Bo Burnham
Born: 1990-08-21 in Hamilton, Massachusetts, USA
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2025
- Eddington ... (Thanks)
2024
- Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show as Anonymous
2023
- Past Lives ... (Thanks)
- Beau Is Afraid ... (Thanks)
2022
- Kate Berlant: Cinnamon in the Wind ... (Director)
- Jerrod Carmichael: Rothaniel ... (Director)
- Bo Burnham: The Inside Outtakes as Self
2021
- Bo Burnham: Inside as Self
2020
- Promising Young Woman as Ryan
- Whitmer Thomas: The Golden One ... (Executive Producer)
2019
- Sermon on the Mount ... (Executive Producer)
- Lil Rel Howery: Live in Crenshaw ... (Executive Producer)
- Home Videos ... (Executive Producer)
2018
- Chris Rock: Tamborine ... (Director)
- Eighth Grade ... (Director)
2017
- The Big Sick as CJ
- Rough Night as Tobey
- Joe Mande's Award-Winning Comedy Special as Self
- Jerrod Carmichael: 8 ... (Director)
2016
- Bo Burnham: Make Happy as Self
2015
- We Bare Bears as Andy Bangs / Additional Voices (voice)
- Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
2014
- Off Camera with Sam Jones as Self
2013
- Bo Burnham: What. as Self
- Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous as Zach Stone
2012
- Key & Peele as Lyle
- Adventures in the Sin Bin as Tony
2011
- Hall Pass as Bartender
2010
- Conan as Self
- The Green Room with Paul Provenza as Self
- Bo Burnham: Words, Words, Words as Self
2009
- Parks and Recreation as Chipp McCapp
- American Virgin as Rudy
- Funny People as Yo Teach Cast Member
- Yo Teach...! as Bo
2008
- YouTube Live as Himself
2004
- The Soup as Self