Peter Berner

Peter Berner is without a doubt one of Australia’s most popular and respected comics and broadcasters, having performed his unique brand of comedy across Australia for nearly three decades and hosted iconic television shows and radio programs.

Peter started his career as a stand-up comedian in 1988 and has performed at various prestigious festivals, including the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, the Sydney Comedy Festival, the Adelaide Comedy Festival and Just For Laughs – just to name a few.

His intelligent humour has always set him apart as a performer who can comfortably straddle comedy styles as disparate as satire, observational comedy and reactive comedy with easy.

Peter’s major TV hosting roles have been Backberner (1999-2002, ABC TV), The Australian Film Institute Awards (2004), The Einstein Factor (2004-2009, ABC TV), The Loaded Brush (2009, ABC TV), You Have Been Watching (2011, The Comedy Channel) and The B Team with Peter Berner (2016-2017, Sky News Live). All up he has presented more than 500 hours of national television program content in varying genres including comedy, news and documentary in live and taped environments.

On FM radio, Peter has been the breakfast co-host of Triple M’s The Cage (2007), which was networked live each day along the east coast, and has also hosted his own solo radio show, The Peter Berner Experiment (2008-2009), on Triple M. On AM radio he has hosted weekend afternoons on 2UE (2012).

He is in demand as a corporate MC, entertainer and facilitator having worked with many of Australia’s top companies.

A talented artist and cartoonist, Peter is a graduate of the National Art School. He has twice been a finalist in the Archibald Prize, as well as being finalist in Waverley Art Prize, National Still Life Prize, Muswellbrook Art Prize, Sunshine Coast Art Prize to name a few.

He has had cartoons published in various magazine including The Bulletin, TNT Magazine (London).

He is currently cartoonist for Limelight Magazine.

In 2015 Peter released a book of cartoons titled The Book of He (Finch Publishing) and the sequel, The Book of They (Finch Publishing) in 2017.