Edward "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 Andrew "Andy" Bernard on the U.S. version of the situation comedy The Office and for his role as Stu Price in the 2009 hit comedy The Hangover.
Biography
Early life
Ed Helms was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia, where he graduated from The Westminster Schools in 1992. He attended Oberlin College where he studied a self-selected study course which was titled "Film Theory And Technology". After attending Oberlin College, 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. 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.
Television work
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". 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 mockumentary, The Office, along with his fellow The Daily Show correspondent Steve Carrell, in a recurring role as Andy Bernard. Helms has been a series regular since the third season. 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, 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.
Film work
Helms 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. The same year, 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 Helms would star, and which he would co-write Jake Fleisher and Ian Berger. 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.
Audio/video
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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
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
Paxton Harding
2011
The Hangover 2
Stu Price
Currently in development
Television
Year
Show
Role
Notes
2002-2006
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
2008
Upright Citizens Brigade: Asssscat
Guest Monologist
Television film
American Dad!
Mr. Buckley
Single episode; voice only
2009
Family Guy
Single episode; voice only
2006-Present
The Office
Andy Bernard
References
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^ Phipps, Keith (2009-06-03). "". The A.V. Club. . Retrieved 2009-06-11.
^ Dan Snierson (2006-06-28). "". Entertainment Weekly. . Retrieved 2009-10-28.
^ official website
External links
Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Ed Helms
- official website
- at the Internet Movie Database
- Ken P., May 5, 2006 at [IGN.com]. Retrieved 2009-10-28
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