70 Facts About Conan O'Brien

Conan Christopher O'Brien was born on April 18,1963 and is an American television host, comedian, writer, and producer.

Conan O'Brien served as president of The Harvard Lampoon while attending Harvard University, and was a writer for the sketch comedy series Not Necessarily the News.

Conan O'Brien was a writer and producer for The Simpsons for two seasons until he was selected by Lorne Michaels and NBC to take over David Letterman's position as host of Late Night in 1993.

Conan O'Brien was named one of Times 100 Most Influential People in 2010.

Conan O'Brien was born on April 18,1963, in Brookline, Massachusetts.

Conan O'Brien attended Brookline High School, where he served as the managing editor of the school newspaper, then called The Sagamore.

Conan O'Brien was a congressional intern for Congressman Barney Frank and in his senior year, he won the National Council of Teachers of English writing contest with his short story "To Bury the Living".

Conan O'Brien lived in Holworthy Hall during his first year with future businessman Luis Ubinas and two other roommates, and in Mather House during his three upper-class years.

Conan O'Brien was a writer on the short-lived The Wilton North Report.

Conan O'Brien spent two years with that show and performed regularly with improvisational groups, including The Groundlings.

In 1991, Conan O'Brien quit Saturday Night Live, citing burnout and his recent engagement to be married.

Conan O'Brien returned to Saturday Night Live on the February 26,2022 episode as a guest during a Five-Timers Club skit.

Mike Reiss and Al Jean, then showrunners of the animated sitcom The Simpsons, called Conan O'Brien and offered him a job.

Conan O'Brien disagreed, feeling that Kudrow was flattering him, and asserting he was happy as a writer.

From 1991 to 1993, Conan O'Brien was a writer and producer for The Simpsons.

When Conan O'Brien first arrived at the Fox lot, they temporarily gave him writer Jeff Martin's office.

Conan O'Brien was nervous and self-conscious, feeling that he would embarrass himself in front of what he regarded as an intimidating collection of writers.

Conan O'Brien wrote some of the series' most acclaimed episodes: "Marge vs the Monorail" and "Homer Goes to College".

Conan O'Brien has sole writing credits on "New Kid on the Block" and "Treehouse of Horror IV", on which he wrote the episode wraparounds.

Michaels approached Conan O'Brien to produce; then-agent Gavin Polone stressed that Conan O'Brien wanted to perform, rather than produce.

Conan O'Brien arranged with Michaels that O'Brien would do a test audition on the stage of The Tonight Show.

Conan O'Brien was picked as the new host of Late Night on April 26,1993.

Late Night with Conan O'Brien, originating from Studio 6A at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York City, premiered on September 13,1993, to unfavorable reviews from contemporary critics.

One famous remote was when Conan O'Brien visited a historic, Civil War-era baseball league.

The apotheosis of the Late Night remotes centered on the realization, in 2006, that Conan O'Brien bore a striking resemblance to Tarja Halonen, entering her second term as president of Finland.

Conan O'Brien ended the episode by destroying the set with an axe, handing out the pieces of the set to the audience, and thanking a list of people who helped him.

Conan O'Brien was a guest on Jay Leno's final episode of The Tonight Show.

Conan O'Brien acquired the nickname "Coco" after its use in the first "Twitter Tracker" sketch during the second episode of his Tonight Show run.

Conan O'Brien was examined at a hospital and released the same day.

On January 7,2010, NBC executive Jeff Zucker met with Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien to discuss how to move Leno out of prime time, where his ratings were lackluster, and back into late night.

Sources familiar with the situation stated that Conan O'Brien was unhappy and disappointed with NBC's plan.

The final Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien aired January 22,2010, and featured guests Tom Hanks, Steve Carell, Neil Young, and Will Ferrell.

For Ferrell's appearance, Conan O'Brien played guitar with the band and Ferrell sang "Free Bird" while reprising his SNL cowbell.

Conan O'Brien's rumored next networks ranged from Fox to Comedy Central.

Some industry insiders have speculated that Conan O'Brien had chosen to stay on the west coast in order to facilitate a return to late night television and because he did not want to put his children through another move.

Conan O'Brien was included in the 2010 Time 100, a list compiled by Time of the 100 most influential people in the world as voted on by readers.

