American comedian and musician (born 1990)
Bo Burnham
Burnham in 2018
Born Robert Pickering Burnham
(1990-08-21 ) August 21, 1990 (age 35) Occupations Stand-up comedian musician actor filmmaker YouTuber Years active 2006–present Comedy Career Medium Stand-up television film music Genres Musical career Genres Instruments Vocals piano keyboards guitar Labels Comedy Central Musical artist
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Robert Pickering Burnham (born August 21, 1990) is an American comedian, actor and filmmaker. Burnham's work combines elements of filmmaking withmusic ,sketch , andstand-up comedy , commonly with a dramatic, satirical, or tragic twist that is often left open to interpretation.
In 2006, Burnham created aYouTube channel, where he uploaded videos of him playingcomedic songs that he wrote, often featuringwordplay and taboo or dark subject matter. The videos quickly wentviral , making him one of the earliest YouTube stars. He began creating albums featuring his songs, such asBo fo Sho (2008) and the self-titled albumBo Burnham (2009).
Burnham switched his focus from YouTube to performing stand-up comedy routines, which combined his comedy songs with traditional stand-up. He released three comedy specials,Words Words Words (2010),what. (2013), andMake Happy (2016). He also worked on the music and script for a comedy film that was ultimately scrapped. Burnham created and starred in the 2013MTV mockumentary seriesZach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous . He also published the poetry bookEgghead: Or, You Can't Survive on Ideas Alone (2013). In 2016, Burnham announced his intention to step away from performing live, which he later revealed to be due to him suffering fromanxiety and experiencingpanic attacks on stage. He went on to make his filmmaking debut as the writer and director of the drama filmEighth Grade (2018) and began directing other comedians' comedy specials, as well as co-starring in the dark comedy thriller filmPromising Young Woman (2020).
Burnham returned to performing with his fourth comedy special,Inside (2021), which he created in his home without a crew or audience during theCOVID-19 pandemic ; it was released byNetflix to widespread acclaim, includinga Peabody Award . The special was nominated in six categories at the73rd Emmy Awards , winning three. At the64th Grammy Awards ,Inside was nominated forBest Music Film andBest Song Written for Visual Media , winning the latter for“All Eyes on Me” . Three songs from the special appeared also on theBillboard charts and werecertified platinum in the United States, as was the accompanying albumInside (The Songs) .
Robert Pickering Burnham was born inHamilton, Massachusetts ,[ 1] on August 21, 1990, the son of hospice nurse Patricia and construction company owner Scott Burnham.[ 2] His mother's work was covered in a 2014 episode ofThis American Life .[ 3] [ 4] He has an older sister named Samm and an older brother named Pete, both of whom work for their father's construction company.[ 5] Burnham was raisedPresbyterian [ 6] and attendedSt. John's Preparatory School , aCatholic school inDanvers, Massachusetts , where he received a free education as his mother was the school's nurse at the time.[ 4] He made thehonor roll and was involved in theater and thecampus ministry program; he graduated in 2008.[ 2] [ 4] [ 7] He was accepted into theNew York University Tisch School of the Arts to studyexperimental theatre ,[ 8] but deferred his admission for a year to pursue a career in comedy and ultimately didn't attend at all.[ 9]
2006–2008: Beginnings on YouTube[ edit ] Burnham atThe Improv in September 2008 Burnham began his career onYouTube in 2006. In December 2006, he wanted to show two songs he had written to his older brother Pete, who had left the family home to attend university inNew York City .[ 10] A friend suggested that he film himself performing the songs in his bedroom and post them on YouTube, which was then a relatively new website.[ 10] His song "My Whole Family..." quickly became popular when the link to its YouTube video was shared onBreak.com , soon leading to it being shared on other sites.[ 2]
