Conan O’Brien is the American Television Host and Comedian. Let’s explore wiki, wife, net worth, height, bio, and more about this talented TV personality who grabs the attention of the public with his skills.
Early life and educational background of Conan O’Brien
Conan O’Brien was born Conan Christopher O’Brien on April 18, 1963, in Brookline, Massachusetts. He is the son of his father Dr. Thomas O’Brien and mother Ruth Reardon O’Brien. He is the third child among the 6 kids in an Irish-American family.
The profession of his father is a research physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and associate professor at Harvard Medical School, specializing in infectious disease. The profession of his mother is a former partner of the Boston law firm of Ropes & Gray. O’Brien’s sister Jane is also a comedy writer and producer.
In 1981 Conan graduated as valedictorian from Brookline High School. Then enrolled in Harvard University, during his college life, he was a writer for the Harvard Lampoon humor magazine. In his sophomore and junior years, he works as the Lampoon’s president which makes him the second person ever to work as president two times. In 1985 he graduated magna cum laude from Harvard with a concentration in History and Literature.
Career and Professional Life of Conan O’Brien
Conan O’Brien’s first step toward his career was from his first job working as a writer for the HBO comedy show, Not Necessarily the News. After working for two years In 1988 he moved to Saturday Night Live. Working at SNL, he works on many recurring sketches and also appeared as extras on TV. As a writer of SNL O’Brien and his workmate get an Emmy Award for amazing writing in a Comedy or different series in 1989. He works for the SNL for around four years and, moved out in 1991. After that, he continues as a writer for the Simpsons. And from 1991-93 he produces some memorable episodes such as “New Kids on the Block” and “Treehouse of Horror IV”.
O’Brien was hired as a host of Late Night in 1993 to improve the recent conditions. In his first season of the show, it was very pood and bear much critics. At that point, the rating dropped as his contract was on a weekly basis. However, he denied to give in and by the second season, things began to improve. Finally, his hard work pays off, and the show’s rating climbs up. Conan O’Brien worked in Late Night for 16 years and with that, his writing team received many awards: In 2007 Emmy Award for Best Writing in a Comedy or Variety Series. After their exit in 2007, he worked for “The Tonight Show” from 2009 to 2010. He is running his own comedy show Conan running on the TBS network which was started in 2010.
Conan’s career is beyond the comedy show as he appeared as a guest on different TV series such as The Office. He also has covered voice in some animation adding The Simpsons.
Personal life of Conan O’Brien
Famous TV personality Conan O’Brien is a married man. O’Brien is married to Liz Powel on January 12, 2012, in her hometown of Seattle, Washington, in a nuptial Mass at St. James Cathedral. Liz Powe is a former advertising copywriter.
And they met in 2000 when she appeared in a skit on Late Night after that they began dating and a year after dating they announced their engagement. These lovely couples have two children daughter Neve and Beckett son. Her daughter was born in 2003, October 14, and her son was born in 2005 November 9 in New York City.
Height, weight, and body measurement of Conan O’Brien
Conan O’Brien stands 6 feet and 4 inches in height. The exact weight and body measurement of the Conan are not available yet but we’ll ensure you update it soon.
Scandal
During his career and professional life, there are some controversies and rumors are seen. He was included in controversy with another comedian, Jay Leno while working at The Tonight Show between 2009-2010. Leno and O’Brien hosted different shows for the NBC network The Tonight Show and The Hay Leno Show. These shows were not doing well at that time and then NBC decided to stop the time of tonight’s show just to favor Jay Leno.
Besides that, In July 2015, Alex Kaseberg a freelance comedian involved in the field a court action claiming that O’Brien had copied five of the jokes which were on his published blog. However, Conan’s team clear out the accusation as false and asked the judge to release the suit summarily. The judge ruled that O’Brien should face the allegation for three out of the five jokes.
Net worth and salary of Conan O’Brien
Canon O’Brien begins his career as a TV writer before becoming facing the camera or becoming a TV talk show host. After working as a writer for the show Saturday Night Live and The Simpsons, O’Brien started a prime spot broadcasting Late Night and has covered two shows since the Tonight Show and Conan.
As we know he has a sucessful career as a host and there is also another source of income of the O’Brien. His estimated net worth is around $58 million. He is a very popular TV personality in American and he earned over a million for the one American Express Ad.