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 Comed ... y 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.
Bo Burnham: The Inside Outtakes
2022
Director of Photography, Sound Editor, Editor, Writer, Original Music Composer
2021
Director of Photography, Sound Editor, Editor, Writer, Original Music Composer
| Organization | Category | Movie | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Academy Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Promising Young Woman | Nominated |
Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous
as Zach Stone
Episodes: 12
First Aired: May 02, 2013
Yo Teach...!
as Bo
Episodes: 7
First Aired: May 27, 2009
Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show
as Anonymous
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Mar 29, 2024
We Bare Bears
as Andy Bangs / Additional Voices (voice)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Aug 24, 2015
Parks and Recreation
as Chipp McCapp
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Apr 09, 2009
Key & Peele
as Lyle
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 31, 2012
Conan
as Self
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Nov 08, 2010
The Soup
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jul 01, 2004
The Green Room with Paul Provenza
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jun 10, 2010
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Aug 02, 2015
Comedy Central Presents
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Dec 01, 1998
Off Camera with Sam Jones
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 06, 2014
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