Conan O'Brien

American television show host and comedian

Conan O'Brien (born April 18, 1963) is an American television host, comedian, writer and podcaster from Brookline, Massachusetts, who studied at Harvard University. He hosted Late Night with Conan O'Brien, The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien and Conan, worked on The Simpsons and Saturday Night Live, and hosts the podcast Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend. He received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series and, in March 2025, the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. His X account, ConanOBrien, had about 28.4 million followers in February 2023.