Bo Burnham

Acting Aug 21, 1990 (36 years old) Hamilton, Massachusetts, USA

Robert Pickering "Bo" Burnham (born August 21, 1990) is an American comedian, musician, actor, film director, screenwriter, and poet. He began his career on YouTube in March 2006, with his videos gaining more than 300 million views as of March 2021.

Burnham signed a four-year record deal with Comedy Central Records and released his debut EP, Bo fo Sho, in 2008. His first full-length album, Bo Burnham, was released the following year. At the age of 18, he became the youngest person to record a half-hour comedy special with Comedy Central. In 2010, his second album, Words Words Words, was released along with his first live comedy special of the same name on Comedy Central. His third album and second comedy special, what., was released in 2013 on his YouTube channel and Netflix. He finished in first place at the 2011 Comedy Central Stand-up Showdown. His third stand-up comedy special, Make Happy, was released exclusively on Netflix in 2016. His fourth comedy special, Bo Burnham: Inside, premiered on Netflix in 2021.

In 2013, Burnham co-created and starred in the MTV television series Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous and released a book of poetry called Egghead: Or, You Can't Survive on Ideas Alone. His first feature film as a writer and director, Eighth Grade, was released in 2018 to widespread critical acclaim; among other accolades, it received the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay and the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – First-Time Feature Film. In 2020, Burnham starred as Ryan Cooper in the film Promising Young Woman.

25 Acting Credits

22 Crew Credits

Bo Burnham

Acting

Promising Young Woman

The Big Sick

Hall Pass

Rough Night

We Bare Bears

Parks and Recreation

Funny People

Bo Burnham: Inside

Bo Burnham: Make Happy

Bo Burnham: What.

Conan

Key & Peele

American Virgin

Bo Burnham: Words, Words, Words

Bo Burnham: The Inside Outtakes

The Soup

Comedy Central Presents

Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous

Adventures in the Sin Bin

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

Joe Mande's Award-Winning Comedy Special

The Green Room with Paul Provenza

Off Camera with Sam Jones

YouTube Live

Crew

Past Lives

Eighth Grade

Beau Is Afraid

Eddington