Known For
Acting
Born
Aug 21, 1990
Place of Birth
Hamilton, Massachusetts, USA
Credits
40 titles
Bo Burnham
Biography
Robert Pickering "Bo" Burnham (born August 21, 1990) is an American comedian, musician, actor, film director, screenwriter, and poet. He began his career on YouTube in March 2006, with his videos gaining more than 300 million views as of March 2021. Burnham signed a four-year record deal with Comedy Central Records and released his debut EP, Bo fo Sho, in 2008. His first full-length album, Bo Burnham, was released the following year. At the age of 18, he became the youngest person to record a half-hour comedy special with Comedy Central. In 2010, his second album, Words Words Words, was released along with his first live comedy special of the same name on Comedy Central. His third album and second comedy special, what., was released in 2013 on his YouTube channel and Netflix. He finished in first place at the 2011 Comedy Central Stand-up Showdown. His third stand-up comedy special, Make Happy, was released exclusively on Netflix in 2016. His fourth comedy special, Bo Burnham: Inside, premiered on Netflix in 2021. In 2013, Burnham co-created and starred in the MTV television series Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous and released a book of poetry called Egghead: Or, You Can't Survive on Ideas Alone. His first feature film as a writer and director, Eighth Grade, was released in 2018 to widespread critical acclaim; among other accolades, it received the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay and the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – First-Time Feature Film. In 2020, Burnham starred as Ryan Cooper in the film Promising Young Woman.
Known For
Filmography
Eddington
Thanks
Past Lives
Thanks
Beau Is Afraid
Thanks
Kate Berlant: Cinnamon in the Wind
Director
Bo Burnham: The Inside Outtakes
Self
Jerrod Carmichael: Rothaniel
Director
Bo Burnham: Inside
Self
Promising Young Woman
Ryan
Whitmer Thomas: The Golden One
Executive Producer
Lil Rel Howery: Live in Crenshaw
Executive Producer
Sermon on the Mount
Executive Producer
Home Videos
Executive Producer
Chris Rock: Tamborine
Director
Eighth Grade
Director
Joe Mande's Award-Winning Comedy Special
Self
Rough Night
Tobey
The Big Sick
CJ
Jerrod Carmichael: 8
Director
Bo Burnham: Make Happy
Self
We Bare Bears
Andy Bangs / Additional Voices (voice)
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Self
Bo Burnham: What.
Self
Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous
Zach Stone
Adventures in the Sin Bin
Tony
Key & Peele
Lyle
Hall Pass
Bartender
Conan
Self
Bo Burnham: Words, Words, Words
Self
The Green Room with Paul Provenza
Self
American Virgin
Rudy
Funny People
Yo Teach Cast Member
Yo Teach...!
Bo
Parks and Recreation
Chipp McCapp
YouTube Live
Himself
The Soup
Self
Comedy Central Presents
Self
Gay Kid and Fat Chick
Writer
Untitled Sesame Street Movie
Outside
Director