Andy Richter
Awards & Honours
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Awards Won
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Honours
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Rankings
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Covers
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Records
Richter's career is defined less by individual competitive awards and more by his enduring influence as a comedic sidekick and writer. He was voted Most Likely to Succeed and Prom King at Yorkville High School in 1984. In 2016, Vulture ranked him #1 on its list of The Best Late-Night Sidekicks of All Time. Splitsider named him one of the Top 10 Comedic Sidekicks in TV History in 2014. These honors reflect his unique place in television comedy, where his dry wit and genuine rapport with Conan O'Brien set a new standard for the talk-show sidekick role.
Awards
Honours & Distinctions
Prom King
Voted Prom King by his high school classmates.
Most Likely to Succeed
Voted Most Likely to Succeed by his high school classmates.
Rankings & Lists
The Best Late-Night Sidekicks of All Time
Top 10 Comedic Sidekicks in TV History
Magazine Covers
TV Guide
2009-06-01
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
TV Guide
2010-11-01
Conan on TBS
Rolling Stone
2009-03-01
The Late Night Wars
Records & Feats
Longest-serving late-night sidekick to a single host
Richter served as Conan O'Brien's sidekick for 28 consecutive years, from 1993 to 2021, across three different shows.