Peter Berner
| Peter Berner | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Peter Berner Singapore |
| Residence | Sydney, Australia |
| Occupation | Television and radio presenter, comedian, cartoonist, painter |
| Years active | 1988 - present |
| Known for | The Einstein Factor, The Cage, The B Team with Peter Berner |
| Website | peterberner.com |
Peter Berner is an Australian stand-up comedian, television and radio presenter, cartoonist and painter. He hosted The Einstein Factor and Backberner on ABC Television. He currently hosts the news comedy TV series The B Team with Peter Berner on Sky News Australia.
Berner was born in Singapore and moved to Sydney, Australia, in 1964. He is a graduate of the National Art School in Sydney where he majored in painting and was on the student council.
Berner started his career as a stand-up comedian in 1988. His career grew throughout the early 1990s and he performed at various festivals, including the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, the Sydney Comedy Festival and the Adelaide Comedy Festival. He wrote and performed many solo shows in Australia and the UK during this time and established a following of comedy fans. He would also make frequent appearances on Australia's Saturday night comedy show Hey Hey It's Saturday.
Berner wrote and performed his one man stand-up shows, Lonely Guys and Rant which premiered at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival in 1997.
In 1999, Berner premiered his new one man stand-up show, Disturbed, at the Harold Park Hotel in Sydney. He then took the show to the Melbourne International Comedy Festival that same year.
Also in 1999, Berner began his first TV hosting role on his very own show, Backberner, on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. The series was a political satire sketch comedy series which parodied the current affairs news formats. Character actor Louise Siversen co-hosted alongside Berner. The first series premiered on 19 August 1999 and would continue for four series before ending in 2002. During this time the series was nominated for Most Outstanding Comedy Series at the Logie Awards in 2000 and 2002.
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