Steve Carell, one of America's most versatile comics, was born Steven John Carell on August 16, 1962, in Concord, Massachusetts. He is the son of Harriet T. (Koch), a psychiatric nurse, and Edwin A. Carell, an electrical engineer. His mother is of Polish descent and his father is of Italian and German ancestry (Steve's grandfather had changed the surname from "Caroselli" to "Carrell"). He was educated at The Fenn School, an all-boys private school in Concord, Massachusetts, then at Middlesex School in Concord. After graduating from Denison University in Granville, Ohio, he moved to Chicago where he taught an improvisational comedy class and performed with The Second City troupe, alongside Stephen Colbert.

Carell made his film debut as "Tesio" in Curly Sue (1991). In 1996, he became a cast member of The Dana Carvey Show (1996), and provided the voice for Gary, opposite Colbert in "The Ambiguously Gay Duo". This animated short series produced by Robert Smigel continued on Saturday Night Live (1975), but Carell has joked that he auditioned for SNL and lost the job to Will Ferrell. Carell made a number of guest appearances on such shows as Come to Papa (2004), Just Shoot Me! (1997), and Watching Ellie (2002), before landing a regular stint as a correspondent on The Daily Show (1996) from 1999 until 2005.

Carell played Evan Baxter opposite Jim Carrey in Bruce Almighty (2003), and Uncle Arthur opposite Nicole Kidman and Will Ferrell in Bewitched (2005). He broke out as a leading man after starring in the summer box-office hit The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005), which he also co-wrote; the film was chosen as one of the Top Ten movies of 2006 by the American Film Institute. He next starred in the critically acclaimed Little Miss Sunshine (2006), an indie dark comedy which became a surprise hit and earned four Oscar nominations, and won two (Best Supporting Actor for Alan Arkin and Best Screenplay for Michael Arndt). In 2007, Carell reprised his role as Evan Baxter, filling Jim Carrey's leading-man shoes as a politician asked by God to build a giant ark in Evan Almighty (2007), the second installment of the "Almighty" franchise, co-starring Lauren Graham and Morgan Freeman. In 2008, he re-united with Jim Carrey in the highly successful animation hit Horton Hears a Who! (2008), then appeared as Agent Maxwell Smart in the popular comedy Get Smart (2008).

Throughout this time, Carell maintained a successful career in television, starring as Michael Scott in the American remake of the Britain's existential comedy, The Office (2005). He received the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in Television Comedy for this leading role in 2006, and earned both Emmy and Golden Globe nominations each consecutive show until he departed in 2011.

In 2010, Carell announced he was leaving "The Office" to concentrate on his film career, and has made steady appearance in such films as Date Night (2010), Despicable Me (2010), Crazy, Stupid, Love. (2011), and Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (2012). Carell's most recent roles are the comedies Despicable Me 2 (2013), Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (2013), and Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (2014), and the drama Foxcatcher (2014).

Steve Carell has been enjoying a happy family life with his wife, actress Nancy Carell, whom he met when she was a student in an improv class he was teaching at The Second City comedy troupe in Chicago. The couple have two children, daughter Elisabeth (born in May 2001), and son John (born in June 2004). Steve Carell lives with his family in Los Angeles, California.

Pam Beesly
Played by:Jenna Fisher

Jenna Fisher was born Regina Marie Fischer in Fort Wayne, Indiana on March 7th, 1974. She was named for her grandmother. Her parents are Jim and Anne Fischer and she has a younger sister named Emily. She attended a private Catholic all-girls high school called Nerinx Hall that she still strongly supports to this day.

As a child, Jenna studied acting and was involved in the theater at school. She used to watch the television show "Cheers" and fantasize about being a part of an ensemble cast. When she graduated from high school, her intentions were to immediately head to California to begin her acting career but her parents advised her to attend college first. She majored in theater with a minor in journalism at Truman State University. After graduation, she moved back home to St. Louis where she worked as a secretary for one year while saving up money for her big move to California.

Upon arriving in California, her first paying gig was for a sex-education video targeted at psychiatric patients. Her first televised speaking part was on "Spin City", three years after she arrived in California. She appeared in a few indie films such as "Employee of the Month" and "The Specials". There were also a few spots on television shows including "Six Feet Under", "That 70's Show", and "What I Like About You".

Dwight Schrute
Played by:Rainn Wilson

Rainn Wilson lives in Los Angeles with his wife, fiction writer Holiday Reinhorn (Big Cats), and his son, Walter McKenzie Wilson who was born in 2004. He grew up in Seattle, Washington but graduated from New Trier H.S. in Winnetka, Illinois. After attending both Tufts University and the University of Washington, Rainn studied acting at NYU's graduate acting program and spent years doing theater both on and off-Broadway, on tours with the Acting Company and in region theatre including The Guthrie and Arena Stage.

