Bert Kreischer
Birthdate: Nov 3, 1972
Birthplace: St. Petersburg, Florida
Bert Kreischer (birthname: Albert Kreischer Jr.) is a popular stand-up comic, podcaster, and TV performer who has broken out into feature films as the star of The Machine (2023). After gaining a notorious reputation as “the top partier” while a student at Florida State University (often dubbed the top “party school” in America), Kreischer developed his comedy persona as “The Machine,” gaining a cult following on the stand-up circuit and parlaying this into a string of TV shows, as actor/host, writer, and executive producer, including as host of Travel Channel’s Bert the Conqueror (2010-2016) and Trip Flip (2012-2015).
As the creator of the comedy cooking show, Something’s Burning (2018); as well as a series of stand-up and comedy TV specials, including Bert Kreischer: Comfortably Dumb (2009), Bert Kreischer: The Machine (2016), and Bert Kreischer: Razzle Dazzle, and the Netflix series, The Cabin with Bert Kreischer (2020).
Kreischer’s feature film debut was as a co-star in writer-director Bryan Sipe’s comedy, Alpha Mail (2007), with Ken Garito and Bruce Kirby. Although he was not credited as a screenwriter, Bert Kreischer effectively created the central title character (a fictionalized version of himself, also named “Bert”) and concept behind the feature film, The Machine, in which he starred and executive produced, with Peter Alencio directing a cast including Jimmy Tatro and Mark Hamill, and released by Screen Gems.
Personal Details
Bert Kreischer was born and raised in St. Petersburg, Florida. Kreischer attended Florida State University, where he was a member of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity. Kreischer is married to LeeAnn Kemp; the couple has two children. Kreischer’s height is 5’ 11¾ ”.
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The Machine
Bert's drunken past catches up with him 20 years down the road when he and his father are kidnapped by those Bert wronged 20 years ago while drunk on a college semester abroad in Russia.
Some Facts About Bert Kreischer
Party Guy: In a 1997 story, Rolling Stone magazine named Bert Kreischer “the top partier” at the so-called top U.S. “party school,” Florida State University. The story subsequently was the basis for National Lampoon’s Van Wilder (2002).
AKA: Kreischer has several nicknames, most famously “The Machine,” and also “The Conqueror,” “Burnt Chrysler,” and “Bruce Kreischer.”
Signature Touch: Bert Kreischer prefers to perform his stand-up comedy shows shirtless.
