Bert’s first experience with stand-up comedy was at Potbelly’s, a bar and nightclub in Tallahassee, Florida, Bert later relocated 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. Bert then worked the door at the now-defunct Boston Comedy Club.
Bert performs his stand-up comedy while shirtless, he got featured along with four other comedians on the DVD release National Lampoon Live: New Faces – Volume 2 in the year 2014. In the same year, one of Bert’s stories appeared on an episode of the animated Comedy Central series Shorties Watchin’ Shorties.
Bert has performed internationally and has been featured on late-night talk show Jimmy Kimmel Live, Late Show with David Letterman, and Conan. Bert 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 the year 2009, in 2015, Bert was featured on Comedy Central’s comedy storytelling series This Is Not Happening which was about Bert’s experience wrestling a bear for the television series Hurt Bert.
