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Cast list : 8 Famous Actors You Didn’t Know Were On The Office

Famous Actors You Didn't Know Were On The Office
Famous Actors You Didn't Know Were On The Office

Cast list : What famous actors were in The Office? As one of the most popular (2005) TV shows, The Office has made a huge impact on pop culture. To join in, Celebrity.fm decided to look back on the iconic series and its impressive roster of stars and cast.

In this Castlist, we show you the list of 8 famous Actors You Didn’t Know Were On The Office in pictures.

What is The Office?

  • The Office (2005)
  • 8.9
  • Genres: Comedy

The Office is a TV series launched in 2010. After a few months of its launch the TV show has already touched many fans. According to IMDB, the rating of the series is currently 8.9/10 and it ranks as one of the most popular series to date.

A mockumentary on a group of typical office workers, where the workday consists of ego clashes, inappropriate behavior, and tedium.

A mediocre paper company in the hands of Scranton, PA branch manager Michael Scott. This mockumentary follows the everyday lives of the manager and the employees he “manages.” The crew follows the employees around 24/7 and captures their quite humorous and bizarre encounters as they will do what it takes to keep the company thriving.

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Gallery : 8 Famous Actors You Didn’t Know Were On The Office

Over the course of seasons, numerous actors and other celebrities made an appearance or two on the show. Today we take a look at 8 Famous Actors were On ‘The Office’ that you might not remember:

Rainn Wilson : Dwight Schrute

Rainn Wilson lives in Los Angeles with his wife, fiction writer Holiday Reinhorn (Big Cats), and his son, Walter McKenzie Wilson who was born in 2004. He grew up in Seattle, Washington but graduated from New Trier H.S. in Winnetka, Illinois. After attending both Tufts University and the University of Washington, Rainn studied acting at NYU’s graduate acting program and spent years doing theater both on and off-Broadway, on tours with the Acting Company and in region theatre including The Guthrie and Arena Stage. Rainn co-created and directed The New Bozena, a sketch comedy and post-modern clown show which performed in New York and ended up doing a pilot presentation at Fox TV. He made his directorial debut with The New Bozena (2005), a short film based on the show. After many years of working in TV and film, his breakthrough role happened, as Arthur, the odd love interest to the much older Frances Conroy on Six Feet Under (2001). His favorite role to date, however, is Bill Harris in the film, Baadasssss! (2003). Rainn is a member of the Baha’i Faith.

Born January 20, 1966 in Seattle, Washington, USA Birth Name Rainn Dietrich Wilson Height 6′ 2½” (1.89 m)

John Krasinski : Jim Halpert

Tall, handsome American film and television star John Krasinski is known for his role as sardonic nice guy Jim Halpert on NBC’s popular TV series, The Office (2005), for which he won a 2007 and 2008 Screen Actors Guild Award for outstanding performance by an ensemble in a comedy series. Born John Burke Krasinski on October 20, 1979, in Newton, Massachusetts, USA, he is the youngest of three brothers. His mother, Mary Claire (Doyle), is a nurse, and his father, Ronald Krasinski, is an internist. His father is of Polish descent and his mother is of Irish ancestry. His first stage experience was starring in a satirical high school play, written and cast by his classmate B.J. Novak. Also good at sports, he played on the same Little League baseball team as Novak, later a writer and co-star on The Office (2005). After graduating from Newton South High School in 1997, Krasinski planned to be an English major and deferred his first semester of college to teach English in Costa Rica. He attended Brown University, graduating in 2001, as a playwright with honors, then studied at the Eugene O’Neill National Theatre Institute in Waterford, Connecticut. During the summer of 2000, he worked as a script intern on Late Night with Conan O’Brien (1993). Krasinski made his big screen debut in 2002, then played several small roles like “Ben” in Kinsey (2004), and “Bob Flynn” in Duane Hopwood (2005). He appeared as “Corporal Harrigan” in Jarhead (2005), by director Sam Mendes, then played a supporting role as “Ben” in The Holiday (2006), a romantic comedy by director Nancy Meyers. He is billed as the voice of “Lancelot” in Shrek the Third (2007). Krasinski co-starred opposite Robin Williams and Mandy Moore in the romantic comedy License to Wed (2007), as well as with George Clooney and Renée Zellweger in the football screwball comedy, Leatherheads (2008). He is also director and writer of Brief Interviews with Hideous Men (2009), a big screen adaptation of the eponymous collection of short stories by David Foster Wallace. He followed that film up with The Hollars (2016), a family drama, and A Quiet Place (2018), a well-received horror film that had one of the biggest opening weekends for the genre. Krasinski is married to English actress Emily Blunt, with whom he has two children. He claims Los Angeles as his home but travels to New York City and his hometown of Newton, MA, frequently.

