Bo Burnham

What fascinates me about Bo Burnham is how he turned a bedroom into a stage and the camera into a co-star. Plenty of comedians are funny; very few make you laugh and then quietly question the internet, fame, and your own loneliness in the same breath. His pivot to directing proved the wit was never a gimmick — it was a filmmaker's eye all along. I admire artists who refuse to repeat themselves, and Burnham seems almost allergic to it. Whenever he disappears for a few years, I assume he is building something that will redefine his form again, and I am always glad to wait.

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Name (English)

Bo Burnham

Name (Japanese)

ボー・バーナム

Reading

ぼー・ばーなむ

Born

August 21, 1990 (age 36)

Origin

Hamilton, Massachusetts, United States

Occupation

actor / screenwriter / singer-songwriter / television actor / comedian

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Horse

High school

Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School

University

New York University Tisch School of the Arts

Awards & achievements

• 2021 Emmy Award
• 2018 Directors Guild of America Award
• 2019 Writers Guild of America Award
• 2018 Film Independent Spirit Awards

• Official sitehttps://www.boburnham.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/boburnham/
• Xhttps://x.com/boburnham
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bo%20Burnham
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9C%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8A%E3%83%A0
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q887347

Tags

• Massachusetts
• actor
• screenwriter
• singer-songwriter

Last updated

September 18, 2026

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.