Conan Christopher O’Brien is an American television personality, comedian, author, and producer. Conan O’Brien is most known for hosting late-night talk shows for almost 28 years, starting with Late Night with Conan O’Brien, The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien on the NBC television network, and Conan on the cable channel TBS.
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Who is Conan O’Brien?
O’Brien was born in Brookline, Massachusetts, on April 18, 1963, to Thomas Francis O’Brien, an epidemiologist and a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and Ruth O’Brien, a retired lawyer and a former associate at the Ropes & Gray law firm in Boston.
When O’Brien was in high school, he worked as managing editor of The Sagamore, the school newspaper.O’Brien enrolled at Harvard University in 1981 after graduating as valedictorian. He majored in history and literature and earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1985 with honors.
Professional Career
O’Brien relocated to Los Angeles after receiving his Harvard degree in order to work as a writer for the HBO sketch comedy series Not Necessarily the News. Additionally, he contributed to the brief run of The Wilton North Report.
O’Brien was hired as a writer by Saturday Night Live (SNL) executive producer Lorne Michaels in January 1988. He wrote regular sketches including “Mr. Short-Term Memory” and “The Girl Watchers” during his three years on Saturday Night Live; Tom Hanks and Jon Lovitz were the first to do the latter.
O’Brien said he would host a new show on cable network TBS the day his live tour started. Conan premiered on November 8, 2010, and it airs every day at 11:00 p.m. ET/ 10:00 p.m. CT.
Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend, his own weekly podcast, was introduced in 2018 by O’Brien’s production firm, Team Coco, in collaboration with Earwolf. Will Ferrell was the first guest on the podcast’s premiere episode on November 18, 2018. O’Brien clarified that the moniker is intended to be humorous, adding that he would like to see whether the famous visitors would genuinely be his pals.
Conan O’Brien Must Go, a four-episode worldwide travel series, was announced to be in production on May 17, 2023, and it will air on Max. In his podcast series Conan O’Brien Needs a Fan, O’Brien featured several fans who he had previously featured via video chats; in the series, O’Brien will meet these fans in person.
How Tall is Conan O’Brien?
Conan O’Brien is 6 feet 3 inches tall and weighs 81 kg.