Alberto Romero Tomás (born 17 November 1974), better known as Berto Romero, is a Spanish comedian.

Biography

Berto Romero was born in Cardona (

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). He is a member of

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''El Cansancio'', a broadcaster on Ràdio Flaixbac and he has his own segment on

Andreu Buenafuente Andreu Buenafuente Moreno (born: January 24, 1965) is a Spanish late night show host and founder of the group El Terrat. He has worked in TV3, Antena 3, laSexta and #0. He has also worked as a radio host and has published several books with ...

's ''

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'' on

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. He substituted Buenafuente as host of the show during

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2008 (the show was re-titled ''Buenafuente ha salido un momento''), and resigned for the next season as assistant director of the programme. Later he got the chance to run his own weekly prime-time weekly (''El programa de Berto'') on the same channel, but the programme was cancelled after three weeks due to poor rating results.

Television

His first appeared on shows on Catalan channel

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, where he hosted a show called ''El gran què''. Later he appeared as a stand up comedian in a show produced by El Terrat for private channel 8TV called ''Que no surti d'aquí''. In 2007, he began appearing in the late night show ''Buenafuente'', first sporadically when the show was still on Antena 3 (where he sang some songs such as "Tunéame Doctor Juan", along with Iván Rodríguez "El lagarto" on guitar) and later on, when Buenafuente got signed up by laSexta, as a main contributor and scriptwriter. He owned a section called "Bertovisión", where he would analyze all media, specially, written articles and where he would also comment the pictures, substituted later on for a news section, along with

. Furthermore, he also participated in "Bertomansión", a project where the viewers would send whatever they did not want or used anymore so he could built a home. Later on, he appeared in some comedy sketches. Unlike his radio and theatre appearances, his TV appearances have always been solo. Taking advantage of his appearances on the media, in April 2008 he edited his first book along with Xavi Tribó, ''Cero estrellas'' ("Zero Stars"), starring a hypothetical critic, Adrià De La Cruz, a character born in a radio collaboration on the show ''La taverna del llop'' in Ràdio 4. During the summer of 2008, the channel

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decided that he would be in charge of hosting ''Buenafuente'' during the holidays of

, giving him more responsibility as assistant director of the show. During this period, the show was broadcast under the title''Buenafuente ha salido un momento'' ("Buenafuente will be right back"), where he had some sections such as "Rompe el hielo con Berto" (Break the ice with Berto). On March 15, 2009, he made his debut as the host of his own talk show, ''El programa de Berto'', produced by El Terrat for laSexta. Nevertheless, the programme was cancelled after only three episodes, since the share was of 3.8%, a number way lower than the average of the channel (6.7% as of March 2009). On April 22, 2009, he participated briefly on the sketch "El caso del eslabón perdido" in the sketch comedy show ''Muchachada Nui''. During the season 2009/2010, he started collaborating for the magazine ''Divendres'', broadcast by TV3, a job he combined with his role in ''Buenafuente''. On October 27, 2009, the TV show ''Zombis'' aired on the YouTube channel of El Terrat, starring Berto Romero and Rafel Barceló, scriptwriter for Buenafuente. The show only counts on one season of 9 episodes and since January 28, 2011, it is broadcast by TNT (Spain). In New Year's Eve 2009, he hosted, along with

Ana Morgade Ana María Morgade Pérez (Madrid, 8 November 1979) is a Spanish presenter, comedian and actress. From September 2009 to June 2011, she was part of the regular cast of the Spanish late show '' Buenafuente'', broadcast on La Sexta. In November 201 ...

, the New Year's Eve Celebration of laSexta, entitled ''Cómo superar el Fin de Año'' ("How to get over New Year's Eve"). In New Year's Eve 2010, they were again hosts of ''El 2011 con Berto y Ana'' (2011 with Berto and Ana).

TV

* ''El gran què'' (2007,

) * ''Que no surti d'aquí'', monologuista (2007, 8tv). * '' Buenafuente'', ocasional (2007, Antena 3). * '' Buenafuente'' (2007-2011,

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). * ''Terrat Pack'' (2009,

). * ''El programa de Berto'' (2009,

). * ''Divendres'', colaborador (2009–present,

). * ''Zombis'' (2009-2011, TNT Spain). * '' Buenas noches y Buenafuente'' (2012, Antena 3). * El club de la comedia (2013) laSexta. * ''

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'' (2013-2015, laSexta). * ''

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'' (2016–present, #0).

Filmography

* ''Sótano'' (short film, 2008), of Jon Cortegoso. * ''

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'' (2009), of

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. * '' 3 bodas de más'' (2013), of

as Pedro. * ''

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'' (2015), of

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as Pau Serra. * '' Tiburon'' (2017), of

Radio

* ''La taverna del llop'', contributor with section ''El crític total'' (2002,

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). * ''Ultimàtum a la Terra'' (2003, Ràdio 4). * ''Una mala tarda la té qualsevol'' (2004, Ràdio 4). * ''Dia a la vista'', contributor with section ''Univers Romero'' i ''La competència'' (2004, Ràdio 4). * ''L'incident Kàplan'' (2005, Ràdio 4). * ''Ramón'' (2005, para

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). * ''El ombligo de la luna'', contributor with section ''Cuarto Menguante'' (2006, RNE 1). * ''El matí i la mare que él va parir'', contributor (2007-2008, Ràdio Flaixbac). * ''Nadie sabe nada'' (2013–present, Cadena SER). * '' Prefiero joder a que me jodan '' (2018–present, Radio Masturbacion).

Awards

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- Nominated -

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for '' 3 bodas de más'' *2019 - Winner - Ondas radio award for best creative idea for'' Nadie Sabe Nada'' with

Books

* ''Cero estrellas '' (2008), with Xavi Tribó. Ediciones El Bronce. * ''Lo que vendría a ser la televisión en España'' (2011). Andreu Buenafuente and El Terrat. Editorial Planeta. * ''Practicar sexo es fácil (si sabes cómo)'' (2012). El Terrat. Editorial Planeta. * ''Padre, el último mono'' (2012), with Oriol Jara, Roger Rubio y Rafel Barceló. Editorial Planeta. * Foreword to ''Todas las chicas besan con lo ojos cerrados'' (2012). Enric Pardo. * Foreword to ''Soy tu príncipe azul pero eres daltónica'' (2014). Paco Caballero.

External links

Berto's blog (in Spanish)
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