Sean O'Connor (born May 8, 1985) is an American comedian, writer, and producer best known for his work on '' The Late Late Show with James Corden'', ''

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''. He is based out of Los Angeles.

Career

Comedy

After moving from New York City to Los Angeles in 2011, O'Connor was selected to perform as a "New Face" at the Just for Laughs Comedy Festival in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He has appeared on '' Conan'' twice, and had his own ''

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'', In 2013, O'Connor released his debut album, ''James Dean Type'' on

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, about which one '' Paste'' magazine reviewer said,"The beauty of Sean O'Connor's stand-up lies in the fact that he sounds nothing like a stand-up."

Writing and producing

Two weeks after moving to LA, O'Connor was hired as a staff writer on '' Sports Show with Norm Macdonald''. This was the start of a busy career in television comedy writing, including mini-series '' The Ben Show with Ben Hoffman'' (2013) and ''D.I.R.T. Comedy'' (2013) and full series ''

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'' (2014-2015), ''The New Negroes'' (2019), '' What Just Happened??!'' (2019), and ''

'' (2020)—where he was also credited as a consulting producer. He also served as head writer on '' Norm Macdonald Live'' (2013-2016) and both '' Hood Adjacent with James Davis'' (2017), and ''

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'' (2020), for which he was also the executive producer. He wrote for a variety of specials including the 2011 MTV Movie Awards, 2011

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, 2012 ESPY Awards, and '' Seth Rogen's Hilarity for Charity'' (2018). O'Connor created the concept of the House Show—as well as serving on the writing team for three years—for '' The Late Late Show with James Corden'', and most recently has been pulling double duty as the head writer/co-executive producer of '' A Little Late with Lilly Singh'' (2019 - 2021) and the co-executive producer of HBO Max's animated hit ''

'', which was renewed for a third season in 2021.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:OConnor, Sean 1985 births Living people American stand-up comedians 21st-century American comedians American television writers American male television writers