Conan O'Brien grew up in a large Irish Catholic family in Massachusetts. At an early age, he developed a love of comedy and goofing off. This carried on when he entered prestigious Harvard University, acting out many pranks in his time, as well as becoming the president of the Harvard humor magazine, the Harvard Lampoon. After leaving Harvard, Conan found his way into a television writing job in LA. After jumping around on many unsuccessful shows, Conan moved out to New York, and won an Emmy for his writing on Saturday Night Live (1975). Later, he moved on to work for The Simpsons (1989), when SNL executive producer Lorne Michaels offered him the job of producer for the vacant 12:30 slot on NBC. Conan, after searching for a new host, decided to audition for the job himself and eventually wound up as the host of Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993).

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Seth Green and Conan O'Brien in Conan (2010)

Conan O'Brien and José Arroyo in Conan O'Brien Needs a Doctor While Eating Spicy Wings (2024)

Conan O'Brien, Dennis Trillo, and Jennylyn Mercado in Sanggang-dikit FR (2025)

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Conan O'Brien and James Downey in Downey Wrote That (2025)

Conan O'Brien and Greg Daniels in Downey Wrote That (2025)

Paul Reubens and Conan O'Brien in Pee-wee as Himself (2025)

Ralph Fiennes, Mariah Carey, Hector Elizondo, Seth Green, Billy Dee Williams, Will Arnett, Conan O'Brien, Doug Benson, Michael Cera, Rosario Dawson, Zach Galifianakis, Eddie Izzard, Jemaine Clement, Riki Lindhome, Jonah Hill, Jason Mantzoukas, Kate Micucci, Zoë Kravitz, Ellie Kemper, Adam Devine, and Jenny Slate in The Lego Batman Movie (2017)

Conan O'Brien in Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993)

Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine, Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Isla Fisher, Mélanie Laurent, Mark Ruffalo, and Dave Franco in Now You See Me (2013)

Conan O'Brien: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor

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