Brian Baumgartner

Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Baumgartner attended Holy Innocents' Episcopal School. He attended and graduated from The Westminster Schools in 1991, one year before his co-star on The Office Ed Helms graduated.[2] During his time at The Westminster School, Baumgartner competed in competitive speech events, reaching the national finals his senior year. Between his junior and senior year of high school, Baumgartner also attended Northwestern University’s National High School Institute where he focused on theater. He later attended Southern Methodist University where he graduated in 1995, majoring in theater. He later moved to Los Angeles and served as Artistic Director of Hidden Theatre in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he received multiple awards for artistic and acting excellence. Later, Baumgartner performed regionally at the Guthrie Theater, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Children's Theater Company, and Theatre de la Jeune Lune.[3]

He has had roles on the television shows Jake in Progress, Arrested Development and Everwood. He played a talent scout on Last Comic Standing with his The Office co-star Kate Flannery, and starred with Robin Williams, Mandy Moore and John Krasinski in License to Wed. In June 2007, Baumgartner won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Broadband Program - Comedy, for his work on The Office: The Accountants webisodes. His co-stars Angela Kinsey and Oscar Nunez also shared the award.[4] He also appeared in Ingrid Michaelson's music video for "Time Machine".[5] Baumgartner is an accomplished golfer.[6] In 2020, he hosted and executive produced An Oral History Of The Office, a podcast for Spotify that featured interviews with his The Office co-stars.[7]

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