Accompanying himself on guitar ordigital piano , Burnham continued to release self-described "pubescent musical comedy"[ 10] songs and videos online as his audience grew. Described inThe Boston Globe as "simultaneously wholesome and disturbing, intimate in a folksy-creepy sort of way", Burnham wrote and released songs aboutwhite supremacy ,Helen Keller 's disabilities, homosexuality, and more.[ 2] All of Burnham's early videos were recorded in and around his family's home, mostly in his bedroom,[ 2] [ 4] and had an intentional "do-it-yourself [feel], almost like voyeurism".[ 11]
Burnham's music and performances tackle such subjects as class, race, gender, human sexuality, sex, and religion.[ 12] Burnham describes his on-stage persona as a "more arrogant, stuck-up version [of] himself".[ 13] When speaking withThe Detroit News about hisrapping , he expressed his intent to honor and respect the perspective and culture ofhip-hop music .[ 14]
Burnham recorded a performance inLondon for Comedy Central'sThe World Stands Up in January 2008 (aired June 30),[ 2] [ 15] making him the youngest person to do so at the age of 17,[ 16] and signed a four-record deal withComedy Central Records .[ 17] Comedy Central Records released Burnham's first EP, the six-songBo fo Sho , as anonline release -only album on June 17, 2008.[ 9] [ 10] Burnham's first full album, the self-titledBo Burnham , was released on March 10, 2009.[ 18]
2009–2016: Stand-up and comedy specials[ edit ] Burnham has performed his music in the United States, includingCobb's Comedy Club ,YouTube Live inSan Francisco ,[ 19] andCaroline's Comedy Club inNew York City ,[ 9] and internationally in London andMontreal . In August 2010, Burnham was nominated for "Best Comedy Show" at the 2010Edinburgh Comedy Awards after his inaugural performance (ofBo Burnham: Words, Words, Words ).[ 20] He instead received the "Panel Prize", a £5,000 prize for "the show or act who has most captured the comedy spirit of the 2010 Fringe".[ 21] [ 22]
While performing at theMontreal Just for Laughs festival in 2008,[ 9] Burnham met with director and producerJudd Apatow .[ 23] In September 2008, he negotiated withUniversal Pictures to write and create the music for an Apatow-produced comedy film which he described as the "anti-High School Musical ",[ 4] [ 24] although he insisted that the script is not a parody of theDisney musicals, but rather an attempt to emulate the high school he attended. Hoping to also star in the film, Burnham toldWired that he named the lead character after himself in a "not-so-subtle hint".[ 25] In a March 2009 interview withBoston's Weekly Dig , he said that he was spending eight hours a day writing the music for the film and spending his evenings writing the script.[ 26] Burnham's high school friend Luke Liacos was co-writing the screenplay.[ 27] In an October 2010 interview onMTV , Burnham admitted that he did not know anything about the future of the project, and that it was all effectively up in the air as far as he knew.[ 28]
Burnham in April 2012 On March 3, 2009, fifteenWestminster College students (members of the campus'Gay-Straight Alliance , Black Students Association, International Club, and Cultural Diversity Organization) protested his concert there that evening, due to his use of homophobic and racist terms in performances. Of the controversy, he said, "It's so ironic becausegay bashers were the ones labeling me in high school. ... I try and write satire that's well-intentioned. But those intentions have to be hidden. It can't be completely clear and that's what makes it comedy." Despite the college's admission that they had booked Burnham while ignorant of his show's material, dean of students John Comerford praised the opportunities for discourse the controversy brought the school.[ 12] [ 29] In May 2009,viral marketing began appearing forFunny People , in which Burnham starred in an NBC sitcom calledYo Teach! In the promo, he starred oppositeJason Schwartzman as a student in the latter's English class.[ 30]
On May 21, 2010, Burnham taped his first one-hour stand-up special, entitledWords Words Words ,[ 31] forComedy Central from theHouse of Blues inBoston as part of the network's new "House of Comedy" series of stand-up specials; it aired on Comedy Central on October 16, 2010, and was released for purchase two days later. Burnham finished in first place at the 2011 Comedy Central Stand-up Showdown.[ 32]
In 2013, Burnham wrote, executive-produced, and starred inZach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous alongsideDan Lagana , Luke Liacos, andDave Becky .[ 33] [ 34] The series was cancelled after one season.[ 35] He also released a book of poetry calledEgghead: Or, You Can't Survive on Ideas Alone .
