Bo Burnham

Bo Burnham

1990-08-21

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.

Also appears in

The Big Sick

The Big Sick

7.3

Hall Pass

Hall Pass

5.7

Promising Young Woman

Promising Young Woman

7.4

Rough Night

Rough Night

5.7

Funny People

Funny People

5.9

Bo Burnham: Inside

Bo Burnham: Inside

8.1

Bo Burnham: What.

Bo Burnham: What.

7.8

American Virgin

American Virgin

5.0

Bo Burnham: Make Happy

Bo Burnham: Make Happy

8.0

Adventures in the Sin Bin

Adventures in the Sin Bin

4.5

Joe Mande’s Award-Winning Comedy Special

Joe Mande’s Award-Winning Comedy Special

5.9

Bo Burnham: The Inside Outtakes

Bo Burnham: The Inside Outtakes

8.1