Andrew Blitz (born June 28, 1971) is an American comedian, writer, producer and actor best known for his sketch comedy and writing work on the late-night talk show Late Night with Conan O'Brien. He has received eight Emmy Award nominations.
Early life and education Blitz was born in New York City and grew up in Ridgewood, New Jersey, where he attended Ridgewood High School, graduating as part of the class of 1989.Kleimann, James. " Sketch Comedy Star Remembers Peculiar Ridgewood Childhood; On WTF Pod, Andy Daly talks why the high school football coach put out a 'hit' on him, his failed protests against student parking, and more.", Ridgewood Patch, August 28, 2012. Accessed September 5, 2017. "Ridgewood native and sketch comedy master Andy Daly appeared on WTF Podcast with Marc Maron on Monday, revealing a blisteringly funny time spent at Ridgewood High School in the 1980s.... The 1989 RHS grad was the proverbial busy body, active in extracurriculars like the TV club, as well as local government." He graduated from Columbia University in 1994.
Career By 1999 he had established himself as a fixture of New York City's stand-up comedy scene, performing regularly at the now-defunct Luna Lounge; in that same year he began his work on Late Night.Rob Sacher, Wake Me When It's Over: My Life as a New York Rock Club Owner and the Story of Luna Lounge (Selena Press: 2012). http://wakeme.net/comedy/ Since leaving Late Night, Blitz has worked as a writer, executive producer and guest actor on the Comedy Central series Review and worked as a writer and co-executive producer on the Netflix series Master of None. Blitz previously wrote for the Adult Swim series Eagleheart starring Chris Elliott, Maria Thayer and Brett Gelman. Blitz appeared in Season 4 of Arrested Development and the movie Table 19. He continues to perform stand-up comedy.
In 2024, Blitz joined the writing staff of Jason Kelce's ESPN talk show, They Call It Late Night with Jason Kelce. Jon Glaser and Tammy Sagher were also part of the writing staff. It premiered on ESPN January 5, 2025.
Late Night with Conan O'Brien characters As himself, going apartment-hunting with Conan, and shortly thereafter, with Conan helping to furnish his apartment. Blitz lugging his malfunctioning computer to a call center in Hyderabad, India. Blitz hailing a New York City yellow cab and taking it all the way to Toronto, Canada due to his fear of flying. Awful Sports Chanter Chuck Aloo, of the parody series "60" Leonard Diesel, Vin Diesel's timid brother. (Blitz later played a different character named Osama bin Diesel on the MTV sketch comedy series Human Giant.) A member of the singing trio The Slipnutz An elections supervisor during the 2000 Florida election recount, who constantly yelled at election volunteers and advised them, "If you don't know who the person voted for, you put the ballot in the milk!" A participant on "Masturdate," a parody of dating shows. A ghost rejected from the novel A Christmas Carol
Personal Blitz is the brother of filmmaker Jeffrey Blitz, who is best known for directing the 2002 documentary Spellbound and the 2007 film Rocket Science.
Filmography
Acting
Film +YearTitleRoleNotes2017Table 19Notorious Donny Haczyk
Television YearTitleRoleNotes2000–2007Late Night with Conan O'BrienVarious character200 episodes; also writer2001Everything But the GirlNarducciTelevision film2004Comedy LabEugene's FriendEpisode: "12:21"2005Cheap SeatsSamEpisode: "1998 World Series of Poker"2007–2008Human GiantOsama Bin Diesel / Tony Woliner5 episodes2010Important Things with Demetri MartinVariousEpisode: "Control"2011EagleheartOnlookerEpisode: "The Human Bat"2013Arrested DevelopmentAddictEpisode: "Indian Takers2014ReviewIgorEpisode: "Marry; Run; Party"2017The Fake News with Ted NelmsStevie RiveraEpisode #1.12018GhostedBird14 episodes
Writing
Television YearTitleNotes1999–2007Late Night with Conan O'Brien798 episodes2003Late Night with Conan O'Brien: 10th Anniversary SpecialTelevision special2007, 2008Human Giant8 episodes; also consultant writer2009–2010Important Things with Demetri Martin17 episodes2010Night of Too Many StarsTelevision special2011EagleheartEpisode: "Susie's Song"2014–2017Review12 episodes; also producer2015Why? with Hannibal Buress8 episodes2015, 2017Master of None2 episodes; also producer2017The Fake News with Ted Nelms Episode #1.12018GhostedEpisode: "The Airplane"; also producer2021Liza on DemandEpisode: "Hatumentary"; also executive producer
See also List of Late Night with Conan O'Brien sketches
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