Kevin O'Connor is the Emmy-award winning host of This Old House and Ask This Old House. He is the longest serving host and has been on the popular PBS show since 2003. Kevin has also hosted original shows for the Roku Channel, The History Channel, and the DIY network. Kevin is a published author, podcast host, and sits on the editorial board of This Old House magazine. Prior to his television career Kevin practiced finance and most recently was a Senior Vice President at Bank of America in the Commercial Real Estate Group. The balance of his finance career began in 1999 with BankBoston Sports Finance Group. Kevin received his MBA from Boston University and his BA from The College of the Holy Cross. He lives north of Boston with his wife and three children.
Kevin O'Connor is the Emmy-award winning host of This Old House and Ask This Old House. He is the longest serving host of the popular PBS show and has been in the position since 2003. Kevin has also hosted original shows for the Roku Channel, The History Channel, and the DIY network. Kevin is a published author, podcast host, and sits on the editorial board of This Old House magazine.
This Old House, along with its sister show, Ask This Old House, has received over 115 Emmy nominations and won 20 Emmys overall. In 2022 This Old House received a Lifetime Achievement Emmy and joins only two other series awarded with this honor – 60 Minutes and Sesame Street. This Old House remains the most-watched, most-popular, longest-running home improvement show in television history. Kevin, along with his four brothers and two sisters, grew up on various job sites led by his father, a civil engineer.
Years later he remains an avid home enthusiast. When Kevin, a lifelong fan of This Old House, and his wife, Kathleen, were renovating their 1892 Queen Anne Victorian they sent an email seeking advice from the Ask This Old House experts.
To their surprise and delight, the house call served as Kevin's first screen test to serve as the new host (the third host in the history of the pioneer home improvement series).
Prior to his television career Kevin practiced finance and most recently was a Senior Vice President at Bank of America. Kevin received a B.A. degree in history from the College of the Holy Cross and an MBA degree from Boston University. He lives in Massachusetts with his wife and three children.
