Adam Conover Biography
Adam Conover is a comedian, writer, voice actor, television host, and labor organizer from the United States. He created and hosted Adam Ruins Everything, a half-hour truTV show based on the CollegeHumor series of the same name.
Adam Conover Age
Adam was born Adam Olmstead Conover on 3 March 1983, in Wading River, New York, United States of America. He is 40 years old as of March 2023.
Adam Conover Height
Conover stands at a height of 5 feet 9 inches tall and his weight is 75kg.
Adam Conover Education
He graduated from Shoreham-Wading River High School in 2000, where he developed an interest in the performing arts. He was a member of the Bocoach band as a teenager. He then went to Bard College, where he became an active member of the sketch comedy group Olde English in 2002. He graduated from Bard College with a bachelor’s degree in philosophy in 2004.
Adam Conover Family- Siblings
Conover grew up in Wading River, New York, and was born in Smithtown, New York. His parents are marine biologist David O. Conover and botanist Margaret Conover (née Howard). Emily Conover, his younger sister, is a science journalist with a PhD in particle physics. Conover’s parents’ and siblings’ degrees led him to jokingly refer to himself as “the only member of the family without a Ph.D.”
Adam Conover Partner
Adam Conover Career
On Nickelodeon, he also hosted the American version of The Crystal Maze. Conover’s limited series The G Word with Adam Conover premiered on Netflix in 2022. Conover is currently a member of the Writers Guild of America West board of directors. In 2012, Conover began working as a sketch comedy writer and performer for the comedy website and YouTube channel CollegeHumor, where he eventually created Adam Ruins Everything on TruTV. On September 29, 2015, the first episode of the TruTV show, which aims to reveal untold truths and dispel common misconceptions, premiered. Conover has stated that his character in the show is a comedic interpretation of the person he fears he was and/or still is.
According to what he told the New York Observer, “It’s the reaction I’ve gotten my whole life: that I learn something and try to tell people in conversation, but when I tell them, they are annoyed.” In March 2016, he was asked to speak about millennials at a marketing conference, and his presentation was titled “Millennials Don’t Exist.” Conover headlined the first night of the annual CSICon conference for skeptics in 2018. Conover appeared on Real Time with Bill Maher on August 17, 2018. Conover appeared as a guest on The Joe Rogan Experience on April 17, 2019. In the Netflix animated series BoJack Horseman, he has voiced several characters.
In 2019, he created the new Earwolf podcast Factually! and voiced the character “Big_Hairy_Stallion_69” on the Netflix series Tuca & Bertie. Conover has also hosted an American adaptation of the family game show The Crystal Maze for Nickelodeon since 2020. Conover made a cameo appearance as Adam Ruins Everything in The Eric Andre Show in November 2020. Before being beaten to death, his character appeared in the show’s opening sequence. Conover announced in December 2020 that Adam Ruins Everything would no longer be produced and that he was planning a new Netflix series about the federal government called The G Word with Adam Conover. On May 19, 2022, the show debuted on Netflix.
Conover is a member of the Writers Guild of America West board of directors and the 2023 WGA contract negotiating committee. The WGA contract negotiating committee failed to reach a satisfactory agreement with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), which represents Hollywood’s major film and television studios, resulting in a strike on May 1, 2023. Conover has been a vocal supporter of Nithya Raman, who ran against and defeated David Ryu for Los Angeles City Council. Conover, an activist for Housing First policies, performed stand-up comedy to raise funds for the campaign and canvassed in support of Raman.
Adam Conover Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of 3 million dollars.
Adam Conover Movies
- 2014–2019 BoJack Horseman
- 2015–2019 Adam Ruins Everything
- 2019 WTF 101
- 2019–2021 Tuca & Bertie
- 2020 The Eric Andre Show
- 2022 The G Word with Adam Conover
- 2023 Game Changer
