Ed Helms

Ed Helms
Ed Helms
	Helms at the Dublin premiere for The Hangover, June 2009
Born	Edward Paul Helms; January 24, 1974 (age 50); Atlanta, Georgia, US
Occupation	Actor/comedian
Years active	2002–present

Edward Paul "Ed" Helms (born January 24, 1974) is an American actor and comedian known for his work as a correspondent on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, as Andy Bernard on the US version of the sitcom/mockumentary The Office and for his role as Dr. Stu Price in The Hangover films.

Early life

Helms was born and raised in Atlanta. His mother was a school administrator and his father was an attorney.^[1] He graduated from The Westminster Schools in 1992 a year after his Office costar Brian Baumgartner. Originally a geology major, Helms graduated from Oberlin College with a degree in film theory and technology in 1996 and spent a semester as an exchange student at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts.^[2]^[3]

After graduating from Oberlin, Helms 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.^[4]

Helms concurrently worked as a trainee film editor at Crew Cuts, a post-production facility in New York City. 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.^[5]

Career

Television work

Helms was performing comedy in New York City when, as 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".^[6] 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, but 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 mockumentary The Office, along with his fellow The Daily Show correspondent Steve Carell, in a recurring role as Andy Bernard. Helms has been a series regular since the third season.^[7]

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, and in February 2010 Helms was added to the show's opening credits. In June 2009, on a radio interview with National Public Radio, Helms said that like his character, Andy Bernard, he is obsessed with a capella music.

Helms has appeared on such television shows as Tanner on Tanner, Childrens Hospital, Arrested Development and Cheap Seats, and in various Comedy Central specials. He has done commercial voiceover work in campaigns for Burger King, Doritos, Hotels.com, Sharp Aquos and Advair asthma medication, and he voices Angel, a character on Cartoon Network's Weighty Decisions series.

Helms plays guitar, banjo (which was shown in the commercial bumpers and on a What Up With That? sketch when he hosted Saturday Night Live in 2011), and piano, and he has played all three, as well as a sitar, in some of his movies and television performances.

Film work

Helms starred in the 2011 film Cedar Rapids and co-starred in the blockbuster 2009 film The Hangover. He 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, I'll Believe You, Evan Almighty, Semi-Pro and, with Office co-star Jenna Fischer, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story. In 2009, Helms appeared in The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard, directed by Neal Brennan and starring Jeremy Piven.

Helms has been developing, with Judd Apatow, a Universal Pictures film, A Whole New Hugh, in which he would star, and which he would co-write with Jake Fleisher and Ian Berger.^[4] 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 re-enactor, with the film to be produced through The Office star Steve Carell's production company Carousel. Helms reprised his role in 2011's The Hangover Part II.

Other work

Helms is also in a band called "The Lonesome Trio" with his friends Ian and Jake. They formed the band when they were in college, and still get together to play a few shows every year.^{[citation needed]}

Filmography

Films

Year	Film	Role	Notes
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
	Confessions of a Shopaholic	Garret E. Barton	Uncredited
	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	Worker for "Daley Devices"	Uncredited
	The Hangover	Dr. Stu Price
	The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard	Paxton Harding
2011	Cedar Rapids	Tim Lippe	Executive Producer
	Jeff Who Lives at Home	Pat	Post-Production
	The Hangover Part II	Dr. Stu Price	Teen Choice Awards for Choice Movie Hissy Fight Nominated - Teen Choice Awards for Choice Movie Actor Comedy Nominated - Teen Choice Awards Choice Movie Chemistry (shared with Bradley Cooper and Zach Galifianakis)
	The Muppets	Cameo
2012	The Lorax	The Once-ler	Post-Production

Television

Year	Show	Role	Notes
2002–2006	The Daily Show	Correspondent	480 episodes
2004	Arrested Development	James	Single episode
2004	Cheap Seats: Without Ron Parker	Bradley Wallace	Two episodes
2005	Lies and the Wives We Tell Them To		Television film
2005	Sunday Pants	Neil the Angel	Single episode; voice only
2006	The Colbert Report	Narrator	Single episode
2006	Samurai Love God	Samurai Love God	Television miniseries; voice only
2008	Upright Citizens Brigade: Asssscat	Guest Monologist	Television film
2008	American Dad!	Mr. Buckley	Single episode; voice only
2009	Family Guy		Single episode; voice only
2006 – present	The Office	Andy Bernard	Series regular
2011	Saturday Night Live	Host	701st episode
	Wilfred	Daryl	Single episode
	NTSF:SD:SUV::	Ed	Single episode

References

^ Stephen Whitty: Ed Helms' booming career has grown out of his ability to find laughs in truth and decency. New Jersey On-Line, February 13, 2011, retrieved June 5, 2011
^ Phipps, Keith (June 3, 2009). "Ed Helms". The A.V. Club. Retrieved June 11, 2009.
^ "Ed Helms: Biography". TVGuide.com. Retrieved January 16, 2011.
^ ^a ^b "The Office Cast Biographies – Ed Helms". NBC.com. Accessed October 11, 2010. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
^ Sternbergh, Adam (September 14, 2008). "The Jerk: Daily Show alum and The Office star Ed Helms on the highs (and lows) of being obnoxious". New York Magazine. Retrieved October 28, 2009.
^ "Ed Helms on Politics, The Media and The Daily Show". TheComical.com. Accessed October 11, 2010 (undated, but copyrighted 2005). {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
^ Dan Snierson (June 28, 2006<!- – 05:00 am ET -->). "Ed Helms joins the cast of The Office". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved October 28, 2009. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); line feed character in |date= at position 36 (help)

External links

Ed Helms at IMDb
Ken P., May 5, 2006 Helms Deep: Ken P. goes in-depth with Daily Show correspondent Ed Helms. at [IGN.com]. Retrieved 2009-10-28
Plum TV Telluride video of Ed Helms, Rob Corddry and Aziz Ansari at Comedy Fest 2008
Jeff, Who Lives At Home at TIFF
Ed Helms in "Zombie American" short

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[1] Stephen Whitty: Ed Helms' booming career has grown out of his ability to find laughs in truth and decency. New Jersey On-Line, February 13, 2011, retrieved June 5, 2011

[HelmsAV-2] Phipps, Keith (June 3, 2009). "Ed Helms". The A.V. Club. Retrieved June 11, 2009.

[TV_Guide-3] "Ed Helms: Biography". TVGuide.com. Retrieved January 16, 2011.

[nbc-4] "The Office Cast Biographies – Ed Helms". NBC.com. Accessed October 11, 2010. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

[5] Sternbergh, Adam (September 14, 2008). "The Jerk: Daily Show alum and The Office star Ed Helms on the highs (and lows) of being obnoxious". New York Magazine. Retrieved October 28, 2009.

[6] "Ed Helms on Politics, The Media and The Daily Show". TheComical.com. Accessed October 11, 2010 (undated, but copyrighted 2005). {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

[popwatch-7] Dan Snierson (June 28, 2006<!- – 05:00 am ET -->). "Ed Helms joins the cast of The Office". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved October 28, 2009. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); line feed character in |date= at position 36 (help)

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