Bradford Gates Rutter (born January 31, 1978) is an American game show contestant, TV host, producer, and actor.
This streak consisted of his original five-day run in 2000 (after which he retired undefeated) as well as 17 matches in five tournaments (including one as part of a team)—all of which he won.
Rutter is a 1995 graduate of Manheim Township High School in Neffsville, Pennsylvania, where he was on the quiz bowl team.
[2] At the 2005 Manheim Township High School graduation ceremony, he announced the start of a scholarship fund in memory of his late high-school quiz bowl coach, Anne Clouser.
on October 30, 2000, when the rules stipulated that a contestant who won five consecutive days retired undefeated[4] and was guaranteed a spot in the Tournament of Champions.
[5] Rutter was invited back for the 2002 Million Dollar Masters Tournament, where he won the $1,000,000 main prize and became the largest overall money winner in Jeopardy!
He then appeared in the quarterfinals of the tournament on May 7, 2014, against Dan Pawson and Mark M. Lowenthal and won the game in a lock.
With this win, Rutter regained the record as the highest money-winner on American game shows, which Jennings had held since 2008.
The Greatest of All Time event in January 2020 against Jennings and James Holzhauer and ended up winning $250,000 with a third-place finish.
Rutter appeared again on February 9, 2007, and was eliminated late in a winner-takes-$250,000 "last man standing" competition, but before Ken Jennings was.
Rutter was the top seed in Grand Slam but lost in the second round to Ogi Ogas, a former Who Wants to Be a Millionaire contestant.
Rutter was also a contestant on the sixth episode of Million Dollar Mind Game (aired on November 27, 2011), where his team won $600,000.
In May 2012, Rutter did a pilot episode as a "Chaser" for an American version of the British game show The Chase.
[11] After this point, O'Hara made the decision to trade her 50:50 lifeline for the opportunity to consult Rutter once more on any of the remaining questions.
[13] Until 2009, Rutter lived in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, where he hosted InQuizitive, a local broadcast quiz show for high school students.
Greatest of All Time Tournament game in 2020, where he wagered 4,133 points (a reference to the final score of Super Bowl LII, where the Eagles won their first Super Bowl in franchise history by defeating the New England Patriots 41–33) on a question about 21st century Oscar winners.