Chris Hackett

Quick Facts

Full Name	Chris Hackett
Occupation	Multimedia Artist
Date Of Birth	Apr 15, 1972(1972-04-15)
Age	52
Birthplace	New York
Country	United States
Birth City	New York
Horoscope	Aries

Chris Hackett Biography

Chris Hackett is one of the most popular and richest Multimedia Artist who was born on April 15, 1972 in New York, New York, United States. Notable for hosting the Science Channel’s Stuck with Hackett program and for appearing on the Discovery Channel’s Breaking Point and The Learning Channel’s Junkyard Wars, he is famous for creating interactive, mechanized works of art from found, salvaged materials.

He and Nemo Gould are both notable for sculpting found materials into unique artworks.

In 1998, Chris Hackett founded the Madagascar Institute with colleagues Ryan O’Connor and Eric Singer. The Madagascar Institute is an affiliation of artists headquartered near the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn, New York. Members of the group include builders, artists, and designers who specialize in salvaging abandoned parts and using them in mechanized art pieces, large scale sculptures and rides, live performances, and guerilla art events. The Madagascar Institute also offers classes in welding and other art and building techniques.

Between 2002 and 2004, Hackett appeared on TLC’s Junkyard Wars. The show, which was the American version of the UK show Scrapheap Challenge, gave teams 12 hours to gather materials from a junkyard, then use the materials to modify their vehicles for a race. Hackett acted as the Red Team Captain.

He was born and raised in New York, New York.

Chris Hackett Net Worth

Chris Hackett is one of the richest Multimedia Artist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Chris Hackett 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Early in his career, he was featured in a documentary film titled B.I.K.E.

He penned a Do-It-Yourself column for Popular Science magazine and went on to publish a full-length work titled The Big Book of Maker Skills: 334 Tools and Techniques for Building Great Tech Projects. In the late 1990s, he established The Madagascar Institute in Brooklyn, New York, to support artwork similar to his own.

Chris Hackett, born April 15, 1972 in New York City, is an artist, television presenter, writer, fabricator, alternative engineer, and instructor. He is a co-founder of the Madagascar Institute, an art combine located in Brooklyn, NY, contributing editor for Popular Science Magazine, and was the host of the Science Channel’s television show Stuck with Hackett. A 2012 New York Times article entitled “Building a better apocalypse” described him as “something like a fabricator in chief for the Kings County D.I.Y. art set.” In 2017 Hackett was featured as one of ten contestants on the TV show MythBusters: The Search which aired in early 2017 on the Science Channel.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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In January 2017 Hackett returned to the Science Channel’ to star in MythBusters: The Search. Hackett was one of ten competitors who vied for a spot to be one of the next “Mythbusters” In episode 2 Hackett won the MVP award for his performance on the green team’s paint-a-room-with-an-explosion device and he was eliminated after episode 6.

Facts & Trivia

Chris Ranked on the list of most popular Multimedia Artist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Chris Hackett celebrates birthday on April 15 of every year.