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Conan O’Brien is an award-winning TV talk show host, comedian, and writer born in 1963 in Brookline, Massachusetts. After graduating from Harvard University, he worked as a writer for such shows as Saturday Night Live and The Simpsons. He made a name for himself in television when he hosted Late Night and The Tonight Show. He is currently hosting the TBS late-night talk show, Conan, in which he is also creator and producer.

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18 Apr, 1963

Conan O’Brien born in Brookline, Massachusetts

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little conanConan Christopher O’Brien is born in Brookline, Massachusetts to an Irish-Catholic family. His parents are doctor and Harvard professor Thomas O’Brien and lawyer Ruth O’Brien (née Reardon). The third of six children, he has three brothers and two sisters. His penchant for comedy starts as early as the third grade, where he does Charlie Chaplin impersonations and cracks jokes to make his family laugh. He also takes an interest in tap dancing.

It starts with the family. I’m from a large Irish-Catholic family and trying, the benchmark, for me, is trying to make my dad laugh or trying to make my brothers laugh at the table when we were having meals together.