Burnham's second special,what. , was released on bothNetflix and YouTube on December 17, 2013.[ 36] His third special,Make Happy , was produced by Netflix and released on June 3, 2016.[ 37] [ 38] [ 39]
2017–2020: Filmmaking andEighth Grade [ edit ] Burnham at theMontclair Film Festival in 2018. Burnham wrote and directed his first feature film,Eighth Grade , which was produced and distributed byA24 and premiered at theSundance Film Festival in January 2018.[ 40] The film has been universally acclaimed; among other accolades, it received theWriters Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay and theDirectors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – First-Time Feature Film .[ 41] [ 42] It garnered a 99% approval rating onRotten Tomatoes based on 326 reviews,[ 43] [when? ] and holds an average rating of 89 out of 100 onMetacritic .[ 44]
Burnham directedJerrod Carmichael 's comedy special8 (2017) forHBO andChris Rock 's comedy specialTamborine (2018) for Netflix. In an interview withVulture , he discussed his directorial outlook when directing a comedy special: "I approached [the special], which was me taking stock of the feelings that I get out of watching this person perform and asking, 'How can I recreate that for the audience as best as possible? How can I make a good container for the thing?' But the thing is being provided by them, so a lot of directing is just getting out of their way."[ 45]
In 2019, it was announced Burnham would contribute songs to an upcomingSesame Street film.[ 46]
In 2020, Burnham played the protagonist's love interest Ryan Cooper in the black comedy revenge thriller filmPromising Young Woman .[ 47] The film debuted at theSundance Film Festival , where it received critical acclaim, and was later nominated for theAcademy Award for Best Picture .[ 48] [ 49] In an interview, Burnham said, "This is a story I could never tell. This is a perspective I don't have. After doing my own things, it's like I really like the idea of, I just want to serve someone else's vision."[ 50]
In March 2021, Burnham was cast asBoston Celtics legendLarry Bird inWinning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty from HBO.[ 51] Due to scheduling conflicts he left the series in August 2021.[ 52]
In April 2021, Burnham ended his social media hiatus to announce that his fourth special,Inside ,[ 53] [ 54] [ 55] would be released on May 30. Created by Burnham alone in his home's guest house without a crew or audience during theCOVID-19 pandemic ,[ 56] Inside received widespread acclaim.[ 57] [ 58] [ 59] It was nominated in six categories for the73rd Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards , winning three forOutstanding Music Direction ,Outstanding Writing , andOutstanding Directing for a Variety Special .[ 37] [ 60] [ 61] Burnham also received two nominations at the64th Annual Grammy Awards forBest Music Film andBest Song Written for Visual Media ("All Eyes On Me "),[ 62] [ 63] although the special was ruled ineligible forBest Comedy Album .[ 64] Three songs from the album ("Bezos I ", "All Eyes On Me ", and "Welcome to the Internet") earned Burnham his first charting songs on the USBubbling Under Hot 100 andGlobal 200 charts.[ 65] They werecertified platinum in the United States, as was the accompanying album,Inside (The Songs) .
Burnham directed, edited, and executive produced Carmichael's comedy specialRothaniel (2022), which received acclaim, including the 74th Emmy award for best writing for a variety special.[ 66] [ 67] [ 68]
On May 30, 2022, the first anniversary ofInside , Burnham released 63 minutes of unseen footage from the special on YouTube,[ 69] titledThe Inside Outtakes . In June 2022, he released an accompanying album with the same name containing all the songs from the video and two new others. He also releasedInside (Deluxe) , an album containing all of the songs fromInside and the outtakes, as well as all of the ambient and instrumental tracks from the special and its outtakes.[ 70]
