Tom Bergeron was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts on May 6, 1955. He is best known to the public as the current host of America's Funniest Home Videos since 2001. He also hosted Hollywood Squares from 1998 to 2004. He shares a Daytime Emmy with Bob Barker.

In the early 1990's he had an early-morning radio show called The Tom Bergeron Show on WBZ Radio in Boston. He also hosted People are Talking With Tom Bergeron on WBZ-TV. In 1996, he was the co-host of Fox After Breakfast along with Laurie Hibberd (who is now married to the producer of Live with Regis and Kelly, Michael Gelman). This show ran for one year on Fox; it eventually became The Vicki Lawrence Show after a number of cast changes. At one time Bergeron was in the running to host Good Morning America. When Charles Gibson left the show, Bergeron was considered as a replacement but that job went to Kevin Newman.

Bergeron is married and has two daughters. He currently lives in Lee, New Hampshire.