Michael Patrick O'Brien

Michael O'Brien is an American comedian who was a writer and short filmmaker on Saturday Night Live. He is the creator of the 2018 NBC comedy series A.P. Bio. O'Brien was born in Blissfield, Michigan to Connie and James O’Brien. He attended the University of Michigan, where he majored in film-video and was the founder and editor of a monthly comedy newspaper named The Anti-Daily. O'Brien moved to Chicago and began taking improv and sketch classes. At iO Chicago he performed with a group called The Reckoning (2001–present). He trained at the Second City in Chicago, eventually joining the company's mainstage, where he performed for one year as a part of "America: All Better".

Works

What We Do in the Shadows

A documentary-style look into the daily (or rather, nightly) lives of a group of vampires in Staten Island who have “lived” together for hundreds and hundreds of years.

Release Date2019-03-27

Charactersd Jerry the Vampire

Episode Count5

Vote Count850

Man Seeking Woman

Josh Greenberg is a naive romantic on a desperate quest for love. When his longtime girlfriend dumps him, Josh enters the dating scene, a nightmarish hellscape of untold horror. Despite the agony, Josh continues his search in the hopes of finding someone who will make all the misery worth it.

Release Date2015-01-14

Charactersd Date Wrangler

Episode Count1

Vote Count122

Portlandia

Satirical sketch comedy set and filmed in Portland, Oregon that explores the eccentric misfits who embody the foibles of modern culture.

Release Date2011-01-21

Charactersd Michael Patrick O'Brien

Episode Count1

Vote Count153

Documentary Now!

Loving parodies of some of the world's best-known documentaries. Each episode is shot in a different style of documentary filmmaking, and honors some of the most important stories that didn't actually happen.

Release Date2015-08-20

Charactersd Young Alexander Krauss

Episode Count1

Vote Count73

Booksmart

Two academic teenage superstars realize, on the eve of their high school graduation, that they should have worked less and played more. Determined to never fall short of their peers, the girls set out on a mission to cram four years of fun into one night.

Release Date2019-05-24

Charactersd Pat the Pizza Guy

Vote Count2689

Staten Island Summer

Pals Danny and Frank spend the summer after high school working as lifeguards while figuring out their future.

Release Date2015-06-30

Charactersd Chuck

Vote Count243

Brother Nature

Roger, a straight-laced politician has big plans to propose to his dream girl at her family's lake house. But everything goes awry when he meets his potential brother-in-law Todd: a full-time camp counselor with a heart of gold and a wild sense of fun, pining to be Roger's best friend, and ultimately catapulting him into a series of unfortunate events. As Roger tries to take a stand amidst outrageous fishing excursions, propulsive water jetpacks and American history-themed musicals, he realizes that being a part of a new family may be more difficult than he'd thought.

Release Date2016-09-09

Charactersd Nick

Vote Count49

Chicago Rats

Release Date2014-04-24

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Charactersd

Episode Count3

Sword of Trust

When Cynthia and Mary show up to collect Cynthia's inheritance from her deceased grandfather, the only item she's received is an antique sword that he believed to be proof that the South won the Civil War.

Release Date2019-07-12

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Charactersd Yach

Vote Count91

Saturday Night Live

A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture and politics, are performed by a large and varying cast of repertory and newer cast members. Each episode is hosted by a celebrity guest, who usually delivers an opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast, and features performances by a musical guest.

Release Date1975-10-11

Charactersd Self - Cameo (uncredited)

Episode Count9

Vote Count453

A.P. Bio

When disgraced Harvard philosophy scholar Jack Griffin loses out on his dream job, he is forced to return to Toledo, Ohio, and work as a high school Advanced Placement biology teacher.

Release Date2018-02-01

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count11

Vote Count172