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Conan O'Brien
Conan Christopher O'Brien is an American television host, comedian, writer, actor, and podcaster. He hosted several late-night talk shows, beginning with Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993–2009) and The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien (2009–2010) on the NBC television network, and Conan (2010–2021) on the cable channel TBS. Before his hosting career, O'Brien was a writer for the NBC sketch comedy…
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entertainment · American television host and comedian (born 1963) · television presenter · comedian · writer · television actor · film actor · voice actor · television producer · podcaster · screenwriter · also Conan O'Brien, Conan Christopher O'Brien, O'Brien
Born 18 April 1963 · Q486740
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2026· 28 entries
Axios: From bartender to boss, Charlie Bateman hits 50 years at Pat O'Brien's
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Yahoo: What To Watch Friday: Conan O'Brien Must Go Returns, Anne Hathaway Is Mother Mary, And More
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Weather Underground: O'Brien, TX Air Quality & Pollen
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MLB.com: Riley O'Brien secures the Cardinals' 10-9 win
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CBS Sports: Cardinals' Riley O'Brien: Narrowly escapes with 33rd save
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IMDb: Where's he off to now? Find out on 'Conan O'Brien Must Go'
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Mid-American Conference: Lowry Lands on Davey O'Brien Award Preseason Watch List - Mid-American Conference
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KPIC: Oregon QB Dante Moore lands on Davey O'Brien Award watch list after Unitas nod
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CT Insider: Football preview: O'Brien Tech to feature unique offense
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Excelsior Citizen: Obituary | William "Bill" O'Brien
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UCF Athletics: Quarterback Alonza Barnett III Tabbed to Davey O'Brien Award Preseason Watch List
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University of Arizona Athletics: Noah Fifita One of 30 Quarterbacks Named to Davey O'Brien Award Watch List
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Boston University Athletics: Lauro, O'Brien Earn Preseason All-Patriot League Honors
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Axios: New on streaming: "Outer Banks," Conan O'Brien and Novak Djokovic
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ESPN: A. Tillotson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by S. O'Brien.
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FantasyPros: Riley O'Brien slams the door as Cards blank Reds
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The Good Newsroom: Obituary: Sr. Mary O'Brien, S.C.
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NJ.com: James O'Brien Obituary (07/15/1939 - 04/16/2026) - Sheridan, WY - The Times of Trenton
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CBS Sports: Cardinals' Riley O'Brien: Nails down 32nd save
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Bozeman Daily Chronicle: Boston College at a crossroads in Year 3 of Bill O'Brien era following worst record since 2012
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City of Phoenix (.gov): Councilwoman Ann O'Brien's Statement on Cuts to Arizona's Colorado River Supply
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ESPN: S. O'Brien made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by F. Amiel.
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Legacy obituary: Barbara Greenberg Obituary (2026) - Novi, MI - O'Brien-Sullivan Funeral Home - Novi
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Public attention spiked: 12,915 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.6× the usual 3,587, with 2 article edits. Editors noted: Fixed grammar.
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Public attention spiked: 20,917 Wikipedia readers in one day, 5.8× the usual 3,587, with 4 article edits. Editors noted: Conan O'Brien Needs A Friend and Conan O'Brien Must Go (2018–present)
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O’Brien formed a rock band, named The Vigodas in honor of frequent Late Night collaborator Abe Vigoda
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O’Brien joined Disney’s Toy Story universe as Smarty Pants in the fifth installment of the film series
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2025· 3 entries
Awarded Mark Twain Prize for American Humor (2025).
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O'Brien hosted the 97th Academy Awards for the first time
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For Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Recorded)
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2024· 1 entry
HBO released a four-episode international travel series titled Conan O'Brien Must Go on Max to widespread critical acclaim
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2023· 1 entry
Snopes.com rated the claim “Late-night TV talk show host Conan O'Brien once tried to see how long he could spin his wedding ring on air during the 2007-08 Writers Guild of America strike.” True.
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2022· 1 entry
Snopes.com rated the claim “Astronaut Buzz Aldrin admitted during a television appearance with Conan O'Brien that the 1969 moon landing was fake.” False.
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2021· 1 entry
Featuring a live audience and marking the end of O'Brien's twenty-eight year run as a late-night host
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2019· 1 entry
Clips from O'Brien's time on Late Night began to be posted on his TBS website and on the Team Coco YouTube channel
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2018· 1 entry
O'Brien's production company, Team Coco, partnered with Earwolf to launch his own weekly podcast, Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend
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2016· 2 entries
O'Brien hosted the 5th NFL Honors in San Francisco, California
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O'Brien purchased an ocean-front house in Carpinteria, California in 2016.
