Getting to Know JD Roth, Host of ABC's Opportunity Knocks

JD Roth has been the announcer, producer and host of several programs over his vast career. He will be hosting a new show that he is also helping produce starting in September. Here is a list of his accomplishments up to this point in his life.

Roth was born on April 20, 1968 in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. He comes from a family of three siblings, which includes his twin sister, Heidi. Heidi is a pediatrician and his other sister, Alison is a lawyer. Both women work and live in the South Jersey area where they were raised. At the age of ten, JD took an interest in acting. He began his career that year and is said to have acted in approximately 22 commercials that year. This began his illustrious career. In 1986, JD graduated from Cherry Hill High School East and took off for greener pastures in Hollywood. He also enrolled in a New York acting school that featured several other future prominent actors including Sarah Jessica Parker.

Roth was a finalist in the hit series Star Search and has made numerous appearances on several different television show over the years including, Charles in Charge and As The World Returns. In 1991, Roth became the host of GamePro TV. This was a magazine video series. As a result of this success and some of his other successes, he created his own production company called Slam Dunk Productions.

On September 30, 2008, the new series Opportunity Knocks will debut. Roth is the host and producer of this new series. Ashton Kutcher, is Roth's co-producer. This new venture will be just the newest series in a long series of series that Roth has been a part of. He has hosted Unan1mous, Endurance and Fun House, amongst others. Roth hosted Fun House from 1988 to 1991. He also hosted Animal Planet's Zooadventure from 1997 to 1998. JD has been nominated for several awards including 3 Emmy's. He has won the Young Artist Award for Best Youth Variety or Game Show for the series Fun House in 1991.

In 2002, Roth created the company 3Ball Productions with friends. This production company is responsible for creating several hit syndicated television shows. 3Ball Productions is based out of Manhattan Beach, California. Roth currently announces for the television program The Biggest Loser. This program is was also one a product of his brain as he is the co-creator of it. He will continue to announce for that program as he begins his new hosting duties on the family game show, Opportunity Knocks.

Roth holds the distinction of being the only person to date to host a children's game show, an adult game show, a children's reality show and an adult reality show. The new series, Opportunity Knocks will add hosting family game show to his list of credits. At the age of 19, JD Roth became the youngest person in television history to host a hit syndicated show with the show, Fun House. Fun House ran for more than 400 episodes.

Roth has been married to his wife, Christine since 1997. Christine and JD are the proud parents of two young sons, Cooper, who is 5 and Duncan who is 2. Together the family lives in Manhattan Beach, California. He is an avid sports fan, basketball is favorite sport to play.

Sources:
http://kids.discovery.com/fansites/endurance/host.html
http://www.tv.com/j.d._roth/person/54715/summary.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._D._Roth
http://www.imdb.com/nae/nm0744870/bio