Adam Conover

Adam Conover (born 1982 or 1983 ) is an American actor, writer, comedian and television host. He created and hosted the half-hour truTV show Adam Ruins Everything, based on the CollegeHumor series of the same name. He was also the host of the American version of The Crystal Maze on Nickelodeon. In 2022, Conover's limited series The G Word with Adam Conover debuted on Netflix. Conover currently serves on the board of the Writers Guild of America West. He also currently hosts the podcast Factually! With Adam Conover. He has also voiced “A Ryan Secrest Type” as well as other characters on BoJack Horseman.

Early life and education Members of the sketch comedy group Olde English. From left to right: Ben Popik, Raphael Bob-Waksberg, David Segal, Caleb Bark, and Adam Conover Adam Conover was born in Smithtown, New York, and grew up in nearby Wading River, on the North Shore of Long Island. His parents are David O. Conover, a marine biologist, and Margaret Conover (née Howard), a botanist. Conover has described himself as "the only member of the family without a Ph.D." As a teen, he would design webpages and taught himself HTML.

In 2000, he graduated from Shoreham-Wading River High School, where he became interested in the performing arts. As a teenager, he was part of a band called Bocoach. He then attended Bard College, where, in 2002, he became an active member of the sketch comedy group Olde English. In 2004, he earned a bachelor's degree in philosophy from Bard College. premiered on September29, 2015. Conover has said his character in the show is a comedic interpretation of the person he worries he once was or is. As 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 at a marketing conference on the subject of millennials; the talk he gave was entitled "Millennials Don't Exist". In 2018, Conover was the headliner of the first night of the annual CSICon conference for skeptics. On August17, 2018, Conover was a guest on Real Time with Bill Maher. On April17, 2019, Conover was a guest on The Joe Rogan Experience.

He has voiced several characters in the Netflix animated series BoJack Horseman, including A Ryan Seacrest Type, one of the Paparazzi Birds, and Bradley Hitler-Smith. In 2019, he voiced the character Big_Hairy_Stallion_69 on the Netflix series Tuca & Bertie, and created the new Earwolf podcast Factually!

Since 2020, Conover has also acted as the host of an American adaptation of the family game show The Crystal Maze for Nickelodeon. In November 2020, Conover had a cameo appearance as his character from Adam Ruins Everything in The Eric Andre Show. His character appeared in the show's opening sequence before being beaten to death. In December 2020, Conover announced that Adam Ruins Everything was no longer in production and that he was planning a new Netflix series about the federal government called The G Word with Adam Conover. The show premiered on Netflix on May19, 2022.

Conover serves on the board of the Writers Guild of America West, On May1, 2023 the WGA contract negotiating committee failed to reach a satisfactory agreement with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), which represents the major film and television studios of Hollywood, triggering a strike.

In 2025, Conover released a video promoting the cryptocurrency project World Network. He subsequently released an apology video, said he would not accept any further money from World, and called World's Orb "the creepiest tech product Silicon Valley has ever produced" which had been "a flaming dumpster fire of a product launch". Personal life Conover was once a roommate of BoJack Horseman creator Raphael Bob-Waksberg in New York City, who also introduced him to his former partner, illustrator Lisa Hanawalt. Conover had a 15-year relationship with Hanawalt. Conover quit drinking in early 2018.

Political views In 2020, Conover was an outspoken supporter of Nithya Raman, who challenged and beat David Ryu for the Los Angeles City Council. As an activist for Housing First policies, Conover performed stand-up to fundraise for the campaign and canvassed in support of Raman. In 2026, Conover endorsed Raman for the 2026 Los Angeles mayoral election.

Filmography Television