Conner O'Malley
Born (1986-12-20) December 20, 1986
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Occupation
  • Comedian
  • screenwriter
  • actor
  • social media personality
NationalityAmerican
Years active2013–present
Notable worksLate Night with Seth Meyers (2014–2017)
Joe Pera Talks with You (2018)
Spouse
(m. 2018)
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2006–present
Subscribers180,000 [1][2]
Total views13,438,466[2]
100,000 subscribersunknown

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 also 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

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

O'Malley's videos have shown him playing a manic and aggressive persona with loose thoughts. 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 a series of increasingly chaotic and demanding vlogs directed toward presidential candidates Howard Schultz and Beto O'Rourke that have been compared to performance art.[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

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2020Palm SpringsRandy
2022Bodies, Bodies, BodiesMax
TBAI Saw the TV GlowPost-production

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2013–2017The Chris Gethard ShowVariousRecurring, 10 episodes
2014–2017Late Night with Seth MeyersVariousRecurring, Also writer
2014LouieYoung LouieEpisode: "Elevator Part 4"
2015The Awesomes(Voice)Recurring, 2 episodes
2015Broad CityChrisEpisode: St. Mark's
2015–2016The Special Without Brett DavisVariousRecurring, 3 episodes
2016Horace and PeteEricEpisode: "Episode #1.7"
2016Netflix Presents: The CharactersPointer BrotherEpisode: "Tim Robinson"
2017At Home with Amy SedarisGuanogEpisode: "Out of This World"
2018DetroitersTrevorEpisode: "Trevor"
2018The Shivering Truth(Voice)Episode: "The Magmafying Past"
2018–2021Joe Pera Talks with YouMike MelskyCo-star, Also writer, executive producer
2019–2023I Think You Should Leave with Tim RobinsonVariousRecurring, 4 episodes
2019–2020ShrillReggieRecurring, 4 episodes
2020 Search Party Chris Episode: "A National Affair"
2021 How To with John Wilson Writer for second season

Award shows

Year Title Role Notes
201466th Primetime Emmy AwardsHimselfAlso writer

References

  1. "Conner O'Malley - YouTube". YouTube.
  2. 1 2 "About Conner O'Malley". YouTube.
  3. "Conner O'Malley - YouTube". YouTube. Retrieved August 19, 2021.
  4. Goldstein, Pablo (June 21, 2018). "A Beginner's Guide to Conner O'Malley". Vulture.
  5. "SNL's Aidy Bryant Marries Conner O'Malley". www.eonline.com. E! News. April 30, 2018.
  6. Fallon, Kevin (February 24, 2016). "Aidy Bryant, SNL's Next Big Thing". The Daily Beast.
  7. "Aidy Bryant's Husband, Conner O'Malley, Went From A "Literal Garbage Man" To A Success In The Comedy World". www.bustle.com. Bustle. April 30, 2018.
  8. "An Interview With Vine Legend Connor O'Malley". www.pastemagazine.com. Paste Magazine. March 13, 2016.
  9. "conner o'malley 5 things to know". www.usmagazine.com. Us Magazine. April 28, 2017.
  10. "Anniversary Guy". Seth Myers.
  11. "Connor O'Malley's Interpretive Dance To The Charlie Rose Theme Song". Seth Meyers.
  12. "Connor O'Malley Acting Credits". IMDB.
  13. "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.
  14. "This Mockumentary About Young Trump Superfans Is Great (Again)". www.fastcompany.com. Fast Company. June 15, 2017.
  15. "TruthHunters". YouTube.
  16. Goldstein, Pablo (September 18, 2023). "Conner O'Malley Opens His Digital Womb". Vulture. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
  17. "Someone On Vine Is Accosting People In Fancy Cars And It's Hilarious". Buzzfeed. September 20, 2013.
  18. "Inside the deranged mind of a Howard Schultz superfan | The Outline". The Outline.
  19. "An Interview with Late Night Writer and Vine Legend Conner O'Malley, On His Trump Rally Video". Paste. March 13, 2016.
  20. "Stop What You're Doing and Watch Conner O'Malley and Joe Pera's 'TruthHunters.com' Pilot". Vulture.
  21. "Rebranding IsIs at SXSW". YouTube.
  22. "NEW JERSEYS #1 MASTURBATER AT PORN AWARDS". Vimeo. May 29, 2022.
  23. "Lambs to the Slaughter: The Weird and the Normal of Conner O'Malley". Reverse Shot.
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