Conan O'Brien

Conan O'Brien

Known for
Acting
Born
April 18, 1963 (age 63)
Birthplace
Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Biography

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.

Known For

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Filmography

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Surprise! Instant Xmas Carol!

Surprise! Instant Xmas Carol!

Movie · as Self

2026
Toy Story 5 poster

Toy Story 5

Movie · as Smarty Pants (voice)

2026
Lorne poster

Lorne

Movie · as Self

2026
Norm: The Tale of Norm Macdonald poster

Norm: The Tale of Norm Macdonald

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2026
Untold Mr. T: I Pity the Fool poster

Untold Mr. T: I Pity the Fool

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2026
SCTV: The Greatest Show You've Never Heard Of poster

SCTV: The Greatest Show You've Never Heard Of

Movie · as Self

2026
Paralyzed by Hope: The Maria Bamford Story poster

Paralyzed by Hope: The Maria Bamford Story

Movie · as Self

2026
The Voice Still Carries: The Aimee Mann Story

The Voice Still Carries: The Aimee Mann Story

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2026
Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man! poster

Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!

TV · as Self - Comedian · 2 eps

2026
Reality Check: Inside America's Next Top Model poster

Reality Check: Inside America's Next Top Model

TV · as Self Host, Late Night with Conan O'Brien (archive footage) · 1 ep

2025
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You poster

If I Had Legs I'd Kick You

Movie · as Therapist

2025
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music poster

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

Movie · as Self - SNL Writer 1988 - 1991

2025
This Is the Tom Green Documentary poster

This Is the Tom Green Documentary

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2025
John Candy: I Like Me poster

John Candy: I Like Me

Movie · as Self - Comedian & Podcast Host

2025
Downey Wrote That poster

Downey Wrote That

Movie · as Self

2025
Mutineer poster

Mutineer

Movie

2025
Starring Dick Van Dyke poster

Starring Dick Van Dyke

Movie · as Self

2025
Please Don't Destroy LIVE: Full Sketch Special / Tour Doc poster

Please Don't Destroy LIVE: Full Sketch Special / Tour Doc

Movie · as Himself

2025
Everybody's Live with John Mulaney poster

Everybody's Live with John Mulaney

TV · as Self - Comedian, Self (Pre-Tape Segment) (uncredited) · 1 ep

2024
Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution poster

Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution

Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2024
Return of the King: The Fall and Rise of Elvis Presley poster

Return of the King: The Fall and Rise of Elvis Presley

Movie · as Self

2024
BRATS poster

BRATS

Movie · as Self (archival footage) (uncredited)

2024
Conan O'Brien Must Go poster

Conan O'Brien Must Go

TV · as Self - Host · 11 eps

2024
Mr. McMahon poster

Mr. McMahon

TV · as Self (archive footage) · 6 eps

2023
Money Shot: The Pornhub Story poster

Money Shot: The Pornhub Story

Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2023
Albert Brooks: Defending My Life poster

Albert Brooks: Defending My Life

Movie · as Self

2023
Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain poster

Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain

Movie · as Farley

2023
SmartLess: On the Road poster

SmartLess: On the Road

TV · 1 ep

2023
The Playboy Murders poster

The Playboy Murders

TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep

2022
Meat Loaf - A Celebration Of Life poster

Meat Loaf - A Celebration Of Life

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2022
Turn Every Page - The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb poster

Turn Every Page - The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb

Movie · as Self

2022
Norm Macdonald: Nothing Special poster

Norm Macdonald: Nothing Special

Movie · as Self

2022
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story poster

Weird: The Al Yankovic Story

Movie · as Andy Warhol

2022
Show Business Is My Life (But I Can't Prove It) poster

Show Business Is My Life (But I Can't Prove It)

Movie · as Self

2022
Murderville poster

Murderville

TV · as Conan O'Brien · 1 ep

2021
Sam & Mattie Make a Zombie Movie poster

Sam & Mattie Make a Zombie Movie

Movie · as Self

2021
The Mitchells vs. the Machines poster

The Mitchells vs. the Machines

Movie · as Glaxxon 5000 (voice)

