TV career took off in 1999, when he became lead anchor for Los Angeles-based horse-racing network TVG, then host of HGTV's Designers' Challenge. Moved into the US national spotlight in 2002, when he was named host of ABC's new reality show, The Bachelor. Best known for his role as host of The Bachelor, and its spin-offs: The Bachelorette, Bachelor Pad, Bachelor in Paradise. He has also served as the host of the syndicated version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? since 2015.

Filmography

• The Bachelor Presents: Listen to Your Heart — Presenter
• 2018Charming — Painter (voice)
• Single Parents — Chris Harrison
• Bachelor in Paradise — Self - Host, Co-Executive Producer
• 2011Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice — Gene the Salesman (voice)
• You Deserve It
• Bachelor Pad
• Hot in Cleveland — Chris Harrison
• 2006Date Movie — TV Bachelor Host
• 200411:11 — Jake
• Extreme Makeover
• Alias — Reporter
• Sabrina, the Teenage Witch — Colin
• Who Wants to Be a Millionaire

Appearances as themselves (18)

• Celebrity Wheel of Fortune — Self - Contestant
• Name That Tune — Self - Contestant
• 2020Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020 — Self
• The Bachelor: The Greatest Seasons - Ever! — Self - Host
• 2020The Disney Family Singalong - Volume II — Self
• Lights Out with David Spade — Self
• The Tamron Hall Show — Self - Guest
• Steve — Self
• Hollywood Medium with Tyler Henry — Self - Guest
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen — Self - Guest
• The Soup — Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self - Guest
• The Bachelorette — Self - Host
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show — Self
• The Bachelor — Self - Host
• Six Feet Under — Self
• The View — Self
• Scripps National Spelling Bee — Self - Commentator