Burnham submitted "Five Years" fromThe Inside Outtakes to theBest Song Written for Visual Media category at the65th Annual Grammy Awards ,[ 71] though it was not nominated. At the66th Annual Grammy Awards ,Inside (Deluxe Box Set) was nominated forBest Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package .[ 72]
Burnham's comedic style is often categorized assatire ,[ 73] [ 74] [ 75] covering topics such ashomophobia ,mental illness ,sexism , andracism for bothshock value andsocial commentary . He has citedKate Berlant ,Catherine Breillat ,George Carlin ,John Cassavetes ,Flight of the Conchords ,Mitch Hedberg ,Anthony Jeselnik ,Stephen Lynch ,Demetri Martin ,Steve Martin ,Tim Minchin , andHans Teeuwen as influences.[ 76] [ 77] [ 78] He named Steve Martin as being the most important of these.[ 79] His musical style has also drawn comparisons toTom Lehrer ,[ 80] [ 81] [ 82] [ 83] and he was reported to have written his 2009 song "New Math" as a tribute toLehrer's 1965 song of the same name .[ 80]
Burnham said of controversy surrounding his older material in 2009, "I try and write satire that's well-intentioned. But those intentions have to be hidden. It can't be completely clear, and that's what makes it comedy."[ 73] As his career progressed, he began expressing regret for his early material, which he described as "shock-jock offensive comedy done by a 16-year-old without any tact".[ 84] During press for his filmEighth Grade in 2018, he used the controversies surrounding his work to express concerns about the new concept of teenagers' mistakes being immortalized online: "I'm happy to be an example of someone who failed out loud publicly, in a certain way, and who has hopefully been able to evolve and get past that. And I do worry that kids don't have that freedom anymore."[ 85] In an interview withNPR , he said that he has "a lot of material from back then that [he's] not proud of and [thinks] is offensive and not helpful".[ 86] He further addressed this topic on the song "Problematic" from his 2021 comedy specialInside .[ 87] [ 88]
Burnham lives inLos Angeles .[ 89] He was in a relationship with filmmakerLorene Scafaria from 2013 to 2022.[ 90] In January 2023, it was rumored that he had split up with Scafaria and was dating musicianPhoebe Bridgers .[ 91] [ 92] [ 93]
Known to be a private person, Burnham usually avoids giving interviews or uploading to social media unless he promotes a new project.[ 94] Having previously referenced struggling withanxiety andpanic attacks , particularly surrounding his creative work and performances,[ 89] he confirmed inInside that this was the reason he walked away from live performance.[ 95]
Bo Burnham tours Year Title Ref. 2009 Fake ID Tour [ 113] 2010 Bo Burnham and (No) Friends [ 114] 2011–2012 Bo Burnham Live [ 115] 2013 what. Tour [ 116] 2015–2016 Make Happy Tour [ 117]
Awards and nominations [ edit ] At the 2010 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, he was nominated for the main Edinburgh Comedy Award and won both the Edinburgh Comedy Awards' panel prize and theMalcolm Hardee "Act Most Likely to Make a Million Quid" Award.[ 121]
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Awards for Bo Burnham
1971–1978 Bob Ellison and Marty Farrell (1971)Anne Howard Bailey (1972)Joseph Bologna andRenée Taylor (1973)Rosalyn Drexler ,Ann Elder ,Karyl Geld Miller ,Robert Illes ,Lorne Michaels ,Richard Pryor ,Jim Rusk ,Herb Sargent , James R. Stein,Lily Tomlin ,Jane Wagner ,Rod Warren , andGeorge Yanok (1974)John Bradford,Cy Coleman , andRobert Wells (1975) Ann Elder ,Christopher Guest ,Lorne Michaels ,Earl Pomerantz ,Jim Rusk ,Lily Tomlin ,Jane Wagner ,Rod Warren , andGeorge Yanok (1976)Buz Kohan and Ted Strauss (1977)Chevy Chase ,Tom Davis ,Al Franken ,Charles Grodin ,Lorne Michaels ,Paul Simon ,Lily