I grew up in a large, Irish Catholic family in Massachusetts. At an early age, I began a love of comedy and goofing off and this carried on when I attended Harvard University. While at Harvard, I became the president of the their humor magazine, the Harvard Lampoon. After leaving Harvard, I found my way into a television writing job in L. A. After jumping around on many unsuccessful shows, I moved out to New York to win an Emmy for my writing on Saturday Night Live. Later, I moved on to work for The Simpsons, and that's when SNL Executive Producer Lorne Michaels offered me the job of producer for the now vacant 12:30 a. m. slot, just recently left by David Letterman, on NBC. After searching for a new host, I decided to audition for the job myself, and eventually wound up as the host of Late Night with Conan O'Brien in 1993. I live in New York with my beautiful wife, Liza, my daughter, Neve, and my son, Beckett.
