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Bo Burnham

1990-08-21 (34 years old) in Hamilton, Massachusetts, USA

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.

Movies

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Bo Burnham: The Inside Outtakes
81 %|May 30, 2022
Comedy, Music, Drama, Documentary
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Bo Burnham: Inside
81 %|Jul 22, 2021
Comedy, Drama
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Promising Young Woman
74.35 %|Dec 13, 2020
Thriller, Crime, Drama
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Joe Mande's Award-Winning Comedy Special
59 %|Jul 25, 2017
Comedy, Documentary
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Rough Night
57 %|Jun 15, 2017
Drama, Comedy
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The Big Sick
73 %|Mar 30, 2017
Comedy, Drama, Romance
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Bo Burnham: Make Happy
80 %|Jun 3, 2016
Comedy, Music
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Bo Burnham: What.
78.23 %|Dec 17, 2013
Comedy, Documentary
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Adventures in the Sin Bin
45 %|Jun 8, 2012
Comedy
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Hall Pass
57.05 %|Feb 25, 2011
Comedy, Romance
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Bo Burnham: Words, Words, Words
72.47 %|Oct 16, 2010
Comedy, Documentary
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American Virgin
49.63 %|Oct 3, 2009
Comedy
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Funny People
58.879999999999995 %|Jul 30, 2009
Comedy, Drama
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YouTube Live
70 %|Nov 22, 2008
Music, Comedy

Series

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Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show
56 %|Mar 29, 2024
Documentary, Comedy
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We Bare Bears
77 %|Aug 24, 2015
Family, Comedy, Animation, Kids
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Off Camera with Sam Jones
40 %|Feb 6, 2014
Talk
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Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous
78 %|May 2, 2013
Comedy
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Conan
70.36 %|Nov 8, 2010
Talk, Comedy, News
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The Green Room with Paul Provenza
80 %|Jun 10, 2010
Comedy, Talk
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Yo Teach...!
100 %|May 27, 2009
Comedy
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Parks and Recreation
80 %|Apr 9, 2009
Comedy
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The Soup
60 %|Jul 1, 2004
Talk, Comedy
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Comedy Central Presents
67 %|Dec 1, 1998
Comedy, Talk