# Brian Baumgartner

Brian Baumgartner (born November 29, 1972) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Kevin Malone on the NBC sitcom The Office (2005–2013) and its related spin-off webisodes, which earned him two Screen Actors Guild Awards and two Daytime Emmy Awards.
Baumgartner had starring roles in Into Temptation (2009), Ordinary World (2016), and Electric Jesus (2020). He had a supporting voice role in Rumble (2021). Baumgartner had a main voice role as Walter on the Netflix animated series Trash Truck (2020–2021), as well as recurring roles on the Amazon Prime Video series Hand of God (2017) and the Hulu series The Other Black Girl (2023).

## Early life and education

Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Baumgartner attended Holy Innocents' Episcopal School. He attended and graduated from The Westminster Schools in 1991, one year before his co-star on The Office Ed Helms graduated. During his time at The Westminster School, Baumgartner competed in competitive speech events for drama, reaching the national finals his senior year. Between his junior and senior year of high school, he also attended Northwestern University's National High School Institute, and focused on theater there. Baumgartner later attended Southern Methodist University, where he majored in theater and graduated in 1995.
He later moved to Los Angeles and was Artistic Director of Hidden Theatre in Minneapolis, where he received multiple awards for artistic and acting excellence. Baumgartner later performed regionally at the Guthrie Theater, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Children's Theater Company, and Theatre de la Jeune Lune.

## Career

Baumgartner has had roles on the television shows Jake in Progress, Arrested Development and Everwood. He served as a celebrity talent scout on Last Comic Standing with his The Office co-star Kate Flannery and starred with Robin Williams, Mandy Moore and John Krasinski in License to Wed. He also appeared in Ingrid Michaelson's music video for "Time Machine".

### The Office

Baumgartner is best known for portraying accountant Kevin Malone in the American remake of the British series The Office. In June 2007, he won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Broadband Program – Comedy for his work on The Office: The Accountants webisodes. His co-stars Angela Kinsey and Oscar Nunez also shared the award. In 2020, he hosted and executive produced An Oral History of The Office, a podcast for Spotify that featured interviews with his The Office co-stars. In 2021, he hosted and executive produced a podcast for iHeart: The Office Deep Dive with Brian Baumgartner. This podcast features the full-length, in-depth interviews with the cast and crew originally heard in An Oral History of The Office.

