Comedian who graduated from Harvard University History department: Who is Conan O'Brien?
Conan O'Brien worked as a writer and president of the humor magazine Harvard Lampoon while he was studying at Harvard University. He started his television career as a writer and also took part in theater groups and promotional commercials.
Conan O'Brien was born on April 18, 1963, in Brookline, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. His real name is Conan Christopher O'Brien. His mother is lawyer Ruthe Reardon and his father is pharmacist Thomas Francis O'Brien. He has 5 siblings. He graduated from Harvard University in 1985 with a degree in History and Literature.
Conan O'Brien worked as a writer and president of the humor magazine Harvard Lampoon while he was studying at Harvard University. He started his television career as a writer and also took part in theater groups and promotional commercials.
In 1988, he joined the writers of Saturday Night Live. He wrote 72 episodes between 1987 and 1991. In 1989, he and his friends won an Emmy award for their work there. After that, he worked as a writer on the cartoon series The Simpsons between 1992 and 1993.
Conan Christopher O'Brien (born April 18, 1963) is an American television host, comedian, writer, and producer. He is best known for having hosted late-night talk shows for almost 28 years, beginning with Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993–2009) and The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien (2009–2010) on the NBC television network, and Conan (2010–2021) on the cable channel TBS. Before his hosting career, O'Brien was a writer for the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from 1988 to 1991, and the Fox animated sitcom The Simpsons from 1991 to 1993. He has also been host of the podcast series Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend since 2018 and is set to launch a travel show, Conan O'Brien Must Go, on Max.
Conan O'Brien took over as host of The Tonight Show from Jay Leno on June 1, 2009.
In 2010, he left 'The Tonight Show', which he hosted on NBC television, to Jay Leno again, in exchange for a total deal of 45 million dollars, 12 million dollars for his employees, and 33 million dollars for himself. Conan O'Brien, who was banned from working on another channel until September 2010, started his new show called Conan on TBS on November 8, 2010.
Conan O'Brien married Liza Powell O'Brien on January 12, 2002. He has two children, a daughter, Neve O'Brien (b.2003), and a son, Beckett O'Brien (b.2005).