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Basic Facts

• Name: Conan Christopher O'Brien
• Birthday: April 18, 1963
• Born: Brookline, Massachusetts (a suburb of Boston)
• Height: 6'4
• Weight: somewhere around 190lbs as last known.
• Shoe Size: 12
• Hair Color: Strawberry Blonde (he dyes it "autumn red")
• Eye Color: blue
• Suit Size: 44 inch long (not confirmed)
• Transportation: 1991 Ford Taurus SHO, and a Range Rover
• Hobbies and Interests: Playing and collecting guitars, History/documentary buff, likes old TV shows
• Favorite music: All kinds of music but "Rockabilly has always been close to my heart."
• Favorite Movie: Hudson Hawk (as of 1998)
• Favorite cereal: Cap'n'Crunch
• Favorite color: blue and forest green


Family


• Daughter: Neve O'Brien born on 10/14 at 5:13 PM in NYC. Weighed a healthy 6lbs 10 ounces
• Siblings (5):

Neal an antique car collector
Luke a lawyer
Justin a business consultant
Kate a teacher
Jane a scriptwriter (wrote/produced for the Simpsons and Futurama)

• Cousin: Denis Leary
• Mom: Ruth Reardon O’Brien, partner at Ropes & Gray law firm outside Boston
  until her retirement in 1997. She earned her BA from Vassar in 1953, and her
  law degree from Yale in 1956.
• Dad: Born in 1929 in Worcester. Dr. Thomas O’Brien, a noted epidemiologist,
  the head of microbiology at Peter Brigham Hospital and a professor at Harvard Medical School


Education


• Brookline High School (1977-1981)
Graduated valedictorian

• Harvard (1981-1985)
Double majored in History and Literature
Graduated Harvard Magna Cum Laude.
Wrote for the Harvard Lampoon all four years at Harvard
Elected president of Harvard Lampoon two terms in a row from 1983-1984,
something not accomplished since Robert Benchley in 1912

Random Facts


• Worked as a warm-up comic for the "The Wilton North Report" (1987)
• Born at 1:38pm-EST
• Conan's favorite episode of "The Simpsons" is "Springfield Gets a Monorail"
• Has a golden retriever named Hudson. Named his dog after the movie "Hudson Hawk".
• Married Liza Powel on January 12, 2002 in a full Catholic Mass by Father Paul O'Brien (no relation) at St. James Cathedral in Liza's hometown, Seattle. The couple met when Liza was a guest on Late Night.
• Once shared an apartment with Bill Cusack
• Cholesterol Level: over 300 (he's on medication for it)


• Conan played drums in high school and college, and then he got into guitar. His first guitar was a $90.00 Yamaha and he taught himself basic stuff from chord books. He also went to music places and had other guitar players show him stuff. Conan often refers to Jimmy Vivino for guitar help.
• The LNWCoB staff gave Conan a cuckoo clock that had the Conan head in it instead of the bird.