2021
The Story of Late Night poster

The Story of Late Night

TV · as Self · 6 eps

2021
The Game of Thrones Reunion Hosted by Conan O'Brien poster

The Game of Thrones Reunion Hosted by Conan O'Brien

TV · as Host · 2 eps

2020
You Cannot Kill David Arquette poster

You Cannot Kill David Arquette

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2020
Becoming poster

Becoming

Movie · as Self

2020
History 101 poster

History 101

TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep

2019
Fyre Fraud poster

Fyre Fraud

Movie · as Himself (Archival Footage)

2019
Dads poster

Dads

Movie · as Self

2018
FYRE: The Greatest Party That Never Happened poster

FYRE: The Greatest Party That Never Happened

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2018
Final Space poster

Final Space

TV · as Clarence (voice) · 13 eps

2018
The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling poster

The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2018
Sobreviví poster

Sobreviví

TV · as Self · 4 eps

2018
What the Fit poster

What the Fit

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2018
Kidding poster

Kidding

TV · as Conan O'Brien · 1 ep

2017
The Lego Batman Movie poster

The Lego Batman Movie

Movie · as The Riddler (voice)

2017
Sandy Wexler poster

Sandy Wexler

Movie · as Testimonial

2017
This Is Bob Hope... poster

This Is Bob Hope...

Movie · as Self

2017
Movie Sound Effects: How Do They Do That? poster

Movie Sound Effects: How Do They Do That?

Movie · as The Riddler (voice)

2017
The History of Comedy poster

The History of Comedy

TV · as Self · 14 eps

2016
The Last Laugh poster

The Last Laugh

Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2016
Laurie Kilmartin: 45 Jokes About My Dead Dad poster

Laurie Kilmartin: 45 Jokes About My Dead Dad

Movie · as Self

2016
How to Lose Weight in 4 Easy Steps!

How to Lose Weight in 4 Easy Steps!

Movie · as Craig

2016
George Fest: A Night to Celebrate the Music of George Harrison poster

George Fest: A Night to Celebrate the Music of George Harrison

Movie · as Self

2016
Happy Once Again poster

Happy Once Again

TV · as Goldfish/ as himself · 1 ep

2015
Being Canadian poster

Being Canadian

Movie · as Self

2015
Thank You, Del: The Story of the Del Close Marathon poster

Thank You, Del: The Story of the Del Close Marathon

Movie · as Self

2015
Clipped poster

Clipped

TV · as Red-Head Customer · 1 ep

2015
Hot Ones poster

Hot Ones

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert poster

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps

2015
Conan Without Borders poster

Conan Without Borders

TV · as Himself · 13 eps

2014
Sharktopus vs. Pteracuda poster

Sharktopus vs. Pteracuda

Movie · as Conan O'Brien

2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon poster

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

2014
Silicon Valley poster

Silicon Valley

TV · as Conan O'Brien · 1 ep

2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers poster

Late Night with Seth Meyers

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2014
Chicken Shop Date poster

Chicken Shop Date

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2013
Inequality for All poster

Inequality for All

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2013
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2 poster

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2

Movie · as David Endocrine (voice)

2013
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns poster

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns

Movie · as David Endochrine (voice)

2013
Clear History poster

Clear History

Movie · as Conan O'Brien

2013
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty poster

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

Movie · as Conan O'Brien

2013
Now You See Me poster

Now You See Me

Movie · as Conan O’Brien

2013
Maron poster

Maron

TV · as Himself · 1 ep

2013
Ke$ha: My Crazy Beautiful Life poster

Ke$ha: My Crazy Beautiful Life

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2012
Johnny Carson: King of Late Night poster

Johnny Carson: King of Late Night

Movie · as Self

2012
George Lopez: It's Not Me, It's You poster

George Lopez: It's Not Me, It's You

Movie · as Self

2012
Vanilla Ice Archive

Vanilla Ice Archive

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2012
Thunderstruck poster

Thunderstruck

Movie · as Conan O'Brien (uncredited)

2012
Inside Comedy poster

Inside Comedy

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2012
NFL Honors poster

NFL Honors

TV · as Himself · 1 ep

2011
Conan O'Brien Can't Stop poster

Conan O'Brien Can't Stop

Movie · as Self

2011
Public Speaking poster

Public Speaking

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2011
Give It Up for Greg Giraldo poster

Give It Up for Greg Giraldo

Movie · as Self

2011
Talking Dead poster

Talking Dead

TV · as Himself · 1 ep

2011
Web Therapy poster

Web Therapy

TV · as Conan O'Brien · 2 eps

2010
I'm Still Here poster

I'm Still Here

Movie · as Conan O'Brien (archive footage) (uncredited)

2010
Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III poster

Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III

Movie · as Zuckuss (voice)

2010
The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special - In 3D! On Ice! poster

The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special - In 3D! On Ice!

