Bert Kreischer

Albert Charles Kreischer Jr. (born November 3, 1972) is an American stand-up comedian, podcaster, and actor. In 1997, he was featured in an article in Rolling Stone while attending Florida State University. The magazine named Kreischer "the top partyer at the Number One Party School in the country." The article also served as inspiration for the 2002 film National Lampoon's Van Wilder.

Kreischer has served as host of the television series Hurt Bert on FX as well as Bert the Conqueror and Trip Flip on Travel Channel. He starred in the comedy film The Machine (2023). As part of his production company, Berty Boy Productions, Kreischer produces and hosts the podcasts Bertcast and Open Tabs and the cooking show Something’s Burning. He also co-hosts the podcast 2 Bears, 1 Cave with Tom Segura.

Early life Albert Charles Kreischer Jr. was born November 3, 1972, in St. Petersburg, Florida, and raised in Tampa. His mother worked in early childhood development and his father worked as a successful real-estate attorney.

In 1997, during Kreischer's sixth year at FSU, the university was ranked number one by The Princeton Review in their annual list of the top "party schools" in the United States. Later that same year Kreischer became the focus of a six-page article in Rolling Stone who named him "the top partyer at the Number One Party School in the country." Titled "Bert Kreischer: The Undergraduate," the article recounted Kreischer's party hijinks, which included bouts of heavy drinking and public nudity. When the development deal with Oliver Stone fell through, all the scripts that were submitted went back to their writers. One of these writers changed Kreischer's name and sold the script to National Lampoon. Kreischer moved to New York City after a tape of one of his sets was sent to a talent agent who invited him to the city to watch some stand-up shows.

Kreischer is known for performing stand-up comedy while shirtless. He is also known for his storytelling; his most popular story is about how he allegedly earned the nickname "The Machine". The story revolves around how he inadvertently helped the Russian mafia rob a train while on a college trip to Russia. A movie adaptation was released on May 26, 2023.

In 2004, Kreischer was featured along with four other comedians on the DVD release National Lampoon Live: New Faces – Volume 2. That same year one of his stories appeared on an episode of the animated Comedy Central series Shorties Watchin' Shorties.

As a stand-up comedian Kreischer has performed internationally and has appeared on late night talk shows Late Show with David Letterman, Jimmy Kimmel Live, and Conan. He also appeared regularly as a guest on Rachael Ray from 2011 to 2015.

His first comedy special Bert Kreischer: Comfortably Dumb appeared on Comedy Central in 2009.

Showtime released Bert Kreischer: The Machine in 2016.

Netflix has subsequently produced four comedy specials, filming Bert Kreischer: Secret Time in Philadelphia, PA released August 2018; filming Bert Kreischer: Hey Big Boy in Cleveland, OH released March 2020; filming Bert Kreischer: Razzle Dazzle in Omaha released March 2023; and filming Bert Kreischer: Lucky in Tampa, FL released March 2025. In 2026, Netflix also produced a series called "Free Bert" produced by Jarrad Paul and Andrew Mogel, where Bert stars as himself settling into Beverly Hills with Arden Myrin co-starring as his wife.

Podcasting

Kreischer produces and hosts the podcasts Bertcast and Open Tabs and the cooking show Something’s Burning. Bertcast launched in 2012, was previously recorded from his Man Cave that was built for him for an episode of Man Caves, a home improvement reality television program. Kreischer also co-hosts the 2 Bears 1 Cave podcast with Tom Segura.

Kreischer has also been a guest on podcasts such as WTF with Marc Maron, Doug Benson's Doug Loves Movies, H3 Podcast, Your Mom's House and The Joe Rogan Experience.

Published works - Total pages: 256 While in New York Kreischer attended open mics hosted by TV producer DJ Nash that were also attended by the likes of Demetri Martin, Bobby Kelly and Jim Norton.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes Ref. 2023 The Machine Himself Feature film debut

Television Year Title Role Notes Ref.2001 Life With David J Himself Episode: "Pilot" 2004 Hurt Bert Himself (host) FX series 2012–2015 Trip Flip Himself (host) Travel Channel series 2026 Free Bert Himself Netflix series

Specials Year Title Label 2009 Comfortably Dumb Showtime 2016 The Machine Showtime 2018 Secret Time Netflix 2020 Hey Big Boy Netflix 2023 Razzle Dazzle Netflix 2025 Lucky Netflix

Appearances