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Conan O’Brien
Hosting late-night television with absurd sketches and self-deprecating humour.
Late Night with Conan O’Brien · Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend
- Born
- 18 April 1963
- Birthplace
- Brookline, Massachusetts, United States
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Conan O’Brien
Conan O’Brien is an American comedian, writer and presenter. After writing for Saturday Night Live and The Simpsons, he became a late-night host and later expanded into podcasts and travel programmes.
Early life
Brookline upbringing
Grew up in a large Massachusetts family.
Harvard comedy
Studied history and literature and edited the Harvard Lampoon.
Career
- 1980s–1993
Television writing
Worked on comedy programmes including Saturday Night Live and The Simpsons.
- 1993–2009
Late Night host
Succeeded David Letterman on NBC’s late-night programme.
- 2010–2021
Cable television
Hosted Conan on TBS after a brief Tonight Show tenure.
- 2018 onwards
Audio and travel
Expanded into podcasting and international comedy travel.
Selected work
Late Night with Conan O’Brien
Mixed celebrity interviews with surreal recurring sketches.
Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend
Long-form comedy conversations with guests.
Conan O’Brien Must Go
Travel series built around encounters with fans abroad.
Beyond work
Family
Married Liza Powel in 2002; they have two children.
Humour recognition
Received the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in 2025.
Sources & photo credit
Biography ↗Life and work ↗Photo: Adam Chitayat. CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.
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