Conan O'Brien
Biography
Conan Christopher O'Brien (born April 18, 1963) is an American television host, comedian, writer, producer and performer. He is known for being the host of the late night shows: Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993-2009), The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien (2009-2010) and Conan (2010-2021), he is currently the host of the podcast Conan O'Brien needs a friend. O'Brien was born in Brookline, Massachusetts and raised in an Irish Catholic family. He landed his first comedy job as a writer for the sketch comedy series Not Necessarily the News, after first serving as president of the Harvard Lampoon while attending Harvard University. After graduating, he moved to Los Angeles, where he wrote for several comedy shows, and later moved to New York City to work on the writing staff of Saturday Night Live, and later for The Simpsons. O'Brien went on to serve as host of Late Night with Conan O'Brien from 1993 to 2009, before going on to host the short-lived The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien for seven months. He is the only personality to ever serve as host for both the NBC Late Night and Tonight Show franchises. In 2010, it was announced that O'Brien would begin hosting a new late-night talk show on TBS called Conan, which ran from 2018 to 2021. During the time this show was in hiatus, he started the podcast Conan O'Brien needs a friend, which he hosts with his producer Matt Gourley and his assistant Sona Movsesian. Besides this, Conan also starred in Conan O'Brien Must Go, a series on Max in which he visits countries from around the world and meets up fans whom he talked to on the podcast.
Personal Details
Also Known As
Movies (34)
Toy Story 5
as Smarty Pants (voice)
2026
Mutineer
2025
Downey Wrote That
as Self
2025
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You
as Therapist
2025
John Candy: I Like Me
as Self
2025
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
as Self
2025
This Is the Tom Green Documentary
as Self (archive footage)
2025
Return of the King: The Fall and Rise of Elvis Presley
as Self
2024
Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2024
BRATS
as Self (archival footage) (uncredited)
2024
Rory Scovel: Religion, Sex and a Few Things In Between
Executive Producer (Production)
2024
Gary Gulman: Born on 3rd Base
Executive Producer (Production)
2023
Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain
as Farley
2023
Albert Brooks: Defending My Life
as Self
2023
Money Shot: The Pornhub Story
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2023
Meat Loaf - A Celebration Of Life
as Self
2023
Turn Every Page - The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb
as Self
2022
Show Business Is My Life (But I Can't Prove It)
as Self
2022
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
as Andy Warhol
2022
Norm Macdonald: Nothing Special
as Self
2022
Moses Storm: Trash White
Executive Producer (Production)
2022
The Mitchells vs. the Machines
as Glaxxon 5000 (voice)
2021
Sam & Mattie Make a Zombie Movie
as Self
2021
You Cannot Kill David Arquette
as Self (archive footage)
2020
James Veitch: Straight to VHS
Executive Producer (Production)
2020
Becoming
as Self
2020
Dads
as Self
2019
Fyre
as Self (archive footage)
2019
Fyre Fraud
as Himself (Archival Footage)
2019
This Is Bob Hope...
as Self
2017
Movie Sound Effects: How Do They Do That?
as The Riddler (voice)
2017
Sandy Wexler
as Testimonial
2017
The Lego Batman Movie
as The Riddler (voice)
2017
Laurie Kilmartin: 45 Jokes About My Dead Dad
as Self
2016
TV Shows (16)
The Beast in Me
Executive Producer (Production)
2025
Everybody's Live with John Mulaney
as Self - Comedian
2025
SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night
as Self
2025
Conan O'Brien Must Go
as Self - Host
2024
SmartLess: On the Road
2023
The Playboy Murders
as Self (archive footage)
2023
Murderville
as Conan O'Brien
2022
The Story of Late Night
as Self
2021
History 101
as Self (archive footage)
2020
Sobreviví
as Self
2018
Daniel Sloss: Live Shows
Executive Producer (Production)
2018
Kidding
as Conan O'Brien
2018
The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling
as Self
2018
What the Fit
as Self - Guest
2018
Final Space
as Clarence (voice)
2018
The History of Comedy
as Self
2017