Conan Christopher O'Brien (born April 18, 1963) is an American television host, television writer and comedian, and is the current host of The Tonight Show on NBC. He rose to fame as the host of NBC's Late Night with Conan O'Brien from 1993 to 2009, before leaving to succeed Jay Leno to The Tonight Show helm, airing his first broadcast on June 1, 2009.[3] Prior to his hosting career, O'Brien was a writer for Saturday Night Live and the animated series The Simpsons.

O'Brien attended Brookline High School, where he served as managing editor of the school newspaper. After graduating as valedictorian in 1981, he entered Harvard University.

At Harvard, O'Brien lived in Holworthy Hall during his freshman year,[8] and Mather House during his three upper-class years. He graduated magna *** laude in 1985 with an A.B. in History and Literature.[9] His senior thesis concerned the use of children as symbols in the works of William Faulkner and Flannery O'Connor.

Throughout college, O'Brien was a writer for the Harvard Lampoon humor magazine. During his sophomore and junior years, he served as the Lampoon's president.

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