Bo Burnham
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.
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 5.601 |
Birthday | 1990-08-21 |
Place of Birth | Hamilton, Massachusetts, USA |
Also Known As | Robert "Bo" Burnham, Robert Burnham, Robert Pickering Burnham, 博伯哈, |
2009
American Virgin
5/156
A Freshman College Girl on a scholarship from an abstinence group that advocates saving sex until marriage discovers that her antics on a night of deb...
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American Virgin
2010
Bo Burnham: Words, Words, Words
7.2/86
Bo Burnham is back with a new one-man show full of his patented songs and wordplay, as well as haikus, dramatic readings, blasphemy, and so much more...
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Bo Burnham: Words, Words, Words
2012
Adventures in the Sin Bin
4.5/16
Brian is a private school student who routinely lends his van out so fellow students can have sex in it. When he is invited to become friends with Ton...
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Adventures in the Sin Bin
2013
Bo Burnham: What.
7.8/227
Left brain and right brain duke it out and then belt out a tune in comedian Bo Burnham's quick and clever one-man show. As intelligent as he is lanky,...
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Bo Burnham: What.
2022
Bo Burnham: The Inside Outtakes
8.1/35
Exactly one year after the release of the one man show, "Bo Burnham: Inside" (made in one room, by one person, throughout the pandemic,) comes a serie...
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Bo Burnham: The Inside Outtakes
2016
Bo Burnham: Make Happy
8/371
Combining his trademark wit and self-deprecating humor with original music, Bo Burnham offers up his unique twist on life in this stand-up special abo...
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Bo Burnham: Make Happy
2017
The Big Sick
7.348/2387
Pakistan-born comedian Kumail Nanjiani and grad student Emily Gardner fall in love but struggle as their cultures clash. When Emily contracts a myster...
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The Big Sick
2017
Rough Night
5.688/1971
Five best friends from college reunite 10 years later for a wild bachelorette weekend in Miami. Their hard partying takes a hilariously dark turn when...
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Rough Night
2009
Funny People
5.885/1268
Famous and wealthy funnyman George Simmons doesn't give much thought to how he treats people until a doctor delivers stunning health news, forcing Geo...
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Funny People
2011
Hall Pass
5.7/1941
When best buds Rick and Fred begin to show signs of restlessness at home, their wives take a bold approach to revitalize their marriages, they grant t...
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Hall Pass
2020
Promising Young Woman
7.439/3176
A young woman, traumatized by a tragic event in her past, seeks out vengeance against those who crossed her path.
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Promising Young Woman
2017
Joe Mande's Award-Winning Comedy Special
5.9/15
Stand-up comic Joe Mande aims for critical adulation with this special that covers dating shows, "Shark Tank," Jewish summer camp and much more.
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Joe Mande's Award-Winning Comedy Special
2008
YouTube Live
7/3
YouTube Live was a 2008 event streamed live on the Internet from San Francisco and Tokyo. It was launched November 22–23, 2008.
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YouTube Live
2021
Bo Burnham: Inside
8.05/476
Stuck in COVID-19 lockdown, US comedian and musician Bo Burnham attempts to stay sane and happy by writing, shooting and performing a one-man comedy s...
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