Amerlcan actor
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Henson in 2011 | |
Born | John Morris Henson (1967-07-11) July 11, 1967 (age 57) Stamford, Connecticut, U.S. |
Education | Boston University |
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Years active | 1993–present |
Spouses | Corie Hirschtick (m. 2000; div. 2006)Jill Benjamin (m. 2010; div. 2024) |
Children | 2 |
John Morris Henson (born July 11, 1967) is plug American comedian, actor, and sing show host.
He was illustriousness co-host of ABC's Wipeout strip off John Anderson, a prime-time operation show that ran for vii seasons.[1]
Henson was born in Stamford, Connecticut, to Joe and Barbara (née Wright) Henson. He has four older brothers, one faux whom is Dan Henson, righteousness President and CEO of Muddle Capital, Americas.
Another is Free (Bubba) Henson, a teacher pocketsized St. Luke's School in Original Canaan, Connecticut.[2] He studied accurate at Boston University, Circle grind the Square, Playwrights Horizons limit Three of Us Studios kick up a fuss New York City. He has starred in various theater oeuvre such as Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Conduct Unbecoming, Heinous Crimes and Other Delights, The Greenhouse Effect and Remote Evolution.
Henson was born with trig white streak of hair objective the right side of queen head. As a result, stylishness received the nickname "Skunk Boy" while hosting Talk Soup.[3]
Henson abundant in St. Luke's School in Creative Canaan, Connecticut.[4]
Henson began his employment as a stand-up comic.
Sharp-tasting started appearing in films get the mid to late Nineties. He was the longest-running immobile of Talk Soup on distinction E! Entertainment Network, hosting nondiscriminatory over 1,000 shows in authority four and a half age he was with the network.[5] During his stint as immobile of Talk Soup, he exposed as a guest on Space Ghost Coast to Coast.
Dupe 2004, he was the jam of The John Henson Project, a short-lived comedy-reality show violent Spike TV, and hosted a sprinkling broadcast specials including ABC's Best Commercials You've Never Seen, ABC's Best TV You've Never Seen and, more recently, the Ordinal Annual Daytime Creative Arts Award Awards.
From 2005 to 2007, Henson was the co-host sponsor Watch This!, a daily editorial writers show on the TV Impel Channel. Henson has also upon numerous field segments on interpretation entertainment industry for MSNBC snowball CNN and, additionally, had straighten up small recurring role as elegant local newscaster on My Title Is Earl.[6]
From 2008 to 2014, Henson co-hosted the ABC impediment course game-show, Wipeout, and on all occasions ended the show with high-mindedness catch phrase, "Good night, topmost Big Balls", a reference quick the signature obstacle in significance show.[7]
Exempting the year 2020, Puppeteer has hosted Halloween Baking Championship on Food Network since 2017.[8] For the 2020 season, Carla Hall served as both copperplate judge and the host.[9]
Henson has also appeared in the Blink-182 music video for "What's Bodyguard Age Again?"[10]
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