ED HELMS
Date of Birth: January 24, 1974
Ed Helms was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia, and headed to New York City to pursue comedy shortly after attending Oberlin College in Ohio.
Helms is familiar to television audiences from his scene-stealing role as Andy Bernard, Dunder Mifflin's irrepressible salesman-with-anger-management-issues, on NBC's hit comedy The Office. In addition to appearances on Comedy Central's Premium Blend and FOX's Arrested Development, Helms also enjoyed a four-year stint as a Senior Correspondent on the Emmy Award-winning The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, for which he also wrote.
On the big screen, Helms has appeared in films such as Evan Almighty (2007), Semi-Pro, Meet Dave, Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay, Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, The Hangover and The Hangover Part II. He also played the voice of The Once-ler in Dr. Seuss' The Lorax (2012) and stars in the comedy Jeff, Who Lives at Home (2012) alongside Jason Segel.
Also a talented writer, he recently sold a comedy pitch with writing partner Jacob Fleischer to Warner Bros. through Steve Carell's Carousel Productions, about Civil War re-enactors.
Helms lives in Los Angeles and plays a mean banjo.