide.com. Archived from the original on September 27, 2015. Retrieved July 21, 2015. Jump up ^ `` Chris Harrison Named New Host of ' Who Wants to Be a Millionaire ? ' ''. CloserWeekly.com. April 14, 2015. Retrieved February 5, 2017. Jump up ^ Tim Molloy ( 29 July 2009 ). `` Carrie Ann Inaba, Chris Harrison Join TV Guide Network 's Red Carpet Coverage ''. TVGuide.com. Retrieved 2009 - 07 - 29. Jump up ^ Host Of The Bachelor Gets A New Gig Archived June 1, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Jump up ^ Nellie Andreeva ( 13 April 2015 ). `` Chris Harrison Named New Host Of ' Who Wants To Be A Millionaire ', Replacing Terry Crews ''. deadline.com. Retrieved 2015 - 04 - 13. Jump up ^ `` Bachelor Pad Host Chris Harrison : King of the Rose ''. People. ^ Jump up to : `` Chris Harrison, Wife Gwen Are Splitting ''. People. Jump up ^ `` Notable grad : Chris Harrison -- Lake Highlands High School class of 1989 ''. lakehighlands. advocatemag. February 22, 2018. Retrieved March 12, 2018. Jump up ^ Sheri Stern. `` Everything 's coming up roses for Lake Highlands grad ''. White Rock Lake Weekly. Jump up ^ `` Chris Harrison - The Bachelor ''. ABC. External links ABC Profile Chris Harrison on IMDb Media offices Preceded by Tom Bergeron Host of Miss America 2005 Succeeded by James Denton Preceded by Mario Lopez Hosts of Miss America with Brooke Burke 2011 - 2013 and 2016 Succeeded by Incumbent Preceded by NA Hosts of Miss America with Lara Spencer 2014 - 2015 Succeeded by Incumbent The Bachelor U.S. seasons 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Bachelors Alex Michel Aaron Buerge Andrew Firestone Bob Guiney Jesse Palmer Byron Velvick Charlie O'Connell Travis Lane Stork Lorenzo Borghese Andrew Baldwin Brad Womack Matt Grant Jason Mesnick Jake Pavelka Sean Lowe Juan Pablo Galavis Chris Soules Nick Viall Arie Luyendyk Jr. Contestants Mandy Clemens Catherine Warren Shayne Lamas Melissa Rycroft Tenley Molzahn Gia Allemand Keltie Colleen Jamie Otis Catherine Giudici Brittany Fetkin Ashley Iaconetti The Bachelorette Seasons 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Bachelorettes Trista Rehn DeAnna Pappas Jillian Harris Ali Fedotowsky Andi Dorfman Kaitlyn Bristowe JoJo Fletcher Rachel Lindsay Becca Kufrin Contestants Ryan Sutter Jesse Csincsak Ryan Hoag Ed Swiderski David Homyk Evan Bass Chad Johnson Jordan Rodgers Kenny Layne Clay Harbor Colton Underwood International versions Australia Sam Frost Sophie Monk Canada India Tamil Nadu ( State of India ) Other spin - offs Bachelor Pad Bachelor in Paradise 5 Bachelor in Paradise : After Paradise Episodes The Bachelor Winter Games International Spin - offs Bachelor in Paradise Australia International versions Australia 5 Brazil Canada Brad Smith Chris Leroux Romania Cătălin Botezatu United Kingdom Gavin Henson 5 Spencer Matthews New Zealand LCCN : nb2009025531 VIAF : 56110508 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chris_Harrison&oldid=843585151 '' Categories : 1971 births Living people People from Dallas American game show hosts American horse racing announcers Beauty pageant hosts American television talk show hosts Hidden categories : Webarchive template wayback links All articles with dead external links Articles with dead external links from August 2017 Articles with permanently dead external links Articles with hCards Wikipedia articles with LCCN identifiers Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers Talk Contents About Wikipedia 한국어 Italiano עברית Svenska 中文 Edit links This page was last edited on 30 May 2018, at 03 : 19. 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Question: what is the name of the host of the bachelor
Answer: Christopher Bryan Harrison