
Bo Burnham
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1990-08-21 (34 years old)
Place of Birth
Hamilton, Massachusetts, USA
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.
Acting
(2022)
(2021)
Bo Burnham: Inside
as Self
(2020)
Promising Young Woman
as Ryan
(2017)
The Big Sick
as CJ
(2017)
Rough Night
as Tobey
(2017)
(2016)
Bo Burnham: Make Happy
as Self
(2013)
Bo Burnham: What.
as Self
(2012)
Adventures in the Sin Bin
as Tony
(2011)
Hall Pass
as Bartender
(2010)
(2009)
Funny People
as Yo Teach Cast Member
(2009)
American Virgin
as Rudy
(2008)
YouTube Live
as Himself
Crew
Sesame Street
Original Music Composer
Gay Kid and Fat Chick
Writer, Producer
(2023)
Beau Is Afraid
Thanks
(2022)
Jerrod Carmichael: Rothaniel
Director, Executive Producer, Editor
(2022)
Bo Burnham: The Inside Outtakes
Director, Writer, Original Music Composer, Director of Photography, Producer, Editor, Sound Editor
(2022)
Kate Berlant: Cinnamon in the Wind
Director, Executive Producer
(2021)
Bo Burnham: Inside
Writer, Director, Original Music Composer, Producer, Director of Photography, Editor, Sound Editor
(2020)
Whitmer Thomas: The Golden One
Executive Producer
(2019)
Sermon on the Mount
Executive Producer
(2019)
Lil Rel Howery: Live in Crenshaw
Executive Producer
(2019)
Home Videos
Executive Producer
(2018)
Eighth Grade
Screenplay, Director
(2018)
Chris Rock: Tamborine
Director
(2017)
Jerrod Carmichael: 8
Director, Executive Producer
(2016)
Bo Burnham: Make Happy
Director, Writer, Original Music Composer
(2013)
Bo Burnham: What.
Writer, Director, Executive Producer
(2010)
Bo Burnham: Words, Words, Words
Writer, Executive Producer