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'Ed Helms' (born January 24, 1974) is an American actor and comedian perhaps most notable for his work as a correspondent on Comedy Central's ''The Daily Show with Jon Stewart'' and more recently as Andrew "Andy" Bernard on the American version of ''The Office''.

Contents

Biography

Personal life

Career

''The Daily Show with Jon Stewart''

''The Office''

References

External links

Biography

Personal life

Helms was born in Atlanta, Georgia, graduating from The Westminster Schools in 1992 before attending Oberlin College in Ohio. He is a cousin of Major League baseball player Wes Helms, currently of the Philadelphia Phillies. Helms went to the same high school as future '
''Office'' co-star Brian Baumgartner, who graduated one year earlier.

Career

Helms has had roles in shows like ''Tanner on Tanner'' and various Comedy Central specials, as well as movies like '' (alongside his fellow ''TDS'' correspondent Rob Corddry). He has also made guest appearances in a number of television shows, including ''Arrested Development'' and ''Cheap Seats''. He also voices "Angel", a character on Cartoon Network's ''Weighty Decisions'' series (again alongside Corddry), and has done prolific commercial voiceover work, including campaigns for Burger King, Doritos, and Advair asthma medication.
Helms was hired for a small role as newsreporter Ed Carson, in Steve Carell's ''Evan Almighty''. He will also be seen in small roles opposite ''Daily Show'' co-star Rob Corddry in ''Harold & Kumar 2'', with ''Office'' co-star Jenna Fischer in ''Walk Hard'', and in Eddie Murphy's ''Starship Dave''. It has been reported that ''Walk Hard'' producer/co-writer Judd Apatow will produce Helms' first starring vehicle, ''A Whole New Hugh'', for Universal Pictures. In an article about ''Whole New Hugh'', Apatow stated Helms is a national treasure but "the nation does not know it yet."^[1]

''The Daily Show with Jon Stewart''

In his tenure on ''The Daily Show'', Helms has contributed field reports in addition to hosting various sections of the show, such as "Digital Watch", "Ad Nauseam," and "Mark Your Calendar." He has also contributed to the "This Week in God" segment.
He occasionally narrates the "Prescott Group educational films" on ''The Colbert Report''. On April 29, 2006 Helms attended the Washington Correspondents Dinner as the guest of ''The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer''.

''The Office''

In late July 2006, NBC announced that Helms would join the cast of ''The Office'', a show in which former ''Daily Show'' correspondent Steve Carell also stars, in a recurring role as Jim Halpert's smarmy colleague, Andy Bernard, at Dunder-Mifflin's Stamford branch for at least ten episodes of the third season.^[2] 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.^[3]
In ''Variety'''s "Comedy Impact '06" article, it was reported that Helms has a deal with NBC/Universal to write and star in his own series.^[4] In a ''Hollywood Reporter'' article on Helms being promoted as a permanent cast member of ''The Office'', it was reported that Helms shot a pilot for NBC in 2005 titled ''Lies and the Wives We Tell Them To''.^[5]

References

1. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117962766.html?categoryid=13&cs=1
2. http://popwatch.ew.com/popwatch/2006/07/ed_helms_joins_.html
3. http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070201/tv_nm/helms_dc

4. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117953867.html?categoryid=2372&cs=1
5. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/news/e3id5a106d37939221678e4d42c875f2e3b

External links

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★ IGN Interview

★ Video Tribute to Ed Helms

★ Ed Helms in "Zombie American" short

★ Archive of Ed's Work from 2002-2005