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Conan O'Brien

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Conan O'Brien

Born April 18, 1963 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA26 films

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.

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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.

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The Mitchells vs. the Machines posterFirst watchThe Mitchells vs. the Machines20217.8as Glaxxon 5000 (voice)A quirky, dysfunctional family's road trip is upended when they find themselves in the middle of the robot apocalypse and suddenly become humanity's unlikeliest last hope.View film

Essential films

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Now You See Me poster7.3Now You See Me2013The Secret Life of Walter Mitty poster7.2The Secret Life of Walter Mitty2013Toy Story 5 poster8.3Toy Story 52026The Lego Batman Movie poster7.3The Lego Batman Movie2017Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2 poster7.9Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 22013Vanilla Sky poster6.8Vanilla Sky2001Weird: The Al Yankovic Story poster6.7Weird: The Al Yankovic Story2022Batman: The Dark Knight Returns poster8.1Batman: The Dark Knight Returns2013

Filmography

26 films as actor
  1. 2026Toy Story 5Smarty Pants (voice)
  2. 2025Mutineer
  3. 2025If I Had Legs I'd Kick YouTherapist
  4. 2023Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy MountainFarley
  5. 2022Weird: The Al Yankovic StoryAndy Warhol
  6. 2021The Mitchells vs. the MachinesGlaxxon 5000 (voice)
  7. 2017Movie Sound Effects: How Do They Do That?The Riddler (voice)
  8. 2017Sandy WexlerTestimonial
  9. 2017The Lego Batman MovieThe Riddler (voice)
  10. 2016How to Lose Weight in 4 Easy Steps!Craig
  11. 2014Sharktopus vs. PteracudaConan O'Brien
  12. 2013The Secret Life of Walter MittyConan O'Brien
  13. 2013Batman: The Dark Knight ReturnsDavid Endochrine (voice)
  14. 2013Clear HistoryConan O'Brien
  15. 2013Now You See MeConan O’Brien
  16. 2013Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2David Endocrine (voice)
  17. 2012ThunderstruckConan O'Brien (uncredited)
  18. 2010Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode IIIZuckuss (voice)
  19. 2008Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode IIZuckuss (voice)
  20. 2008The Great Buck HowardConan O’Brien
  21. 2007Robot Chicken: Star WarsZuckuss / Ponda Baba's Boss (voice)
  22. 2006Pittsburgh
  23. 2006Queer Duck: The MovieConan O'Brien (voice)
  24. 2005BewitchedConan O'Brien
  25. 2001Vanilla SkyConan O'Brien
  26. 2001Pootie TangConan O’Brien (uncredited)