Movie · as Self

2010
Love & Other Drugs poster

Love & Other Drugs

Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2010
Conan poster

Conan

TV · as Self - Host · 1510 eps

2009
Scenes from a Parish poster

Scenes from a Parish

Movie · as Himself

2009
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien poster

The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien

TV · as Self - Host · 145 eps

2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen poster

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2009
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon poster

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2008
The Great Buck Howard poster

The Great Buck Howard

Movie · as Conan O’Brien

2008
Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II poster

Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II

Movie · as Zuckuss (voice)

2008
VH1 Rock Honors: The Who poster

VH1 Rock Honors: The Who

Movie · as Self

2008
Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis poster

Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2008
The Penguins of Madagascar poster

The Penguins of Madagascar

TV · as Kuchikukan (voice) · 1 ep

2008
Web Therapy poster

Web Therapy

TV · as Conan O'Brien · 3 eps

2007
Robot Chicken: Star Wars poster

Robot Chicken: Star Wars

Movie · as Zuckuss / Ponda Baba's Boss (voice)

2006
Queer Duck: The Movie poster

Queer Duck: The Movie

Movie · as Conan O'Brien (voice)

2006
Pittsburgh poster

Pittsburgh

Movie

2006
30 Rock poster

30 Rock

TV · as Conan O'Brien · 2 eps

2005
Earth to America poster

Earth to America

Movie · as Self

2005
Bewitched poster

Bewitched

Movie · as Conan O'Brien

2005
Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found poster

Saturday Night Live in the '80s: Lost and Found

Movie · as Self

2005
The Office poster

The Office

TV · as Conan O'Brien · 1 ep

2005
The Colbert Report poster

The Colbert Report

TV · 1 ep

2005
How I Met Your Mother poster

How I Met Your Mother

TV · as Bar Patron (uncredited) · 1 ep

2004
Late Night with Conan O'Brien: The Best of Triumph the Insult Comic Dog poster

Late Night with Conan O'Brien: The Best of Triumph the Insult Comic Dog

Movie · as Himself

2004
Sesame Street: What's the Name of That Song? poster

Sesame Street: What's the Name of That Song?

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2004
O'Grady poster

O'Grady

TV · 1 ep

2003
Can't Buy Me Lunch: Another Look at The Rutles poster

Can't Buy Me Lunch: Another Look at The Rutles

Movie · as Self - Interviewee

2003
Comedy Central Roast of Denis Leary poster

Comedy Central Roast of Denis Leary

Movie · as Self

2003
Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns) poster

Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns)

Movie · as Self

2003
Late Night with Conan O'Brien: 10th Anniversary Special poster

Late Night with Conan O'Brien: 10th Anniversary Special

Movie · as Self

2003
Comedy Central Roasts poster

Comedy Central Roasts

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2003
Arrested Development poster

Arrested Development

TV · as Conan O'Brien · 1 ep

2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

2002
NBC 75th Anniversary Special poster

NBC 75th Anniversary Special

Movie · as Self

2002
Andy Richter Controls the Universe poster

Andy Richter Controls the Universe

TV · 1 ep

2002
The Osbournes poster

The Osbournes

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2001
Storytelling poster

Storytelling

Movie · as Himself

2001
Porn Star: The Legend of Ron Jeremy poster

Porn Star: The Legend of Ron Jeremy

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2001
America: A Tribute to Heroes poster

America: A Tribute to Heroes

Movie · as Self

2001
Vanilla Sky poster

Vanilla Sky

Movie · as Conan O'Brien

2001
Pootie Tang poster

Pootie Tang

Movie · as Conan O’Brien (uncredited)