Born October 20, 1979 in Newton, Massachusetts, USA Birth Name John Burke Krasinski Height 6′ 3″ (1.91 m)

Jenna Fischer : Pam Beesly

Emmy-nominated actress Jenna Fischer, known for playing the character of receptionist Pam Beesley in The Office (2005), was born Regina Marie Fischer on March 7, 1974 in Fort Wayne, Indiana. She is the daughter of Anne (Miller), a teacher, and James E. Fischer, a plastic engineer. Her ancestry includes German, Swiss, Scots-Irish, English, and Czech. Raised in St. Louis, Missouri, she studied theater arts at Truman State University. She made her debut as a professional actress in the 1998 film Born Champion (1998). Fischer wrote and directed the mock-documentary LolliLove (2004), which starred her and her ex-husband, filmmaker James Gunn. The movie had its premier in November 2004 at the St. Louis International Film Festival in November 2004. In 2007, she was nominated as Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her role of Pam in The Office (2005), losing out to Jaime Pressly in My Name Is Earl (2005).

Born March 7, 1974 in Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA Birth Name Regina Marie Fischer Height 5′ 6″ (1.68 m)

Leslie David Baker : Stanley Hudson

Leslie David Baker was born on February 19, 1958 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is an actor, known for The Office (2005), The Happytime Murders (2018) and Wish I Was Here (2014).

Born February 19, 1958 in Chicago, Illinois, USA Height 5′ 11″ (1.8 m)

Brian Baumgartner : Kevin Malone

Brian Baumgartner was born on November 29, 1972 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA as Brian Bruce Baumgartner. He is an actor, known for The Office (2005), Four Christmases (2008) and License to Wed (2007). He has been married to Celeste Ackelson since April 26, 2014.

Born November 29, 1972 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA Birth Name Brian Bruce Baumgartner Height 6′ 1″ (1.85 m)

Angela Kinsey : Angela Martin

Angela is an American actress. She was born in Louisiana, but raised from the age of 2 in Jakarta, Indonesia. Her father was working as a drilling engineer. During her time there, she attended the Jakarta International English School and learned to speak Indonesian. When she was age 14, her family returned to America and settled in Texas; where her parents were originally from. Angela attended Baylor University in Waco, Texas. She studied English and graduated in 1993. During her time there, she also participated in the Baylor in London program, which allowed her to experience theater in London, UK. She had been involved in theater throughout her schooling. After college, she gained an internship on the Conan O’Brien show. She took acting classes in New York, and then moved on to LA. She got involved with The Groundlings and Improv Olympic. She started out in commercials and got her first TV job on Step by Step (1991). Her breakthrough role came when she was cast as Angela in The Office (2005).

Born June 25, 1971 in Lafayette, Louisiana, USA Birth Name Angela Faye Kinsey Height 5′ 1″ (1.55 m)

Phyllis Smith : Phyllis Vance

Born August 15, 1949 in Lemay, Missouri, USA

Phyllis Smith was born on August 15, 1949 in Lemay, Missouri, USA. She is known for her work on Inside Out (2015), The Office (2005) and Bad Teacher (2011).

Kate Flannery : Meredith Palmer

Born June 10, 1964 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Birth Name Katherine Patricia Flannery Height 5′ 4″ (1.63 m)

KATE FLANNERY is best known for her 9 seasons as Meredith the drunk on NBC’s THE OFFICE. She toured the country as Jane Lynch’s sidekick in her anti cabaret act, SEE JANE SING in over 30 cities including Joe’s Pub in NYC. Her original cult comedy lounge act, the Lampshades plays all over the country and Hollywood regularly. New York stage audience now her as Neely O’Hara in the Off B’Way hit VALLEY OF THE DOLLS at the Circle In The Square and in Nora Ephron’s LOVE LOSS AND WHAT I WORE. Kate was recently on Brooklyn Nine Nine on FOX, and in ComedyCentral’s ANOTHER PERIOD. Kate can be seen in two films on NETFLIX from the Tribeca Film Fest, TENURED and SLOW LEARNERS. Kate stars in the HBO short EMERGENCY CONTACT on HBO GO and indy films DIAL A PRAYER with Brittany Snow and William H. Macy, the Sundance hit, COOTIES with Elijah Wood and the newly released, award winning FOURTHMAN OUT available on iTunes and Netflix. www.thelampshades.com March 2016

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