Rainn co-created and directed The New Bozena, a sketch comedy and post-modern clown show which performed in New York and ended up doing a pilot presentation at Fox TV. He made his directorial debut with The New Bozena (2005), a short film based on the show.

After many years of working in TV and film, his breakthrough role happened, as Arthur, the odd love interest to the much older Frances Conroy on Six Feet Under (2001). His favorite role to date, however, is Bill Harris in the film, Baadasssss! (2003).

Jim Halpert
Played by:John Krasinski

John Krasinski Tall, handsome American film and television star John Krasinski is probably best known for his role as sardonic nice guy "Jim Halpert" on NBC's popular TV series, The Office (2005), for which he won a 2007 and 2008 Screen Actors Guild Award for outstanding performance by an ensemble in a comedy series.

Born John Burke Krasinski on October 20, 1979, in Newton, Massachussetts, USA, he is the youngest of three brothers. His mother, Mary Claire (Doyle), is a nurse, and his father, Ronald Krasinski, is an internist. His father is of Polish descent and his mother is of Irish ancestry.

His first stage experience was starring in a satirical high school play, written and cast by B.J. Novak. Also good at sports, he played on the same Little League baseball team as B.J. Novak, now a writer and co-star on The Office (2005). After graduating from Newton South High School in 1997, Krasinski planned to be an English major and deferred his first semester of college to teach English in Costa Rica. He attended Brown University, graduating in 2001, as a playwright with honors, then studied at the Eugene O'Neill National Theatre Institute in Waterford, Connecticut.

During the summer of 2000, he worked as a script intern on Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993). Krasinski made his big screen debut in 2002, then played several small roles like "Ben" in Kinsey (2004), and "Bob Flynn" in Duane Hopwood (2005). He appeared as "Corporal Harrigan" in Jarhead (2005), by director Sam Mendes, then played a supporting role as "Ben" in The Holiday (2006), a romantic comedy by director Nancy Meyers. He is billed as the voice of "Lancelot" in Shrek the Third (2007). Krasinski co-starred opposite Robin Williams and Mandy Moore in the romantic comedy License to Wed (2007), as well as with George Clooney and Renée Zellweger in the football screwball comedy, Leatherheads (2008). He is also director and writer of Brief Interviews with Hideous Men (2009), a big screen adaptation of the eponymous collection of short stories by David Foster Wallace.

Krasinski was featured in People Magazine's Sexiest Men Alive issue of 2006. He claims Los Angeles as his current home but travels to New York City and his hometown of Newton, MA, frequently.

Ryan Howard
Played by:B. J. Novak

B. J. Novak was born on July 31, 1979 in Newton, Massachusetts, USA as Benjamin Joseph Manaly Novak. He is an actor and producer, known for The Office (2005), Inglourious Basterds (2009) and The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014).

Kelly Kapoor
Played by:Mindy Kaling

Mindy Kaling was born on June 24, 1979 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA as Vera Chokalingam. She is an actress and producer, known for The Office (2005), Inside Out (2015) and Wreck-It Ralph (2012).

Andy Bernard
Played by:Ed Helms

Ed Helms was born on January 24, 1974 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA as Edward Parker Helms. He is an actor, known for The Hangover (2009), The Office (2005) and The Hangover Part II (2011).

Kevin Malone
Played by:Brian Baumgartner

Brian Baumgartner was born on November 29, 1972 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA as Brian Bruce Baumgartner. He is an actor, known for The Office (2005), License to Wed (2007) and Four Christmases (2008). He has been married to Celeste Ackelson since April 2014.

Angela Kinsey
Played by:Angela Martin

Angela Martin is an American actress. She was born in Louisiana, but raised from the age of 2 in Jakarta, Indonesia. Her father was working as a drilling engineer. During her time there, she attended the Jakarta International English School and learned to speak Indonesian. When she was age 14, her family returned to America and settled in Texas; where her parents were originally from.

Angela attended Baylor University in Waco, Texas. She studied English and graduated in 1993. During her time there, she also participated in the Baylor in London program, which allowed her to experience theater in London, UK. She had been involved in theater throughout her schooling.

After college, she gained an internship on the Conan O'Brien show. She took acting classes in New York, and then moved on to LA. She got involved with The Groundlings and Improv Olympic.

