Regis Philbin

Regis Francis Xavier Philbin (born August 25, 1931) hosted the U.S. primetime version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? and also hosted Super Millionaire and the 10th Anniversary special.

Host of Primetime Millionaire
Regis crowned nine million dollar winners as host of Primetime Millionaire (two of them won progressive jackpot prizes). His show was more successful than the UK with more top prize winners - by the time Ed Toutant became the ninth U.S. millionaire, the UK version had only two top prize winners - Judith Keppel and David Edwards.

Host of Super Millionaire
In 2004, Regis also became host of Who Wants to Be a Super Millionaire? in which contestants would compete for a top prize of ten million dollars instead of one million.

Host of the 10th Anniversary Special
In 2009, the show celebrated 10 years on the air, so Regis was chosen to host the show. In the final episode of the special, Regis almost crowned his first millionaire in eight years, when Ken Basin got to the million dollar question, but Ken got it wrong, and lost $475,000, becoming the first person ever on the U.S. version to miss the final question.