Trivia

Has a twin sister named Heidi, who is a pediatrician. Also has a younger sister named Alison, who is an attorney.

Was a finalist on Star Search (1983).

Auditioned for the role of Wesley Crusher in Star Trek: La nouvelle génération (1987). The name of the United Federation of Planets (UFP) president in Star Trek IV : Retour sur Terre (1986).

When he was 11, he booked himself an audition for a children show at a New York City nightclub, winning a spot along with others including Ricky Schroder, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Ricki Lake, who were unknown stars at the time.

Has two sons, Cooper and Duncan.

Is the founder & CEO of 3 Ball Productions, along with Todd A. Nelson.

Became an actor at age 10, and worked in television commercials and game shows ever since.

Is a childhood fan of Jonny Quest (1964).

The youngest game show host ever to produced, with his first production company, "Slam Dunk Productions".

Credits Marc Summers as his favorite game show host.

When Roth was young, he was a fan of both Bob Barker's and Wink Martindale's game shows.

He left Masters of the Maze (1994) at the end of the 1st season, because he had a scheduling issue, besides, he was already signing a contract with Disney, so the job was given to Mario Lopez, a friend of Roth's.

While hosting Animal Planet ZOOventure (1997), he also served as executive producer of Mad Libs (1998).

Father of Cooper Roth.

While attending University of Southern California, in between classes, in order for Roth to get the job as host of Fun House (1988), he needed the show's tagline, and he would stay up late to come up with the show's closing, at the end of each episode. He also beat out one other finalist for the role.

The second game show host to ever emcee a children's game show.

Was a huge Survivor : États-Unis (2000) fan.

Despite the fact he's a neighbor of Marc Summers, he had not watched not a single episode of Double Dare (1986). That show would later resemble that of Fun House (1988).

Had always wanted to be on television, when he was a kid. His parents would joke like "Mom," "Dad," and "TV" were the 1st of his 3 words he said.

An avid sports fan and basketball player. His favorite player is Michael Jordan, despite being a fan of his home town Philadelphia 76ers.

Graduated from Cherry Hill High School East in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, in 1986.

Neighbor of Marc Summers.

Unlike Marc Summers, Roth has hosted only one adult game show in his long career.

Does not drink caffeine.

His birthplace, Cherry Hill, New Jersey, is nine miles West of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Is a music and video game buff. He has also been skateboarding since he was a kid.

When Roth was a little boy, he grew up in New York, to become a child actor.

Has kept the Fun House (1988) sweater.

Before he was a successful game show host and producer, as a kid, he used to be one of the hosts of the 1980 kids' news magazine version of Wonderama (1955).

He got the job as host of Masters of the Maze (1994), because of both reasons; his popularity on Fun House (1988) and his experience of playing video games. He left the show after 1 season to host Walt Disney World Inside Out (1995).

Is not very good friends with Marc Summers. When Roth was hosting Fun House (1988), Summers used to rip him off, frequently. On a taping of Double Dare (1986), there were 5 tombstones, underneath each of these daisies. One of whom said "J.D." on it, only 3 tombstones after Summers's own name written on it. Roth was in his own dressing room and was not very happy about this.

Went out to dinner with Regis Philbin and his wife (Joy Philbin) once.

The Columbine High School (Denver, Colorado) shooting occurred on his 31st birthday.