## Personal life

Baumgartner is married to Celeste Ackelson. Together they have a daughter.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2001 | Herman U. S. A. | Roger | |
| 2006 | Moosecock | Paul Wood | Short film |
| 2006 | No. 6 | Boris | Short film |
| 2007 | Smith and Mike on a Tuesday | Bob | Short film |
| 2007 | License to Wed | Jim | |
| 2008 | Four Christmases | Eric | |
| 2009 | Into Temptation | Fr. Ralph O'Brien | |
| 2010 | Dirty Girl | Concierge | Uncredited |
| 2012 | Astronaut: The Last Push | Bob Jansen | |
| 2016 | Ordinary World | Rupert | |
| 2016 | Ghostbusters | Frank | Scenes deleted; only available on extended cut Uncredited |
| 2016 | Diagnosis Delicious | Dr. Ed Paulson | Television film |
| 2018 | One Last Night | Escott | |
| 2020 | My Boyfriend's Meds | Chase | |
| 2020 | Electric Jesus | Skip Wick | |
| 2021 | Rumble | Klonk (voice) | |
| 2024 | Confessions of a Christmas Letter | Sam | Television film |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2003 | The Lyon's Den | Al Grissom | Episode: "The Fifth" |
| 2003 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Dog Man | Episode: "Fur and Loathing" |
| 2004 | LAX | Wes | Episode: "Credible Threat" |
| 2005 | Arrested Development | Vendor | Episode: "Burning Love" |
| 2005 | Jake in Progress | Michael | Episode: "Jake or the Fat Man" |
| 2005 | Everwood | Contractor | Episode: "Good to Go" |
| 2005–2013 | The Office | Kevin Malone | Recurring (season 1), main role (season 2–9) Director (Episode: "After Hours") |
| 2008 | Celebrity Family Feud | Himself | Baumgartner played the captain, he and his team (other cast members) won and donated $50,000 to Children's Advocacy Center of Northeastern Pennsylvania. |
| 2011 | Adventure Time | Georgy / Private in Movie (voice) | Episode: "Heat Signature" |
| 2012 | Wilfred | Orderly #2 | Episode: "Progress" |
| 2013 | Mike & Molly | Mr. Wisney | Episode: "Molly Unleashed" |
| 2013; 2015 | Hot in Cleveland | Claude | 2 episodes |
| 2014 | Maker Shack Agency | Principal Downing | Television pilot |
| 2014 | Criminal Minds | Bill Harding | Episode: "Fatal" |
| 2014 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Gordon Montlieff | Episode: "Thought Criminal" |
| 2014 | Bad Teacher | Officer Edmund | Episode: "Fieldtrippers" |
| 2014 | Rake | George Copley | Episode: "Mammophile" |
| 2014 | The Bridge | Gary | 2 episodes |
| 2015 | Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn | JD McCoy | Episode: "I Want Candace" |
| 2015 | Melissa & Joey | Hank Jeffers | 3 episodes |
| 2015 | The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show | King Hotu Mat'u (voice) | Episode: "Hotu Mat'u" |
| 2016 | The Crossroads of History | John Frederick Parker | Episode: "Lincoln" |
| 2016 | Scream Queens | Richard | Episode: "Warts and All" |
| 2016 | Blunt Talk | Prison guard | Episode: "A Cell Doesn't Have to Be a Closet" |
| 2016 | Chicago Fire | Scott Powers | Episode: "That Day" |
| 2016; 2018 | The Goldbergs | Larry / Mr. Schernecke | 2 episodes |
| 2017 | Hand of God | Dr. Olonari | 4 episodes |
| 2017 | Life in Pieces | Dean | Episode: "Late Smuggling Dreambaby Voucher" |
| 2017 | Good Behavior | Patrick Donnelly | 2 episodes |
| 2018 | Disjointed | Krinkles | Episode: "Travissimo Private Reserve" |
| 2019 | Summer Camp Island | Storm Cloud / additional voices (voice) | Episode: "Cosmic Bupkiss" |
| 2020 | Home Movie: The Princess Bride | Fezzik | Episode: "Chapter Three: The Cliffs of Insanity" |
| 2020 | Sneakerheads | Old Boss | Episode: "Hustling Backwards" |
| 2020–2021 | Trash Truck | Walter / additional voices (voice) | Main role |
| 2020 | A Trash Truck Christmas | Walter (voice) | Television special |
| 2023 | The Other Black Girl | Colin Franklin | 3 episodes |
| 2023 | Celebrity Jeopardy! | Himself | Contestant |
| 2024 | Krapopolis | Casey (voice) | Episode: "Ty Man Woman Table Chairs Food" |
| 2025 | Suits LA | Himself | Episode: "He Knew" |

### Web series

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2006 | The Office: The Accountants | Kevin Malone | Main role |
| 2008 | The Office: Kevin's Loan | Kevin Malone | Main role |
| 2008 | The Office: The Outburst | Kevin Malone | Main role |
| 2009 | The Office: Subtle Sexuality | Kevin Malone | Episode: "The Replacement" |
| 2010 | The Office: The Mentor | Kevin Malone | Main role |
| 2010 | The Office: The 3rd Floor | Kevin Malone | Main role |
| 2011 | The Office: The Podcast | Kevin Malone | Main role |
| 2011 | The Office: The Girl Next Door | Kevin Malone | Episode: "The Story of Subtle Sexuality" |
| 2014 | Charles, Your Hangover | Sonny | Episode: "BFF" |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2007 | Daytime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Broadband Program – Comedy | The Office: The Accountants | Won |
| 2007 | Daytime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Broadband Program – Comedy | The Office | Won |
| 2007 | TV Guide Awards | Favorite Ensemble | The Office | Won |
| 2007 | Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series | The Office | Won |
| 2008 | TV Land Awards | Future Classic Award | The Office | Won |
| 2008 | Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series | The Office | Won |
| 2009 | Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series | The Office | Nominated |
| 2010 | Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series | The Office | Nominated |
| 2011 | Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series | The Office | Nominated |
| 2012 | Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series | The Office | Nominated |
| 2013 | Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series | The Office | Nominated |