On March 11,2010, Conan O'Brien announced via his Twitter account that he would embark on a 30-city live tour beginning April 12,2010, entitled, "The Legally Prohibited from Being Funny on Television Tour".

In 2011, the documentary film titled Conan O'Brien Can't Stop was released which followed O'Brien throughout his comedy tour.

The day his live tour began, Conan O'Brien announced that he would host a new show on cable station TBS.

Conan O'Brien's addition moved Lopez Tonight with George Lopez back one hour.

In February 2015, following the onset of the Cuban thaw, Conan O'Brien became the first American television personality to film in Cuba for more than half a century.

Conan O'Brien then visited Armenia for his next show abroad, during which he featured his assistant Sona Movsesian, who is Armenian American.

Conan O'Brien's visit included a trip to the Korean Demilitarized Zone, which resulted in O'Brien and Steven Yeun visiting North Korea on a technicality by stepping across the border line at the DMZ.

In late 2018, Conan took a three-month hiatus while O'Brien launched another national comedy tour.

On his final show, Conan O'Brien featured fictional character Homer Simpson, marking the three episodes that Conan O'Brien wrote for the series.

In 2018, O'Brien's production company, Team Coco, partnered with Earwolf to launch his own weekly podcast, Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend.

Conan O'Brien stated the title is tongue-in-cheek, saying he would like to see if celebrity guests would actually be his friends.

In each episode, Conan O'Brien is joined by his guest, as well as his assistant Sona Movsesian and the show's producer Matt Gourley.

On May 17,2023, it was announced that a four-episode international travel series titled Conan O'Brien Must Go is in production, to be released on Max.

The series will feature O'Brien meeting various fans in person whom he had previously featured via video calls in his podcast series Conan O'Brien Needs a Fan.

In 1999, Conan O'Brien made an appearance on Futurama in the second-season episode "Xmas Story".

Conan O'Brien played himself as a head in a jar and still alive in the year 3000.

Conan O'Brien has made multiple voice appearances on the Adult Swim series Robot Chicken, including the specials Robot Chicken: Star Wars and Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II.

Conan O'Brien made a cameo appearance on the US version of The Office.

Conan O'Brien made a guest appearance as the "Wandering MC" in the 2019 video game Death Stranding, where he communicates with the player using voice lines and facial expressions recorded during his visit to Kojima Productions' headquarters.

Conan O'Brien hosted the 54th Primetime Emmy Awards in 2002 and the 58th Primetime Emmy Awards in 2006, to critical acclaim.

In 2011 and 2012, Conan O'Brien hosted the Christmas in Washington special for TBS' sister network, TNT, featuring celebrity performances and a special appearance by the Obama family both years.

Conan O'Brien has served as the master of ceremonies for the White House Correspondents' Association dinner in Washington, DC twice, in 1995 and 2013.

In 2016, Conan O'Brien hosted the 5th Annual NFL Honors in San Francisco, California.

Conan O'Brien hosted a reunion special in Northern Ireland for Game of Thrones in 2018 for the final season of the series.

The military working dog Conan is reportedly named after O'Brien according to Newsweek.

On Late Night, Conan O'Brien became known for his active and spontaneous hosting style, which has been characterized as "self-deprecating" by both media outlets and Conan O'Brien himself.

Conan O'Brien has been a registered Democrat since casting his first vote for president in 1984 for Walter Mondale.

Conan O'Brien considers himself a moderate on the political spectrum.

Conan O'Brien helped open the Cor Unum meal center in Lawrence, Massachusetts in 2006.

Conan O'Brien purchased a $10.5-million mansion in Brentwood, Los Angeles, California, to prepare for his move there in 2009 from New York City to host The Tonight Show at Universal Studios Hollywood.

Conan O'Brien purchased an ocean-front house in Carpinteria, California in 2016.

Conan O'Brien listed the house for sale for $16.5-million in July 2022.

On June 12,2011, Conan O'Brien was awarded an honorary Doctor of Arts degree from Dartmouth College.

On October 21,2011, Conan O'Brien was ordained as a minister by the Universal Life Church Monastery, allowing him to perform a same-sex marriage while back in New York, then one of the few states in the US where gay marriage was legal, to tape a week's worth of shows.