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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 β First-Time Feature Film. In 2020, Burnham starred as Ryan Cooper in the film Promising Young Woman.
Filmography
all 37
Movies 27
self 12
TV Shows 10
Director 5
Producer 4
Writer 2
Voice 1
Beau Is Afraid (2023)
Kate Berlant: Cinnamon in the Wind (2022)
Bo Burnham: The Inside Outtakes (2022)
Jerrod Carmichael: Rothaniel (2022)
Bo Burnham: Inside (2021)
Promising Young Woman (2020)
Whitmer Thomas: The Golden One (2020)
Lil Rel Howery: Live in Crenshaw (2019)
Sermon on the Mount (2019)
Home Videos (2019)
Chris Rock: Tamborine (2018)
Eighth Grade (2018)
Joe Mande's Award-Winning Comedy Special (2017)
Rough Night (2017)
The Big Sick (2017)
Jerrod Carmichael: 8 (2017)
Bo Burnham: Make Happy (2016)
We Bare Bears (2015)
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter (2015)
Off Camera with Sam Jones (2014)
Bo Burnham: What. (2013)
Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous (2013)
Adventures in the Sin Bin (2012)
Hall Pass (2011)
Conan (2010)
Bo Burnham: Words, Words, Words (2010)
The Green Room with Paul Provenza (2010)
American Virgin (2009)
Funny People (2009)
Yo Teach...! (2009)
Parks and Recreation (2009)
YouTube Live (2008)
The Soup (2004)
Comedy Central Presents (1998)
Sesame Street
Gay Kid and Fat Chick
Fractions Speak Louder Than Words
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GenderMale
Birthday1990-08-21 (33 years old)
Birth NameRobert Pickering Burnham
Birth PlaceHamilton, United States of America
RelationshipsLorene Scafaria
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
ResidencesLos Angeles, United States of America
Also Known AsRobert "Bo" Burnham, Robert Burnham, Robert Pickering Burnham, εδΌ―ε
AwardsDirectors Guild of America Award, Independent Spirit Awards, Emmy Award, Writers Guild of America Award
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