Bo Burnham
Acting
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
Acting25
movieRough Night
2017
Tobey
tvWe Bare Bears
2015
Andy Bangs / Additional Voices (voice)
tvZach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous
2013
Zach Stone
movieHall Pass
2011
Bartender
tvConan
2010
Self
movieFunny People
2009
Yo Teach Cast Member
tvParks and Recreation
2009
Chipp McCapp
movieYouTube Live
2008
Himself
tvThe Soup
2004
Self
Production13
movieKate Berlant: Cinnamon in the Wind
2022
Executive Producer
movieJerrod Carmichael: Rothaniel
2022
Executive Producer
movieBo Burnham: Inside
2021
Producer
movieWhitmer Thomas: The Golden One
2020
Executive Producer
movieLil Rel Howery: Live in Crenshaw
2019
Executive Producer
movieSermon on the Mount
2019
Executive Producer
movieHome Videos
2019
Executive Producer
movieJerrod Carmichael: 8
2017
Executive Producer
movieBo Burnham: What.
2013
Executive Producer
tvZach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous
2013
Executive Producer
movieBo Burnham: Words, Words, Words
2010
Executive Producer
Directing10
movieBo Burnham: Inside
2021
Director
movieChris Rock: Tamborine
2018
Director
movieEighth Grade
2018
Director
movieJerrod Carmichael: 8
2017
Director
movieBo Burnham: Make Happy
2016
Director
movieBo Burnham: What.
2013
Director
Outside
Director
Writing8
movieEighth Grade
2018
Writer
Crew3
Editing3
Sound3
movieBo Burnham: The Inside Outtakes
2022
Original Music Composer, Sound Editor
movieBo Burnham: Inside
2021
Original Music Composer, Sound Editor
movieBo Burnham: Make Happy
2016
Original Music Composer
Camera2
movieBo Burnham: The Inside Outtakes
2022
Director of Photography
movieBo Burnham: Inside
2021
Director of Photography