Andy Richter

Also known as Paul Andrew "Andy" Richter, Paul Andrew Richter

Paul Andrew Richter is an American actor, comedian, writer, and talk show announcer. He is best known as the sidekick for Conan O'Brien on O'Brien's talk shows: Late Night, The Tonight Show on NBC, and Conan on TBS. He was also the star of the Fox television series Andy Richter Controls the Universe. He voiced Mort in the Madagascar film franchise and Ben Higgenbottom in the animated television series The Mighty B! on Nickelodeon. Since June 2019, Richter has hosted his own podcast, The Three Questions with Andy Richter on the Earwolf network.

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Andy Richter is an American male voice actor, television actor, screenwriter, and film actor. Born in 1966 in Grand Rapids, he is educated at Columbia College Chicago and the University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign. He studied under Del Close and began his work period in 1993. Richter is a member of the Writers Guild of America, East, and speaks English.

As an author, he has two works, including *Serpent in the Wilderness* and *Practical Deployment of Cisco Identity Services Engine*. He is a human citizen of the United States.

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It is catalogued under topics including 1966 births, 20th-century American comedians and 20th-century American male actors.

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Serpent in the Wilderness
Practical Deployment of Cisco Identity Services Engine

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Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA

Paul Andrew "Andy" Richter (born October 28, 1966) is an American actor, writer, comedian, and late night talk show announcer. He is best known as Conan O'Brien's sidekick on each of Conan's talk shows: NBC's Late Night with Conan O'Brien, NBC's The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien, and Conan on TBS. He starred in the cult classic TV series Andy Richter Controls the Universe as well as Andy…

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Obsession — Carter2026
Celebrity Weakest Link — Self - Contestant2025
The Paper — Carl2025
After Midnight — Self - Guest2024
Have I Got News for You — Self2024
Elsbeth — Mickey Muntz2024
Grave Conversations — Self2024
80 for Brady — Clark2023
First Time Female Director — Sheldonn Clifford2023
SmartLess: On the Road2023

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Born: Paul Andrew Richter , ( 1966-10-28 ) October 28, 1966 (age 59) , Grand Rapids, Michigan , U.S.
Alma mater: Columbia College Chicago
Occupations: Actor comedian writer announcer
Years active: 1988–present
Notable work: Late Night with Conan O'Brien (sidekick, 1993–2000) Andy Richter Controls the Universe (writer, producer, 2002–03) The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien (sidekick, 2009–10) Conan (sidekick, 2010–21)
Spouses: Sarah Thyre ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1994 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 2019 ) Jennifer Herrera (m. 2023)
Relatives: Victor Swanson (brother)
Medium: Television film
Genres: Improvisational comedy sketch comedy cringe comedy anti-humor self-deprecation blue comedy alternative comedy satire

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Instance of: human
Given name: Andy
Family name: Richter
Gender: male
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: Grand Rapids
Occupation: comedian
Educated at: University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign
Languages spoken: English language
Student of: Del Close
Image: Andy Richter at the 2013 Final Four in Atlanta Georgia 02 (cropped).jpg

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Commons category: Andy Richter
date of birth: 1966-10-28
start of work period: 1993-00-00
social media followers: 1068357
member of: Writers Guild of America, East

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Encyclopedic overview

Paul Andrew Richter (born October 28, 1966) is an American actor, comedian, writer, and talk show announcer. He is best known as the sidekick for Conan O'Brien on O'Brien's talk shows: Late Night, The Tonight Show on NBC, and Conan on TBS. He was also the star of the Fox television series Andy Richter Controls the Universe. He voiced Mort in the Madagascar film franchise and Ben Higgenbottom in the animated television series The Mighty B! on Nickelodeon. Since June 2019, Richter has hosted his own podcast, The Three Questions with Andy Richter on the Earwolf network.

Early life

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