Thomas "Tom" Bergeron (born May 6, 1955) is an American television personality and game show host, best known to the public as the host of America's Funniest Home Videos (2001–present) and Hollywood Squares (1998–2004). He is also the host for the ABC reality series Dancing with the Stars (2005–present), and a fill-in host for Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. He is a Daytime Emmy winner. He was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts.
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Thomas "Tom" Bergeron (born May 6, 1955) is an American television personality and game show host, best known to the public as the host of America's Funniest Home Videos (2001–present) and Hollywood Squares (1998–2004). He is also the host for the ABC reality series Dancing with the Stars (2005–present), and a fill-in host for Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. He is a Daytime Emmy winner. He was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts.
Bergeron's first job in broadcasting was as a disc jockey at local radio station WHAV, in his home town of Haverhill, Massachusetts. He was an extremely popular radio DJ in the Seacoast area of New Hampshire in the early 1980s on Portsmouth's WHEB, where he played comedy records along with music and offbeat interviews. His professional voice and warm personality landed him additional TV and radio auditions.
One of his first jobs on television was as host of a local game show, Granite State Challenge, on New Hampshire Public Television (produced at NHPTV flagship...
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