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2015· 2 entries
O'Brien became the longest-working late-night talk show host active in the United States
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O’Brien visited the Armenian Genocide Memorial in Yerevan alongside his assistant of Armenian descent, Sona Movsesian, as part of his visit to Armenia in Conan Without Borders in order to spread awareness about the genoc
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2011· 5 entries
O'Brien was ordained as a minister by the Universal Life Church Monastery, allowing him to perform a same-sex marriage in New York, at that time one of the few states in the US where gay marriage was legal
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O'Brien was awarded an honorary Doctor of Arts degree from Dartmouth College
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And 2012, O'Brien hosted the Christmas in Washington special for TBS' sister network, TNT, featuring celebrity performances and a special appearance by the Obama family both years
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Starred as himself in the web series Web Therapy (opposite Lisa Kudrow) for three episodes
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The documentary film titled Conan O'Brien Can't Stop was released which followed O'Brien throughout his comedy tour
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2010· 10 entries
And aired Monday through Thursday at 11:00 pm ET/10:00 pm CT
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O'Brien opened his two-month comedy tour in Eugene, Oregon, with a crowd of 2,500 and no TV cameras
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O'Brien announced via his Twitter account that he would embark on a 30-city live tour beginning April 12, 2010, entitled, "The Legally Prohibited from Being Funny on Television Tour"
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It was reported that O'Brien was attempting to sell his Central Park West penthouse in New York with an asking price of $35 million
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It was announced that O'Brien had reached a deal with NBC that would see him exit The Tonight Show the next day
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NBC executive Jeff Zucker met with Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien to discuss how to move Leno out of prime time, where his ratings were lackluster, and back into late night
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As of November 2010, no further harassment of O'Brien has been reported.
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And was inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame in 2025
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“like a marriage breaking up suddenly, violently, quickly. And I was just trying to figure out what happened.”
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O'Brien again grew a beard, which he kept until May 2011, when it was partially shaved on the set of Conan by Will Ferrell (and completely shaved off-screen by a professional barber)
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2009· 4 entries
Will Ferrell became Conan's first Tonight Show guest on the couch and Pearl Jam appeared as his first musical guest
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NBC aired the last episode of Late Night with Conan O'Brien
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From New York City to host The Tonight Show at Universal Studios Hollywood
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O'Brien moved from New York to Los Angeles to host his own incarnation of The Tonight Show for seven months until highly publicized network politics prompted a host change in 2010
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2008· 2 entries
Ajemian pleaded guilty to stalking, and was later laicized
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O'Brien staged a mock feud with Comedy Central's Jon Stewart (of The Daily Show) and Stephen Colbert (of The Colbert Report) over a dispute about which of the three were responsible for giving a "bump" to Mike Huckabee's
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2006· 1 entry
O'Brien exploited his perceived resemblance to Tarja Halonen, entering her second term as president of Finland
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2004· 1 entry
The network decided that O'Brien would take over The Tonight Show from Jay Leno in 2009
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2003· 20 entries
“Na rynku pojawiło się urządzenie do analizy oddechu, które potrafi stwierdzić, czy twoje dziecko paliło skręta. Najprawdopodobniej polega to na tym, że jeśli dasz to urządzenie dziecku, a ono się nim zaciągnie i poda je dalej, to znaczy, że paliło skręta.”
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“Ostatnia plotka głosi, że Jennifer Garner jest w ciąży z aktorem i producentem filmowym, Benem Affleckiem, co oznacza, że Benowi wreszcie udała się jakaś produkcja!”
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“Ostatnio Paris Hilton aby zebrać pieniądze dla dzieci, wystąpiła w sesji zdjęciowej, mając na sobie tylko szpilki. Dlaczego w szpilkach? W wywiadzie powiedziała, że chciała zrobić coś wreszcie na wysokim poziomie.”
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“Dzisiaj na aukcji sprzedano za 12 milionów dolarów portret Elizabeth Taylor autorstwa Andy’ego Warhola. Jak na razie dane geja, który zakupił dzieło, nie są znane…”
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“Paris Hilton jest załamana, bo ktoś ukradł jej pamiętniki. Policja twierdzi, że złodziej miał dostęp do jej sypialni, więc mógł to być ktokolwiek.”
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“Paris Hilton zaprzecza, jakoby miała spać z aktorem Tomem Sizemorem. Paris powiedziała: „To nieprawda! Jeszcze nawet nie doszłam do litery S.”
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O'Brien and Powel have a daughter (born 2003) and a son (born 2005).
