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My Take
Tom Bergeron represents a vanishing craft: the host who makes everyone else look good. Across Hollywood Squares, America's Funniest Home Videos, and Dancing with the Stars, his genius was timing and restraint, a quick wit deployed in service of the moment rather than to dominate it. The Emmy wins confirm what audiences sensed for decades: live television is hard, and he made it look effortless. I think of him as the broadcasting equivalent of a great session musician, indispensable precisely because he never demanded the spotlight. In an era of hosts who treat shows as personal brands, his generosity feels almost radical.
Overview
Thomas Raymond Bergeron (born May 6, 1955) is an American television personality, comedian, and game show host. He hosted Breakfast Time from 1994 to 1997, Hollywood Squares from 1998 to 2004, America's Funniest Home Videos from 2001 to 2015, and Dancing with the Stars from 2005 to 2019 and was an anchor on Good Morning America from 1997 to 1998 and a co-host on the 60th Primetime Emmy Awards in 2008.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Tom Bergeron
- Name (Japanese)
- トム・バージェロン
- Reading
- とむ・ばーじぇろん
- Born
- May 6, 1955 (age 71)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Taurus / Goat
- Origin
- Haverhill, Massachusetts, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 69 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- television presenter / presenter / writer / game show host / actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Haverhill High School
- University
- Northern Essex Community College
Awards & achievements
- Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Game Show Host
- 2012 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | Hollywood Squares | — | |
| Notable work | America's Funniest Home Videos | — | |
| Notable work | Dancing with the Stars | — |
6. Links
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom%20Bergeron
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-10
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.