Ed Helms
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| Ed Helms | |
 Helms at the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, North Hollywood, California, March 2009 |
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| Born | Edward Helms January 24, 1974 Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. |
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| Occupation | Actor/Comedian |
| Years active | 2002–present |
Edward "Ed" Helms (born January 24, 1974) is an American actor and comedian known for his work as a writer-performer on the Comedy Central satiric news program The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, as Andrew "Andy" Bernard on the U.S. version of the situation comedy The Office and as Stu Price in the film The Hangover.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Early life and career
Ed Helms was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia,[1] where he graduated from The Westminster Schools in 1992.[2] After attending Oberlin College,[1] he began his comedy and acting career as a writer and performer with New York City sketch comedy bands, and studied improvisation with the Upright Citizens Brigade troupe.[1]
Helms concurrently worked as a trainee film editor at a post-production facility. While doing so, he recorded some rough voiceover "scratch tracks" that eventually led to paying voiceover work, which in turn led to finding a talent agent.[3]
[edit] The Daily Show and The Office
Helms was performing standup comedy in New York City when, he recalled in a 2005 interview, "The Daily Show had a sort of open audition with a casting company that I had dealt with. I read for the part, and got it".[4] In his April 2002 to mid-2006 tenure on the satirical news program, Helms contributed "field reports" in addition to hosting various segments of the show, such as "Digital Watch", "Ad Nauseam", and "Mark Your Calendar." He has also contributed to the "This Week in God" segment. Helms left the show in 2006, although he has occasionally returned for brief appearances. On July 21, 2008, he returned for "Obama Quest" — a segment covering then Senator Barack Obama's trip to Iraq. He occasionally narrates the "Prescott Group educational films" on sister series The Colbert Report.
In late July 2006, NBC announced that Helms would join the cast of the sitcom, The Office, along with his fellow The Daily Show correspondent Steve Carrell, in a recurring role as Andy Bernard for at least ten episodes during the third season.[5] Helms returned to The Daily Show on December 5, 2006, stating he had been gone because he was "undercover at a paper company in Scranton", an allusion to his stint on The Office. In February 2007, NBC announced that Helms had been promoted to series regular. In June 2009, on a radio interview with National Public Radio, Helms said that like his character, Andy Bernard, he is himself obsessed with a capella music.
Helms appeared on such television shows as Tanner on Tanner, Arrested Development, Monk, and Cheap Seats, as well as in various Comedy Central specials. He has done commercial voiceover work in campaigns for Burger King, Doritos, Sharp Aquos, and Advair asthma medication, and also voices "Angel", a character on Cartoon Network's Weighty Decisions series.
He starred in the 2009 film The Hangover, and previously appeared in small roles in films including Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story, Meet Dave, Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay, Evan Almighty, Semi-Pro, and, with Office co-star Jenna Fischer, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story. While promoting The Hangover on The Late Show with David Letterman on May 21, 2009, Helms performed an impression of Tom Brokaw.[6]
On April 29, 2006, Helms attended the Washington Correspondents Dinner as the guest of The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer.[citation needed]
[edit] Other projects
In 2006 the entertainment trade magazine Variety reported Helms had a deal with NBC Universal to write and star in his own series. [7]
Helms' undated biography on the NBC site for The Office notes he has completed production on the Paramount Vantage comedy film The Goods: The Don Ready Story, directed by Neal Brennan and starring Jeremy Piven; and that Helms was developing with Judd Apatow a Universal Pictures film, A Whole New Hugh, in which Helms would star, and which he would co-write Jake Fleisher and Ian Berger.[1] Variety reported in February 2009 that Helms would star and he and Fleisher would co-write a Warner Bros. feature about a time-traveling Civil War reenactor, with the film to be produced through The Office star Steve Carell's production company, Carousel.[8]
[edit] Audio/video
- Plum TV Telluride video of Ed Helms, Rob Corddry and Aziz Ansari at Comedy Fest 2008
- Ed Helms in "Zombie American" short
[edit] Filmography
[edit] Films
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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| 2004 | Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story | Bunker McLaughlin | |
| 2005 | Zombie-American | Glen the Zombie | |
| 2006 | Everyone's Hero | Hobo Louie | Voice only |
| 2007 | Evan Almighty | Ark Reporter | |
| I'll Believe You | Leon | ||
| Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story | Stage Manager | ||
| 2008 | Semi-Pro | Turtleneck | |
| Meet Dave | No. 2 – 2nd In Command | ||
| Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay | Interpreter | ||
| Lower Learning | Maurice | ||
| 2009 | Manure | Chet Pigford | |
| Monsters vs Aliens | News Reporter | Voice only | |
| Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian | Uncredited | ||
| The Hangover | Stu Price | ||
| The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard | Awaiting release |
[edit] Television
| Year | Show | Role | Notes |
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| 2001-2006 | The Daily Show | Correspondent | 480 episodes |
| 2004 | Arrested Development | James | Single episode |
| Cheap Seats: Without Ron Parker | Bradley Wallace | Two episodes | |
| 2005 | Lies and the Wives We Tell Them To | Television film | |
| Sunday Pants | Neil the Angel | Single episode; voice only | |
| 2006 | The Colbert Report | Narrator | Single episode |
| Samurai Love God | Samurai Love God | Television miniseries; voice only | |
| 2006-2009 | The Office | Andy Bernard | |
| 2008 | Upright Citizens Brigade: Asssscat | Guest Monologist | Television film |
| American Dad! | Mr. Buckley | Single episode; voice only | |
| 2009 | Family Guy | Single episode; voice only |
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d NBC.com: The Office Bios - Ed Helms
- ^ Westminster Alumni News
- ^ Sternbergh, Adam. "The Jerk: Daily Show alum and The Office star Ed Helms on the highs (and lows) of being obnoxious", New York Magazine, September 14, 2008
- ^ TheComical.com: "Ed Helms on Politics, The Media and The Daily Show" (undated, but copyrighted 2005)
- ^ Ed Helms joins the cast of The Office
- ^ Ed Helms' official website
- ^ "Comedy Impact '06", Variety, November 13, 2006
- ^ McNary, Dave. "Ed Helms grows his resume", Variety, February 25, 2009
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