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“Dzisiaj jest ostatni mecz finałów NBA między San Antonio Spurs a Detroit Pistons. Nagrywamy to wcześniej, więc powiem tak: San Antonio – wygracie czy przegracie, to i tak mieliście piękny sezon, Detroit – wygracie czy przegracie, to i tak mi przykro, że mieszkacie w Detroit…”
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“Dwóch prawników Michaela Jacksona pokłóciło się na parkingu przed sądem i zaczęło na siebie krzyczeć. Panowie zachowywali się tak dziecinnie, że sam Michael zaczął się do nich zalecać…”
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“Condoleezza Rice jest wielkim fanem Beethovena. Kiedy prezydent Bush o tym usłyszał, powiedział: „Ale fajnie. Ja również uwielbiam ten film!!!”
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“Coca-Cola oznajmiła, że wypuści na rynek nowa wersję coli: Vanilla Coke. Nie chcę być złym prorokiem, ale oby nie skończyło się tak jak wypuszczenie na rynek Vanilla Ice.”
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“Aby zrzucić nadwagę, 400-funtowy mężczyzna ma zamiar przemierzyć Amerykę. Na razie patent się nie sprawdza, bo przemierza ją od jednego Taco Bell do drugiego…”
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“ABC emituje film na temat romansu między księciem Karolem a Kamilą Parker Bowles. Film jednak zbiera złe recenzje. Krytycy mówią, że facet, który gra Kamilę jest okropny…”
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“Pamela Anderson zapowiedziała, że przeprowadzi się do Londynu. Co ciekawe, na tę wiadomość, Big Ben zrobił się jeszcze większy…”
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“Dzisiaj w Białym Domu prezydent Bush przemówił do astronautów orbitujący wokół Ziemi. Niestety, astronauci nie mogli usłyszeć prezydenta, bo ten stał na trawniku Białego Domu i krzyczał przez megafon.”
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“Elton John ogłosił, że wyjdzie za swojego długoletniego partnera Davida Furnisha. Podobno uwierzył, że dwóch mężczyzn może się pobrać, kiedy zobaczył ślub księcia Karola i Kamili Parker Bowles.”
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“Facet, który wymyślił LSD, świętuje setne urodziny. Wynalazca planuje spędzić urodziny w otoczeniu najbliższych przyjaciół, rodziny i dwumetrowego jednorożca.”
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“Gubernator Arnold Schwarzenegger wygłosił przemówienie na temat globalnego ocieplenia. Jego wystąpienie było krótkie i brzmiało: „Ogień. Gorąco. Źle.”
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“Jedno z laboratoriów przez przypadek rozesłało próbki z wirusem grypy do 18 krajów i jeśli się ich nie zniszczy, mogą zarazić miliony ludzi. Lekarze twierdzą, że byłaby to najszybciej rozprzestrzeniająca się choroba zakaźna od czasu tournée Christiny Aguilery.”
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“Kierowca ciężarówki z lodami dostał karę 90 dni aresztu, bo powiedział dzieciakowi, że jest gruby i zepchnął go z rowerka. Gruby dzieciak domaga się teraz 10 000$ odszkodowania, ale zadowoli się też ekstra dużymi z polewą…”
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2002· 2 entries
And 2006, the White House Correspondents' Dinner in 1995 and 2013, and the Academy Awards in 2025, 2026, and 2027
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And the 58th Primetime Emmy Awards in 2006, to critical acclaim
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2001· 1 entry
Formed his own television production company, Conaco, which subsequently shared in the production credits for Late Night
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2000· 3 entries
O'Brien met Elizabeth Ann "Liza" Powel in 2000, when, as a senior copywriter for the advertising agency Foote, Cone & Belding, she appeared in a pre-taped sketch on Late Night with Conan O'Brien in which O'Brien sought to craft a more effective TV commercial for Hilton Furniture, a store in Houston, where his show aired in an undesirable timeslot of 2:40am.
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When, as a senior copywriter for the advertising agency Foote, Cone & Belding, she appeared in a pre-taped sketch on Late Night with Conan O'Brien in which O'Brien sought to craft a more effective TV commercial for Hilto
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O'Brien credited The Simpsons with saving him, a reference to the career slump he was experiencing before being hired for the show
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1999· 1 entry
O'Brien made an appearance on Futurama in the second-season episode "Xmas Story"
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1997· 1 entry
2000, 2002, 2003, and 2004, he and the Late Night writing staff won the Writers Guild Award for Best Writing in a Comedy/Variety Series
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1996· 1 entry
O'Brien and the Late Night writing team were nominated annually for the Emmy Award for Best Writing in a Comedy or Variety Series, winning the award for the first and only time in 2007
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1994· 1 entry
NBC threatened to put him on a week-to-week contract
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1993· 1 entry
To unfavorable reviews from contemporary critics
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1991· 1 entry
After the failure of his sitcom, O'Brien also had an engagement to be married fall through and he quit Saturday Night Live, citing burnout
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1989· 1 entry
O'Brien and his fellow SNL writers received an Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series
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1981· 1 entry
O'Brien entered Harvard University
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1963· 1 entry
Born 1963-04-18.
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