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BRIAN BAUMGARTNER


'Brian Baumgartner' (born November 29, 1972) is an Emmy Award-winning American film and television actor who plays Kevin Malone on ''The Office''.

Contents
Biography
Personal life
Career
Filmography
Trivia
References
External links

Biography


Personal life

Baumgartner was born in Atlanta, Georgia, and attended The Westminster Schools in Atlanta. He attended high school with future Office co-star Ed Helms, who graduated one year later in the Class of '92. Before moving to Los Angeles, Baumgartner served as Artistic Director of Hidden Theatre in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he received multiple awards for artistic and acting excellence. In addition, Baumgartner performed regionally at the Guthrie Theater, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Children's Theater Company and Theatre de la Jeune Lune, which were all special Tony Award recipients. Baumgartner studied acting in college at the Meadows School of the Arts at Southern Methodist University.
Brian is also one of the "famous faces" [1]. due to being a regular player on the online poker website Hollywood Poker which is run in conjunction with Ongame Network.
Baumgartner resides in Los Angeles with his wife and daughter.
Career

Baumgartner's television appearances include roles on ''Jake in Progress'', ''Arrested Development'', and ''Everwood''. His most recent project is the romantic comedy ''License to Wed'', opposite Robin Williams, Mandy Moore, and ''Office'' co-star John Krasinski. In June 2007, Baumgartner won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Broadband Program - Comedy, for his work on '' webisodes. His co-stars Angela Kinsey and Oscar Nunez also shared the award.[2]

Filmography



★ ''Jake in Progress''

★ ''The Office''

★ ''Moosecock''

★ ''Everwood''

★ ''Arrested Development''

★ ''LAX''

★ ''

★ ''The Lyon's Den''

★ ''Herman, U.S.A.''

★ ''License to Wed''

Trivia


While filming the Office episode "Basketball", Baumgartner sank 14 baskets in a row. When the crew saw this, they began shooting it and it found its way into the episode.

References


1. Brian Baumgartner Biography
2. 34th Annual Creative Arts & Entertainment Emmy Awards, from the Emmy Awards website

External links





Brian Baumgartner at TV.com

Kevin/Brian's MySpace

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