Regis Francis Xavier Philbin (born August 25, 1931) is an Emmy Award-winning American television personality and occasional actor known for his roles as a talk show host, game show host, and presenter at various events. Appearing on television since the late 1950s, Philbin is often called (somewhat tongue-in-cheek and alternately attributed to James Brown), "the hardest working man in show business" and holds the Guinness World Record for the most time spent in front of a television camera. His trademarks include his excited manner, his New York Bronx accent, and irreverent ad-libs. He is most widely known for Live with Regis and Kelly, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire and for hosting the first season of America's Got Talent.

Philbin ended the series once "Live With Regis and Kathie Lee" was picked up for national syndication.

TV-talk show host, game-show host, singer, author, and TV personality, Regis Philbin became one of the most popular talk-show hosts in America and in Canada, especially. Growing up as an only child in The Bronx, New York, Philbin went to Notre Dame College and got a degree in sociology. Later, he would serve the Navy and went through behind-the-scenes in radio and TV before going into broadcasting. When moving to California, Philin got his own show on KGTV in San Diego called The Regis Philbin Show (1964). However, with no writing team, for budget reasons, this led him to begin the show that would become his hallmark, where he engages his audience in discussions about his life and events of the day. It was then he got his first big break as Joey Bishop (I)'s sidekick on "Joey Bishop Show, The" (1961). Bishop liked to tease Philbin. But the teasing stopped when Philbin walked off the stage on a live broadcast and stayed away for several days. Philbin later hosted "A.M. Los Angeles" (1970), a local TV talk show on KABC-TV. With his presence, he brought the show to number one in Los Angeles. On the show, Cyndy Garvey was originally the co-host. However, when Philbin moved to New York City, they both paired up on "The Morning Show". But due to low ratings, Gravey then left once again and Philbin was then joined with Kathie Lee Gifford on the show and ratings improved and changed the name to "Live with Regis and Kathie Lee" (1989). Gifford left the show, which was called "Live with Regis" until a permanent replacement could be found. During the search, Philbin won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show Host, his first only Daytime award. When Kelly Ripa was chosen the same year, the show was later changed to "Live with Regis and Kelly". The pairing became successful. Besides being a successful TV host, Philbin was also a game show host on a short-lived game show called "Neighbors, The" (1975), which part of the game is that a contestant, usually a woman, would have to find out which one of her neighbors is gossiping about her. He then hosted "Almost Anything Goes" (1975). Despite both shows were failures, Philbin then hosted "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" (1999/I), which became one of the most popular shows on TV before it was canceled in 2002 and came back with Meredith Vieira replacing Philbin. For his work on the show, he won his second Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Game Show Host. Philbin then signed a contract for "Millionaire's" spin-off: "Who Wants to Be a Super Millionaire" (2004). But this time instead of one million dollars, it's 10 million. However, the show was canceled within four months. However, Philbin's game show career didn't end there. As of November 2005, Philbin hosted the revival of ABC's _"This Is Your Life" (2006)_. As of May 2006, the show is in development. Also, Philbin is now hosting "America's Got Talent" (2006), with Piers Morgan, Brandy Norwood and David Hasselhoff as the judges. Besides being a TV personality, Philbin is also an author who has written two books: "I'm Only One Man!" and "Who Wants To Be Me?". He is also a singer, in the style of a crooner such as Frank Sinatra or Dean Martin (I).