Tomlin , andAlan Zweibel (1978)2009–present Chris Rock (2009)Dave Boone and Paul Greenberg (2010) Dave Boone, Matt Roberts, andMo Rocca (2011) Louis C.K. (2012)Louis C.K. (2013)Sarah Silverman (2014)Louis C.K. (2015)Patton Oswalt (2016)Samantha Bee ,Ashley Nicole Black , Pat Cassels,Eric Drysdale , Mathan Erhardt,Travon Free , Joe Grossman, Miles Kahn,Jo Miller , and Melinda Taub (2017)John Mulaney (2018)Hannah Gadsby (2019)Dave Chappelle (2020)Bo Burnham (2021)Jerrod Carmichael (2022)John Mulaney (2023)Alex Edelman (2024)James Anderson , Dan Bulla,Megan Callahan-Shah ,Michael Che ,Mikey Day , Mike DiCenzo,James Downey ,Tina Fey ,Jimmy Fowlie ,Alison Gates , Sudi Green,Jack Handey ,Steve Higgins ,Colin Jost , Erik Kenward, Dennis McNicholas,Seth Meyers ,Lorne Michaels ,John Mulaney , Jake Nordwind, Ceara O'Sullivan, Josh Patten,Paula Pell ,Simon Rich , Pete Schultz,Streeter Seidell ,Emily Spivey , Kent Sublette,Bryan Tucker , and Auguste White (2025)
1970s 1980s Ian Fraser (1980)Ian Fraser , Chris Boardman,Billy Byers , andBob Florence (1981)Bill Elton,Elliot Lawrence ,Lanny Meyers ,Tommy Newsom ,Jonathan Tunick , andTorrie Zito (1982) Dick Hyman (1983)Ian Fraser , Chris Boardman,Billy Byers ,J. Hill , and Lenny Stack (1984)Ian Fraser ,Billy Byers , andAngela Morley (1985)Elliot Lawrence , James Lawrence,Lanny Meyers ,Tommy Newsom ,Glen Roven , Larry Schwartz, andTorrie Zito (1986)Buster Davis,Don Pippin , and Eric Stern (1987) Ian Fraser , Chris Boardman,Alexander Courage , andAngela Morley (1988)Ian Fraser , Chris Boardman, andJ. Hill (1989)1990s Ian Fraser ,Billy Byers , Chris Boardman,Bob Florence ,J. Hill , andAngela Morley (1990)Ian Fraser ,Billy Byers , Chris Boardman, andJ. Hill (1991)Bill Conti ,Jack Eskew ,Julie Giroux , Ashley Irwin, andHummie Mann (1992)Ian Fraser (1993)Michael Rafter (1994)Marvin Hamlisch (1995)Glen Roven (1996)Mark Watters (1997)Bill Conti (1998)Mark Adler (1999) 2000s 2010s 2020s
1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s
Original Drama (1969–1983) Original Comedy (1969–1983) Original Screenplay (1984–present)
Best Comedy Show 1981:Cambridge Footlights (Stephen Fry ,Hugh Laurie ,Tony Slattery ,Emma Thompson ,Penny Dwyer and Paul Shearer) 1982:Writer's Inc (Gary Adams,Steve Brown ,Vicki Pile , Trevor McCallum, Helen Murry,Jamie Rix , andNick Wilton , with additional material byKim Fuller ) 1983:Los Trios Ringbarkus 1984:The Brass Band 1985:Theatre de Complicité 1986:Ben Keaton 1987:Brown Blues... (Arnold Brown withBarb Jungr and Michael Parker) 1988:Jeremy Hardy 1989:Simon Fanshawe 1990:Sean Hughes –A One Night Stand 1991:Frank Skinner 1992:Steve Coogan –In Character withJohn Thomson 1993:Lee Evans 1994:Lano and Woodley 1995:Jenny Eclair –Prozac & Tantrums 1996:Dylan Moran –Dylan Moran Is Indisposed 1997:The League of Gentlemen 1998:Tommy Tiernan –Undivine Comedy 1999:Al Murray as The Pub Landlord –And a Glass of White Wine for the Lady 2000:Rich Hall –Otis Lee Crenshaw 2001:Garth Marenghi's Netherhead (Matthew Holness ,Richard Ayoade andAlice Lowe ) 2002:Daniel Kitson –Something 2003:Demetri Martin –If I... 2004:Will Adamsdale –Jackson's Way 2005:Laura Solon –Kopfraper's Syndrome 2006:Phil Nichol –The Naked Racist 2007:Brendon Burns –So I Suppose THIS Is Offensive Now 2008:David O'Doherty –Let's Comedy 2009:Tim Key –The Slutcracker 2010:Russell Kane –Smokescreens and Castles 2011:Adam Riches –Bring Me the Head of Adam Riches 2012:Doctor Brown –Befrdfgth 2013:Bridget Christie –A Bic for Her 2014:John Kearns –Shtick 2015:Sam Simmons –Spaghetti for Breakfast 2016:Richard Gadd –Monkey See Monkey Do 2017:Hannah Gadsby –Nanette &John Robins –The Darkness of Robins 2018:Rose Matafeo –Horndog 2019:Jordan Brookes –I've Got Nothing 2022:Sam Campbell –Comedy Show 2023:Ahir Shah –Ends 2024:Amy Gledhill –Make Me Look Fit on the Poster 2025:Sam Nicoresti –Baby Doomer
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