Adam Conover is an American comedian, writer, and television host. He is the creator and host of the half-hour truTV show Adam Ruins Everything, which is based on the CollegeHumor series of the same name.^[1]

Adam Conover was born in Smithtown, New York,^[2] and grew up in Wading River.^[3] His parents are David O. Conover, a marine biologist,^[4] and Margaret Conover (née Howard), a botanist.^[2][3][4] He also has a younger sister, Emily, who holds a PhD in particle physics and is a science reporter, which has led him to describe himself as "the only member of the family without a Ph.D."^[5] In 2000, he graduated from Shoreham-Wading River High School, where he became interested in the performing arts.^[6] He then attended Bard College, where, in 2002, he became an active member of the sketch comedy group Olde English.^[7] In 2004,^[8] he earned a bachelor's degree in philosophy from Bard College.^[3]

In 2012, Conover began working as a sketch comedy writer and performer for the comedy website and YouTube channel CollegeHumor, where he eventually created the web series that would go on to become Adam Ruins Everything on TruTV.^[3][9] The first episode of the truTV show, which aims to reveal untold truths and to dispel common misconceptions,^[10] premiered on September 29, 2015. Conover has said his character in the show is a comedic interpretation of the person he worries he once was and/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."^[11]

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".^[12] In 2018, Conover was the headliner of the first night of the annual CSICon conference for skeptics.^[13] On August 17, 2018, Conover was a guest on Real Time with Bill Maher.^[14] On April 17, 2019, Conover was a guest on The Joe Rogan Experience.

He voice acts several characters in the Netflix animated series BoJack Horseman, including A Ryan Seacrest-Type, one of the Paparazzi Birds, and Bradley Hitler-Smith.^[3][15] In 2019, he voiced the character of "Big_Hairy_Stallion_69" on the Netflix series Tuca and Bertie, and created the new Earwolf podcast Factually!^[16][17]

Conover was once a roommate of BoJack Horseman creator Raphael Bob-Waksberg in New York City.^[18]

Conover quit drinking in early 2018.^[19]

His girlfriend is illustrator Lisa Hanawalt, to whom he was introduced by Bob-Waksberg.^[18]