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.
American Virgin
(Rudy)
Bo Burnham: Words, Words, Words
(Self)
Adventures in the Sin Bin
(Tony)
Bo Burnham: What.
(Self)
Bo Burnham: The Inside Outtakes
(Self)
Bo Burnham: Make Happy
(Self)
The Big Sick
(CJ)
Rough Night
(Tobey)
Funny People
(Yo Teach Cast Member)
Hall Pass
(Bartender)
Promising Young Woman
(Ryan)
Joe Mande's Award-Winning Comedy Special
(Self)
YouTube Live
(Himself)
Bo Burnham: Inside
(Self)
We Bare Bears
(Andy Bangs / Additional Voices (voice))
The Soup
Parks and Recreation
(Chipp McCapp)
Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous
(Zach Stone)
The Green Room with Paul Provenza
(Self)
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
(Self)
Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show
(Anonymous)
Comedy Central Presents
Yo Teach...!
(Bo)
Off Camera with Sam Jones
(Self)
Conan
(Self)
Jerrod Carmichael: Rothaniel
(Executive Producer)
Jerrod Carmichael: Rothaniel
(Director)
Bo Burnham: Inside
(Writer)
Bo Burnham: Inside
(Director)
Jerrod Carmichael: Rothaniel
(Editor)
Bo Burnham: Words, Words, Words
(Writer)
Bo Burnham: Inside
(Original Music Composer)
Bo Burnham: Inside
(Director of Photography)
Bo Burnham: Inside
(Producer)
Bo Burnham: Inside
(Editor)
Bo Burnham: What.
(Writer)
Bo Burnham: What.
(Director)
Bo Burnham: The Inside Outtakes
(Director)
Bo Burnham: The Inside Outtakes
(Writer)
Bo Burnham: The Inside Outtakes
(Original Music Composer)
Bo Burnham: The Inside Outtakes
(Director of Photography)
Bo Burnham: The Inside Outtakes
(Editor)
Bo Burnham: The Inside Outtakes
(Sound Editor)
Bo Burnham: The Inside Outtakes
(Producer)
Bo Burnham: Inside
(Sound Editor)
Kate Berlant: Cinnamon in the Wind
(Executive Producer)
Kate Berlant: Cinnamon in the Wind
(Director)
Bo Burnham: Make Happy
(Writer)
Bo Burnham: Make Happy
(Director)
Jerrod Carmichael: 8
(Executive Producer)
Jerrod Carmichael: 8
(Director)
Bo Burnham: Words, Words, Words
(Executive Producer)
Eighth Grade
(Director)
Eighth Grade
(Screenplay)
Beau Is Afraid
(Thanks)
Chris Rock: Tamborine
(Director)
Bo Burnham: What.
(Executive Producer)
Sesame Street
(Original Music Composer)
Bo Burnham: Make Happy
(Original Music Composer)
Gay Kid and Fat Chick
(Writer)
Gay Kid and Fat Chick
(Producer)
Sermon on the Mount
(Executive Producer)
Lil Rel Howery: Live in Crenshaw
(Executive Producer)
Whitmer Thomas: The Golden One
(Executive Producer)
Home Videos
(Executive Producer)
Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous
(Executive Producer)
Comedy Central Presents
(Writer)
Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous
(Creator)