Biography
Robert Pickering "Bo" Burnham (born August 21, 1990) is an American comedian, musician, actor, film director, screenwriter, and poet. He launched his career on YouTube in March 2006, where his videos had accumulated over 300 million views by March 2021.
Burnham signed a four-year contract with Comedy Central Records and released his debut EP, Bo fo Sho, in 2008. His first full-length album, Bo Burnham, followed in 2009. At 18, he became the youngest artist to record a half-hour comedy special with Comedy Central. In 2010, he released his second album, Words Words Words, along with a live comedy special of the same name on Comedy Central. His third album and second special, what., debuted in 2013 on his YouTube channel and Netflix. He won first place at the 2011 Comedy Central Stand-up Showdown. His third 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 series Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous and published a poetry collection titled Egghead: Or, You Can't Survive on Ideas Alone. His feature film debut as writer and director, Eighth Grade, was released in 2018 to widespread critical praise, earning 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 appeared as Ryan Cooper in the film Promising Young Woman.
27 wins and 46 nominations
