Conner O'Malley (born December 20, 1986) is an American comedian, actor, writer, and filmmaker. He has appeared in Broad City, Joe Pera Talks with You, and I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson, and produces videos on YouTube. For his work on Late Night with Seth Meyers, he received three Writers Guild of America Awards nominations.
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Early life
O'Malley was born on December 20, 1986, in Des Plaines, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. His grandparents were Irish immigrants, and he later acquired Irish citizenship. He grew up on Chicago's North Side and has two older brothers. His father, brothers, and several uncles were all elevator mechanics, which his father wanted him to also pursue; O'Malley, who did not want to do so, purposely failed the test to become one at the age of 18. He then wanted to be a comedian, inspired by Conan O'Brien and Norm Macdonald.
Career
O'Malley started frequently performing in the standup and improv comedy scene at Second City theaters in Chicago. Performing at the Annoyance Theatre, he met his future wife, Aidy Bryant. When Bryant was cast on Saturday Night Live in 2012, the two moved to New York City, where O'Malley began uploading short comedy videos to the social media platform Vine while working as a dog walker. His Vines, uploaded until the site shut down defunct in 2017, mostly showed him confronting drivers on New York City streets and talking to them in non-sequiturs. The videos were profiled by Alex Naidus in BuzzFeed in 2013.