2001
50 Years of NBC Late Night poster

50 Years of NBC Late Night

Movie · as Self - Host

2001
Primetime Glick poster

Primetime Glick

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2000
Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 poster

Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2000
DAG poster

DAG

TV · as Conan O'Brien (uncredited) · 1 ep

2000
Curb Your Enthusiasm poster

Curb Your Enthusiasm

TV · as Conan O'Brien · 1 ep

1999
Futurama poster

Futurama

TV · as Self (voice) · 1 ep

1999
Family Guy poster

Family Guy

TV · as Conan O'Brien (voice) · 1 ep

1999
Mark Twain Prize poster

Mark Twain Prize

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1998
Tomorrow Night poster

Tomorrow Night

Movie · as Himself

1998
Sesame Street: Elmopalooza! poster

Sesame Street: Elmopalooza!

Movie · as Self (uncredited)

1998
LateLine

LateLine

TV · 1 ep

1998
The Entertainment Biz

The Entertainment Biz

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1997
Rodney Dangerfield's 75th Birthday Toast poster

Rodney Dangerfield's 75th Birthday Toast

Movie · as Self

1997
The View poster

The View

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1997
The Chris Rock Show poster

The Chris Rock Show

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1997
Veronica's Closet poster

Veronica's Closet

TV · as Conan O'Brien · 1 ep

1996
Arli$$ poster

Arli$$

TV · as Conan O'Brien · 1 ep

1996
The Daily Show poster

The Daily Show

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1996
Spin City poster

Spin City

TV · as Conan O'Brien · 1 ep

1996
The Rosie O'Donnell Show poster

The Rosie O'Donnell Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1996
Ros na Rún poster

Ros na Rún

TV · as Delivery Man · 1 ep

1995
National Lampoon's Favorite Deadly Sins poster

National Lampoon's Favorite Deadly Sins

Movie · as Self (uncredited)

1995
The Single Guy poster

The Single Guy

TV · as Cameron Duncan · 1 ep

1995
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist poster

Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist

TV · as Conan (voice) · 2 eps

1995
Die Harald Schmidt Show poster

Die Harald Schmidt Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1995
Mr. Show with Bob and David poster

Mr. Show with Bob and David

TV · as Conan O'Brien · 1 ep

1994
Space Ghost Coast to Coast poster

Space Ghost Coast to Coast

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1994
Inside the Actors Studio poster

Inside the Actors Studio

TV · 1 ep

1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien poster

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

TV · as Self - Host · 2724 eps

1993
Late Show with David Letterman poster

Late Show with David Letterman

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno poster

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

TV · as Self · 4 eps

1992
MTV Movie & TV Awards poster

MTV Movie & TV Awards

TV · as Self / Host · 1 ep

1989
The Simpsons poster

The Simpsons

TV · as Conan O'Brien (voice) · 2 eps

1986
American Masters poster

American Masters

TV · as Self - Interviewee · 1 ep

1984
Jeopardy! poster

Jeopardy!

TV · as Self - Clue Presenter · 1 ep

1975
Saturday Night Live poster

Saturday Night Live

TV · as Self - Host, Self - Cameo (uncredited), Stagehand (uncredited), Cowboy (uncredited), Cowboy / Patron (uncredited), Alien (voice) (uncredited), Restaurant Patron (uncredited), Drummer (uncredited), Stage Manager (uncredited), Drunk Irishman (uncredited), Guest on Nude Talk Show (uncredited), Son (uncredited), Deputy Andy Brennan (uncredited), Student (uncredited), Jehovah's Witness (uncredited), Sean the Doorman (uncredited), Caller (voice) (uncredited), Paul Sean (voice) (uncredited), Reporter (uncredited), Self (uncredited) · 1 ep

1975
Good Morning America poster

Good Morning America

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1969
Sesame Street poster

Sesame Street

TV · 1 ep

1968
60 Minutes poster

60 Minutes

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1968
The Dick Cavett Show poster

The Dick Cavett Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1962
The Late Late Show poster

The Late Late Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1953
The Oscars poster

The Oscars

TV · as Self - Host · 3 eps

1949
The Emmy Awards poster

The Emmy Awards

TV · as Self · 2 eps