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15 Facts About Conner O'Malley

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Conner O'Malley was born on December 20,1986 and is an American comedian, writer, actor, filmmaker, and social media personality.

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Conner O'Malley produces videos on YouTube, and was active on the now defunct social media platform Vine.

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Conner O'Malley is married to actor and fellow comedian Aidy Bryant.

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Conner O'Malley grew up living on the North Side of Chicago.

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Conner O'Malley's father wanted him to be a mechanic as well, and when O'Malley took a test to become one at age 18, he failed it "kind of on purpose".

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Conner O'Malley then wanted to be a comedian, and was inspired by Conan O'Brien and Norm MacDonald.

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Conner O'Malley started frequently performing in the standup and improv comedy scene at Second City theaters in Chicago.

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When Bryant was cast on Saturday Night Live in 2012, the two moved to New York City, where Conner O'Malley began uploading short comedy videos to the social media platform Vine while working as a dog walker.

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Conner O'Malley's Vines, uploaded until the site shut down defunct in 2017, mostly showed him confronting drivers on New York City streets and talking to them in non-sequiturs.

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Conner O'Malley has appeared on Comedy Central's Broad City, on Netflix's The Characters, and has been a recurring guest on The Chris Gethard Show.

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Since 2016, Conner O'Malley has frequently posted videos on his YouTube channel, similar to his Vine work.

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In 2024, Conner O'Malley released the stand-up comedy special Stand Up Solutions, which satirizes late capitalism and artificial intelligence.

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Conner O'Malley co-directed, wrote, and starred in Rap World, a 2024 mockumentary about three men in Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania, in 2009, who try to record a hip-hop album over the course of a night, despite "having no songs or real focus to speak of", as David Fenshaw writes for The Fader.

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Shane Ryan, writing for Paste, said Conner O'Malley's comedy expresses "anger and envy and a sort of perverted worship of wealth and the American dream".

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Conner O'Malley has published comedy videos on YouTube which satirized InfoWars, the South by Southwestfestival, and the AVN Awards.