Conan O'Brien
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.
Acting
Movie
Now You See Me
as Conan O’Brien
2013
TV
The Simpsons
as Conan O'Brien (voice)
1989
Movie
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
as Conan O'Brien
2013
TV
How I Met Your Mother
as Bar Patron (uncredited)
2005
Movie
Love & Other Drugs
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2010
Movie
The Lego Batman Movie
as The Riddler (voice)
2017
TV
The Office
as Conan O'Brien
2005
TV
Family Guy
as Conan O'Brien (voice)
1999
Movie
Vanilla Sky
as Conan O'Brien
2001
TV
Futurama
as Conan O'Brien
1999
Movie
The Mitchells vs. the Machines
as Glaxxon 5000 (voice)
2021
TV
Silicon Valley
as Conan O'Brien
2014
TV
Stargate SG-1
1997
Movie
Bewitched
as Conan O'Brien
2005
TV
Arrested Development
as Conan O'Brien
2003
Movie
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2
as David Endocrine (voice)
2013
Movie
Fyre
as Self (archive footage)
2019
TV
Final Space
as Clarence (voice)
2018
Movie
Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2
as Self (archive footage)
2000
TV
Curb Your Enthusiasm
as Conan O'Brien
2000
TV
30 Rock
as Conan O'Brien
2006
TV
The Daily Show
as Self
1996
Movie
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
as Andy Warhol
2022
Movie
Sandy Wexler
as Testimonial
2017
Crew
TV
The Simpsons
Writer
1989
TV
Final Space
Executive Producer
2018
TV
Saturday Night Live
Writer
1975
TV
Conan
Writer
2010
TV
The Beast in Me
Executive Producer
2025
TV
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Writer
1993
TV
The Oscars
Writer
1953
TV
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
Additional Writing
1995
TV
Daniel Sloss: Live Shows
Executive Producer
2018
TV
Don't Hug Me I'm Scared
Executive Producer
2011
TV
Conan O'Brien Must Go
Executive Producer
2024
TV
Eagleheart
Executive Producer
2011