Bo Burnham

Actor
Writer
Producer

Everyone said Cassie was a promising young woman ... until a mysterious event abruptly derailed her future. But nothing in Cassie's life is what it appears to be: she's wickedly smart, tantalizingly cunning, and she's living a secret double life by night. Now, an unexpected encounter is about to give Cassie a chance to right the wrongs of the past.

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Promising Young Woman (2020)

Robert Pickering Burnham is an American actor, director, writer and producer. He is known for writing and directing the middle school comedy film Eighth Grade. He also acted in Funny People, Rough Night, American Virgin, Hall Pass, The Big Sick and Promising Young Woman.

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Won 3 Primetime Emmys
- 33 wins & 74 nominations total

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Known for

Bo Burnham: Inside

8.6

TV Special

Writer

2021

Dernière Année

7.3

Writer

2018

Promising Young Woman

7.5

Ryan

2020

The Big Sick

7.5

2017

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Actor

Promising Young Woman
7.5
- Ryan
- 2020
Comrade Detective
7.2
TV Series
- Sergiu (voice)
- 2017
# Pire soirée
5.2
- Tobey
- 2017
The Big Sick
7.5
- CJ
- 2017
Ours pour un et un pour t'ours
7.8
TV Series
- Andy Bangs
- Additional Voices (voice)
- 2016
Key and Peele
8.3
TV Series
- Lyle
- 2015
Kroll Show
7.0
TV Series
- Diz
- 2015
Bo Burnham: Repeat Stuff
8.5
Music Video
- Bo
- 2014
Watsky: Whoa Whoa Whoa
7.9
Music Video
- Arsonist
- 2014
Parks and Recreation
8.6
TV Series
- Chipp McCapp
- 2014
Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous
8.3
TV Mini Series
- Zach Stone
- 2013
Adventures in the Sin Bin
5.3
- Tony
- 2012
Bon à tirer (B.A.T.)
5.9
- Bartender
- 2011
American Virgin
4.3
- Rudy
- 2009
Funny People
6.3
- Yo Teach Cast Member
- 2009

Writer

The Inside Outtakes - Bo Burnham
8.1
Video
- Writer
- 2022
Bo Burnham: Inside
8.6
TV Special
- written by
- 2021
Dernière Année
7.3
- written by
- 2018
Bo Burnham: Make Happy
8.3
TV Special
- written by
- 2016
Bo Burnham: what.
8.3
TV Special
- written by
- 2013
Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous
8.3
TV Mini Series
- creator
- written by
- 2013
Funny as Hell
4.6
TV Series
- writer
- 2011
Bo Burnham: Words, Words, Words
8.0
TV Special
- written by
- 2010
Comedy Central Presents
7.9
TV Series
- writer
- 2009

Producer

Kate Berlant: Cinnamon in the Wind
6.4
TV Special
- executive producer
- 2022
The Inside Outtakes - Bo Burnham
8.1
Video
- producer
- 2022
Jerrod Carmichael: Rothaniel
7.8
TV Special
- executive producer
- 2022
Bo Burnham: Inside
8.6
TV Special
- executive producer
- 2021
Whitmer Thomas: The Golden One
6.5
TV Special
- executive producer
- 2020
Lil Rel Howery: Live in Crenshaw
5.5
TV Special
- executive producer
- 2019
Sermon on the Mount
6.8
TV Movie
- executive producer
- 2019
Home Videos
7.3
TV Movie
- executive producer
- 2019
Jerrod Carmichael: 8
7.4
TV Special
- executive producer
- 2017
Bo Burnham: what.
8.3
TV Special
- executive producer
- 2013
Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous
8.3
TV Mini Series
- executive producer
- 2013
Bo Burnham: Words, Words, Words
8.0
TV Special
- executive producer
- 2010

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Carey Mulligan Embraces the Challenge of Playing a 'Promising Young Woman'

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Carey Mulligan Embraces the Challenge of Playing a 'Promising Young Woman'

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What TV Shows Are Sundance Stars Binge-Watching?

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Kevin Smith's 6 Films to Watch Out For at Sundance 2020

Interview 1:24

Elsie Fisher and Bo Burnham Talk One Surprising Year of 'Eighth Grade'

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- Facebook
- Height
Height
- 1.99 m
Born
- August 21, 1990
- Hamilton, Massachusetts, USA
Parents
Relatives
Other works
Poetry Book: "Egghead: Or, You Can't Survive on Ideas Alone". Grand Central Publishing. ISBN 9781455519125
Publicity listings
- 1 Article
- 1 Pictorial

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Trivia
As of 27 March 2009, at only 18 years of age, Bo is the youngest comedian to ever perform on Comedy Central Presents (1998).

Quotes
[when being called homophobic] It's so ironic because gay 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.