Conner O'Malley
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Born | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | December 20, 1986||||||
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Nationality | American · Irish | ||||||
Years active | 2013–present | ||||||
Notable works | Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014–2017) Joe Pera Talks with You (2018-2021) | ||||||
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Years active | 2006–present | ||||||
Subscribers | 180,000[1][2] | ||||||
Total views | 13,438,466[2] | ||||||
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Last updated: October 24, 2023[3] |
Conner O'Malley (born December 20, 1986) is an American comedian, writer, actor, and social media personality. For his work on Late Night with Seth Meyers, he received three Writers Guild of America Awards nominations. He produces videos on YouTube, and was active on the now defunct social media platform Vine.[4] O'Malley has also appeared on Broad City and Joe Pera Talks with You. He is married to actress and fellow comedian Aidy Bryant.[5]
Career
[edit]O'Malley began his comedy career at the Annoyance Theatre, where he met his future wife, Aidy Bryant.[6] When Aidy was cast on SNL, the couple moved to New York, and O'Malley began uploading short comedy videos to the social media platform Vine, while working a day job as a dog walker.[7] O'Malley's videos quickly began to gain attention and acclaim, and in 2014, he was hired as a writer for Late Night with Seth Meyers.[8][9] While writing for Late Night, O'Malley also occasionally performed on the show, creating several re-occurring characters, such as "Anniversary Guy", "Stink Mouth PigMan", and "Gørbøn Hausinfrud".[10][11]
In addition to writing for Late Night, O'Malley has also written for Joe Pera Talks with You, which he also co-starred in as Joe's neighbor Mike Melsky; and the 66th Primetime Emmy Awards. As an actor, O'Malley has been featured in several television shows, most notably Detroiters, where he played Trevor, Tim's free-wheeling brother; and Horace and Pete, where he played Eric, the boyfriend of Horace's daughter, played by Bryant. O'Malley has also appeared on Broad City, and on Netflix's The Characters, and has been a recurring guest on The Chris Gethard Show since 2013.[12] In 2019, he appeared on I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson. In 2021, he appeared on HBO's That Damn Michael Che.
Since 2016, O'Malley has also frequently posted videos on his YouTube channel, similar to his Vine work.[13][14][15] In 2023, he began pay-per-view selling his videos on his own website, endorphinport.com.[16]
Style of comedy
[edit]O'Malley's videos have shown him playing a manic and aggressive persona with loose thoughts, often displaying a comically overzealous interest in politics and popular culture. His Vines, uploaded until the site was defunct, showed him confronting drivers on the street and talking to them in non-sequiturs,[17] and his Twitter videos have included increasingly chaotic and demanding vlogs, such as a series jokingly directed toward presidential candidates Howard Schultz and Beto O'Rourke.[18]
Shane Ryan, writing for Paste, said O'Malley's comedy expresses "anger and envy and a sort of perverted worship of wealth and the American dream".[19] O'Malley has also published comedy videos on YouTube that have satirized InfoWars,[20] South by Southwest[21] and the AVN Awards.[22] Chloe Lizotte, writing for Reverse Shot, compared O'Malley's work to Adam Curtis and said that his videos "mock the idea that commercial entertainment could stand in for political action or fill a spiritual void."[23]
Filmography
[edit]Film
[edit]Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2020 | Palm Springs | Randy | |
2022 | Bodies, Bodies, Bodies | Max | |
2024 | I Saw the TV Glow | Dave | |
Friendship | TBA | Upcoming |
Television
[edit]Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2013–2014 | The Chris Gethard Show | Various | Recurring, 9 episodes |
2014 | Louie | Young Louie | Episode: "Elevator: Part 4" |
2014–2016 | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Various | Recurring, Also writer |
2015 | The Awesomes | (Voice) | Recurring, 2 episodes |
Broad City | Chris | Episode: "St. Mark's" | |
2015–2016 | The Special Without Brett Davis | Various | Recurring, 3 episodes |
2016 | Horace and Pete | Eric | Episode #1.7 |
Netflix Presents: The Characters | Pointer Brother | Episode: "Tim Robinson" | |
2017 | At Home with Amy Sedaris | Guanog | Episode: "Out of This World" |
2018 | Detroiters | Trevor | Episode: "Trevor" |
The Shivering Truth | (Voice) | Episode: "The Magmafying Past" | |
2018–2021 | Joe Pera Talks with You | Mike Melsky | Co-star, also writer, executive producer |
2019–2023 | I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson | Various | Recurring, 4 episodes |
2020 | Search Party | Chris | Episode: "A National Affair" |
2020–2021 | Shrill | Reggie | Recurring, 4 episodes |
2021 | How To with John Wilson | — | Writer for second season |
2021–2023 | Teenage Euthanasia | Various | 3 episodes |
Award shows
[edit]Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2014 | 66th Primetime Emmy Awards | Himself | Also writer |
References
[edit]- ^ "Conner O'Malley - YouTube". YouTube.
- ^ a b "About Conner O'Malley". YouTube.
- ^ "Conner O'Malley - YouTube". YouTube. Retrieved August 19, 2021.
- ^ Goldstein, Pablo (June 21, 2018). "A Beginner's Guide to Conner O'Malley". Vulture.
- ^ "SNL's Aidy Bryant Marries Conner O'Malley". eonline.com. E! News. April 30, 2018.
- ^ Fallon, Kevin (February 24, 2016). "Aidy Bryant, SNL's Next Big Thing". The Daily Beast.
- ^ "Aidy Bryant's Husband, Conner O'Malley, Went From A "Literal Garbage Man" To A Success In The Comedy World". bustle.com. Bustle. April 30, 2018.
- ^ "An Interview With Vine Legend Connor O'Malley". pastemagazine.com. Paste Magazine. March 13, 2016.
- ^ "conner o'malley 5 things to know". usmagazine.com. Us Magazine. April 28, 2017.
- ^ "Anniversary Guy". Seth Myers. February 24, 2017.
- ^ "Connor O'Malley's Interpretive Dance To The Charlie Rose Theme Song". Seth Meyers. June 2017.
- ^ "Connor O'Malley Acting Credits". IMDB.
- ^ "Conner O'Malley tries his hand at Leno's "Jay Walking" and ends up in hell". The A.V. Club. The Onion. February 21, 2019.
- ^ "This Mockumentary About Young Trump Superfans Is Great (Again)". fastcompany.com. Fast Company. June 15, 2017.
- ^ "TruthHunters". YouTube.
- ^ Goldstein, Pablo (September 18, 2023). "Conner O'Malley Opens His Digital Womb". Vulture. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
- ^ "Someone On Vine Is Accosting People In Fancy Cars And It's Hilarious". Buzzfeed. September 20, 2013.
- ^ "Inside the deranged mind of a Howard Schultz superfan | The Outline". The Outline.
- ^ "An Interview with Late Night Writer and Vine Legend Conner O'Malley, On His Trump Rally Video". Paste. March 13, 2016.
- ^ "Stop What You're Doing and Watch Conner O'Malley and Joe Pera's 'TruthHunters.com' Pilot". Vulture.
- ^ "Rebranding IsIs at SXSW". YouTube. May 21, 2018.
- ^ "New Jerseys #1 Masturbater At Porn Awards". Vimeo. May 29, 2022.
- ^ "Lambs to the Slaughter: The Weird and the Normal of Conner O'Malley". Reverse Shot.
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