She started out in commercials and got her first TV job on Step by Step (1991). Her breakthrough role came when she was cast as Angela in The Office (2005).

Creed Bratton
Played by:Creed Bratton

Creed Bratton talent for acting and music began at a young age. Born in Los Angeles, he grew up in the small town of Coarsegold near Yosemite, California. He attended the College of the Sequoias and Sacramento State College as a drama major. He began playing the guitar professionally as a teenager followed by a whirlwind travel experience throughout Europe in his twenties with the band The Young Californians.

As a member of the popular rock group The Grass Roots in the 1960s, Bratton appeared on numerous television shows, as well as in the Doris Day movie, "With Six You Get Egg Roll." He parted ways with the band in 1970, but continued his passion and has released six solo albums up to the present day.

While honing his acting career, Bratton also worked in front of the camera and behind the scenes as prop man, boom man, composer and grip. His film credits as an actor include "Terri", "Mask" and "Heart like a Wheel." On television, he has appeared on hit shows such as "The Bernie Mac Show", "Eight Is Enough" and "Quincy." He was cast in "The Office" doing a parody of his life as a former rock star. During his years on the series, he also appeared in several short and independent films which were accepted in numerous festivals. He still performs in clubs as a solo performer.

Meredith Palmer
Played by:Kate Flannery

Kate Flannery plays alcoholic "Meredith Palmer" on NBC's The Office (2005). Her comedy lounge act, "The Lampshades", continues to play Hollywood and many clubs around the country, opening for Dan Finnerty and "The Dan Band" from time to time. Kate played Harper's mom on Wizards of Waverly Place (2007) and her other TV work includes Last Comic Standing (2003), The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992), Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000) and she was the voice of "Lucy" in a Robert Smigel cartoon on Saturday Night Live: Al Gore/Phish (2002). She did a video with Eric McCormack for "Funny or Die" called "Finger Babies". Kate played "Neely O'Hara" in the off-Broadway hit, "Valley of the Dolls", at the Circle in the Square in NYC and LA's Coast Playhouse and the Bing Theatre. She's on the Valley of the Dolls' DVD extras. A former member of Second City's National Tour Co., she is an original member of Chicago's Annoyance Theater, where she co-created over 15 shows, including the "Miss Vagina Pageant" and the "Real Live Brady Bunch" (playing over 30 cities and the Kennedy Center). LA audiences have seen her in the "Phacts of Life" at the Renberg Theatre and in the Lily Tomlin / Jane Wagner production of "Three Feet Under" at the Evidence Room. Kate performed live in They Might Be Giants' John Flansburgh's band, "Monopuff" (you can hear her on their album, "It's Fun To Steal"). She studied musical theater for two years at Shenandoah Conservatory. Kate graduated from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, where her family owns an Irish bar.

Stanley Hudson
Played by:Leslie David Baker

Leslie David Baker was born on February 19, 1958 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is an actor, known for The Office (2005), Wish I Was Here (2014) and Road to Redemption (2001)..

Toby Flenderson
Played by:Paul Lieberstein

Paul Lieberstein was born on February 22, 1967 in Westport, Connecticut, USA as Paul Bevan Lieberstein. He is a producer and actor, known for The Office (2005), King of the Hill (1997) and The Drew Carey Show (1995). He has been married to Janine Serafin Poreba since July 19, 2008.

Oscar Nunez
Played by:Oscar Martinez

Oscar Martinez was born on November 18, 1958 in Cuba. He is an actor and writer, known for The Office (2005), The Proposal (2009) and The Italian Job (2003). He has been married to Ursula Whittaker since May 21, 2011. They have one child. He was previously married to Carla.

Phyllis Vance
Played by:Phyllis Smith

Phyllis Smith was born on July 10, 1951 in Lemay, Missouri, USA. She is known for her work on Inside Out (2015), The Office (2005) and Bad Teacher (2011).

Darryl Philibin
Played by:Craig Robinson

Craig Robinson was born on October 25, 1971 in Chicago, Illinois, USA as Craig Phillip Robinson. He is an actor, known for This Is the End (2013), Pineapple Express (2008) and Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008).

Erin Hannon
Played by:Elli Kemper

Elli Kemper born Elizabeth Claire Kemper, May 2, 1980 is an American actress, comedian, and writer. She is best known for her role as Erin Hannon in the NBC series The Office, as well as her supporting roles in the films Bridesmaids and 21 Jump Street. She plays the title role in the Netflix comedy series Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, for which she has received critical acclaim. In the summer of 2015, she joined NBC News as a temporary co-host on NBC's morning news program, The Today Show..